: The term "transgender" gained traction in the 1960s and 1990s as a more inclusive alternative to medicalized language, eventually being integrated into the "LGB" acronym to form "LGBT" by the 2000s. Transgender Cultural Impact

: Before the famous 1969 Stonewall Uprising , trans women of color led the 1966 Compton’s Cafeteria Riot in San Francisco, resisting police harassment.

: Activists like Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson co-founded STAR (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries) in 1970 to support homeless trans youth.