To understand the present, one must look to the past. The modern LGBTQ+ rights movement is often marked by the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York City. The narrative has sometimes centered on gay men, but the boots on the ground—the first to fight back against police brutality—were predominantly transgender women of color, such as and Sylvia Rivera .
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