When she finally left, the sun was beginning to peek over the skyline. She felt lighter. The world outside hadn't changed, but her place in it had. She wasn't an observer anymore; she was a part of the kaleidoscope.

Let’s celebrate the beauty of gender diversity, the richness of our shared history, and the radical love that keeps us going.

For decades, the "T" in LGBTQ stood alongside the L, G, and B not out of political convenience, but because the police brutality and social ostracism faced by trans people were indistinguishable from those faced by effeminate gay men and butch lesbians. In the 1970s and 80s, the bathhouses, gay bars, and community centers were rare sanctuaries where trans people could find refuge from a world that rejected them.

The transgender community has frequently been at the forefront of the LGBTQ+ rights movement.