The community frequently targets legislative battles regarding bathroom access, sports participation, and restrictions on youth healthcare.
Transgender people have always been at the forefront of the fight for queer liberation. The modern LGBTQ movement owes much of its momentum to transgender women of color, such as Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, who were central figures in the 1969 Stonewall Uprising.
Pioneered by Black and Latine trans women and queer youth in Harlem during the late 20th century, ballroom culture created "houses" that served as alternative families. This culture gave birth to voguing, runway categories, and linguistic terms like "spilling tea," "throwing shade," and "work."