: Transgender women of color, including Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera , were central figures in the 1969 Stonewall Riots , widely considered the birth of the modern movement. Earlier acts of resistance, such as the 1959 Cooper Donuts Riot and the 1966 Compton’s Cafeteria Riot, were also led by trans and gender-variant individuals fighting police harassment.
Despite historical contributions, transgender people often face disproportionate levels of discrimination compared to their cisgender LGB peers. nylon shemales
While the "T" was added to the LGB acronym in the 1990s, the community's integration into mainstream LGBTQ+ culture has been a long process. : Transgender women of color, including Marsha P