Myth: Being trans is "new." False. Two-spirit people existed in Indigenous cultures for millennia. The Hijra community in South Asia has been documented for 4,000 years.
A: Drag is performance (usually a cis man dressing as a woman for entertainment). Being Trans is identity (living as your authentic gender 24/7). A drag queen goes home and takes off the wig; a trans woman goes home and is still a woman.
Without trans people, there would be no Pride as we know it. Marsha P. Johnson, a trans woman, threw the first brick at Stonewall. Never erase the T from history.
It is impossible to separate trans history from LGBTQ+ history. The 1969 Stonewall Uprising—the catalyst for the modern gay rights movement—was led by trans women of color, such as Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera . Despite this, for decades, the "T" was often sidelined within the broader gay rights movement, leading to a culture of internal resilience.