Legends like Marsha P. Johnson (a self-identified drag queen and trans activist) and Sylvia Rivera (a Latina trans woman and co-founder of STAR, Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries) were on the front lines. Rivera famously fought for the inclusion of gender identity in early gay rights legislation, feeling abandoned by mainstream gay organizations that wanted to present a "respectable" face to society. The LGB movement, in its quest for marriage equality and military service, often tried to distance itself from the "unseemly" trans and gender-nonconforming radicals. This tension has never fully disappeared—it is the original sin of mainstream gay politics.
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