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: Trans women of color, like Marsha P. Johnson, were central to early liberation movements.

Yet, in the decade following Stonewall, the mainstream gay rights movement (often led by middle-class white gay men and lesbians) attempted to distance itself from drag queens and trans people to appear "respectable" to heterosexual society. Sylvia Rivera was actively booed off stage at a gay rights rally in 1973 when she tried to speak about the incarceration of trans people.

This shift has caused friction. Some older members of the gay and lesbian community feel threatened by the rapid evolution of language, fearing that “everyone is queer now.” However, for the transgender community, this linguistic precision is not a fad—it is a survival mechanism for being seen.