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While LGB (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual) identities primarily concern orientation, the "T" concerns identity. This distinction is critical. A transgender man (a person assigned female at birth who identifies as male) can be gay, straight, bisexual, or asexual. His transness does not dictate his sexuality.
To fully understand transgender integration into LGBTQ+ culture, one must distinguish between gender identity and sexual orientation. Sexual orientation concerns whom a person is attracted to (e.g., lesbian, gay, bisexual). Gender identity concerns a person’s internal, deeply felt sense of being male, female, a blend of both, or neither (e.g., transgender, non-binary, agender).
When police raided the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, New York, it was marginalized trans women of color, drag queens, and butch lesbians who led the resistance. Figures like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera became icons of the movement. They shifted the fight from assimilationist appeals to radical, unapologetic demands for liberation. Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR)
