Transgender culture of New York City

New York City has the largest metropolitan transgender population in the world, estimated at more than 50,000 in 2018, with concentrations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens.

They established politicized versions of "houses," a concept originating from Black and Latino queer communities, to provide shelter for marginalized transgender youth.

QLF, founded by Lee Brewster and Barbara de Lamere (formerly known as Bunny Eisenhower), participated in Christopher Street Liberation Day marches and advocated for trans visibility and against drag erasure.

The statement specifically mentioned Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, and other transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals as central figures in the historical events.

Meanwhile, New York State’s official LGBTQ monument on the Hudson River shoreline has maintained its inclusion of transgender and queer historical narratives.