Stacy Lentz, an LGBTQ+ activist and CEO of Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative, emphasizes the crucial role of transgender individuals, particularly transgender women of color, in the LGBTQ+ liberation movement. She underscores that the Stonewall Uprising's impact on LGBTQ+ rights wouldn't have been possible without their activism. The legacy of figures like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera highlights the intersectional nature of this activism, pointing out the ongoing challenges faced by transgender women of color, including violence and homelessness, and the necessity of recognizing their contributions to the fight for equality.
"Not only have they come out and really tried to attack them in every way of public life, but really just erased their existence."
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