Transgender culture of New York City
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New York City is home to the largest metropolitan transgender population in the world and is often called the "trans capital of the world ". The transgender community was estimated at more than 70,000 in 2024, with the highest concentrations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. The Brooklyn Liberation March, the largest transgender rights demonstration at the time, took place on June 14, 2020, in Brooklyn, focused on supporting Black transgender rights and drew an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 participants.
Despite playing a significant role in advocating for LGBTQ equality since the 1969 Stonewall Riots and beyond, the transgender community in New York City has frequently been marginalized and abandoned by the city's broader gay, lesbian, bisexual, and queer communities. Since Stonewall, particularly in the 21st century, New York City's transgender community has grown in both size and prominence.
History
1960s and 70s
During the Stonewall Riots, when violence erupted, the women and transmasculine people held at the New York Women's House of Detention down the street joined in by chanting, setting fire to their belongings, and tossing them onto the street below.
According to Transgender History by Susan Stryker, the Stonewall Riots exerted significant effects on transgender rights activism. Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson founded the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) in response to what they saw as inadequate representation of trans people within the Gay Activists Alliance and the Gay Liberation Front. They established politicized versions of "houses," a concept originating from Black and Latino queer communities, to provide shelter for marginalized transgender youth.
In addition to STAR, other organizations such as Transvestites and Transsexuals and the Queens Liberation Front (QLF) were also formed.
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