| Metric | Transgender Adults | General Population | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | 40% (over a lifetime) | 4.6% | | Living in Poverty | 29% | 14% | | Unemployment (twice the national rate) | 14% | 7% | | Experience harassment at work | 77% | N/A |
: An evolving acronym representing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, and Asexual. The "+" acknowledges additional identities like pansexual or non-binary. shemale suck
While trans people have always existed, the modern —widely considered the birth of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement—were led by trans women of color, specifically Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera . | Metric | Transgender Adults | General Population
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