The modern LGBTQ+ rights movement was born from a coalition of gender and sexual nonconformists. At the 1969 Stonewall uprising in New York City—often cited as the catalyst for the contemporary movement—transgender activists like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera were on the front lines. Johnson, a Black trans woman, and Rivera, a Latina trans woman and drag queen, fought back against police brutality alongside gay men, lesbians, and bisexual people. Their presence underscores that from the outset, the fight for sexual liberation was also a fight for gender liberation.