The transgender community remains a beacon of authenticity. By recognizing their history and standing with them against current legislative threats, we can ensure that LGBTQ+ culture continues to be a space for everyone to thrive.

Three years before the famous events in New York, transgender women and drag queens in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district stood up against systemic police harassment. The riot at Gene Compton’s Cafeteria marked one of the first recorded instances of collective, physical resistance to the oppression of queer people in United States history. It directly led to the creation of a network of trans-led social, psychological, and medical support services. The Stonewall Inn (1969)