Transgender individuals have often been at the front lines of the movement for equality. Most notably, the 1969 Stonewall Uprising—the spark for the modern pride movement—was led by trans women of color like and Sylvia Rivera .
Despite this, the modern LGBTQ rights movement has increasingly adopted the mantra: When the Supreme Court ruled in Bostock v. Clayton County (2020) that firing an employee for being gay or transgender violates civil rights law, it was a victory for the entire acronym. The legal logic that protects a gay man from discrimination is the same logic that protects a trans woman.
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