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)

Describes people who do not identify exclusively as a man or a woman.

Transgender individuals have historically been part of broader LGBTQ+ movements but also have unique cultural and medical needs: Cultural Competence in the Care of LGBTQ Patients - NCBI

A transgender person can identify as straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, asexual, or pansexual. Solidarity and Friction

The Living Intersection: How the Transgender Community Shapes and Relies on LGBTQ+ Culture