The experience of trans individuals varies drastically by geography:

Well before the 1969 Stonewall Riots , trans people led resistance against police harassment at Cooper’s Donuts (1959), Compton’s Cafeteria (1966) , and The Black Cat (1967) .

Black and Latina trans women like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera co-founded STAR (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries) , the first shelter for LGBTQ youth in the U.S..