To understand why the "T" is part of the rainbow, one must look at the origin of the modern LGBTQ rights movement: .
The modern LGBTQ+ rights movement didn’t start in boardrooms; it started in the streets, led largely by transgender women of color. Figures like and Sylvia Rivera were at the forefront of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising. At the time, the distinction between "gay" and "transgender" was less rigid in the public eye—everyone who defied traditional gender and sexual norms was grouped together.
A rejection of the "gender binary" in favor of a spectrum of identity (non-binary, genderqueer, agender).
To understand why the "T" is part of the rainbow, one must look at the origin of the modern LGBTQ rights movement: .
The modern LGBTQ+ rights movement didn’t start in boardrooms; it started in the streets, led largely by transgender women of color. Figures like and Sylvia Rivera were at the forefront of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising. At the time, the distinction between "gay" and "transgender" was less rigid in the public eye—everyone who defied traditional gender and sexual norms was grouped together.
A rejection of the "gender binary" in favor of a spectrum of identity (non-binary, genderqueer, agender).