The alliance between trans people and LGB communities was forged in struggle, not theory.

Originating in the Black and Latine trans communities of New York City, ballroom culture gave us "voguing," "slay," and the concept of "chosen families."

The transgender community faces numerous challenges, including:

This history shows a pattern: trans people (especially trans women of color) were on the front lines, but their leadership has often been marginalized. Today’s explicit inclusion of the “T” is a hard-won correction of that erasure.