Transgenderism in New York City

[1][2] Brooklyn Liberation March, the largest transgender-rights demonstration in LGBT history, took place on June 14, 2020, stretching from Grand Army Plaza to Fort Greene, Brooklyn, focused on supporting Black transgender lives, drawing an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 participants.

[2] Since then, and especially during the 21st century, New York City's transgender community has grown in size and prominence,[5] When the violence broke out during the Stonewall Riots , the women and transmasculine people being held down the street at The Women's House of Detention joined in by chanting, setting fire to their belongings and tossing them into the street below.

'"[6] According to Susan Stryker's book, Transgender History, the Stonewall riots had significant effects on trans rights activism.

They established politicized versions of "houses", which came from Black and Latino queer communities, and were places that marginalized trans youth could seek shelter.

[7] Besides STAR, organizations such as Transvestites and Transsexuals (TAT) and Queens' Liberation Front (QLF) were also established.

Indonesian transgender actress Solena Sulin celebrating her birthday in Midtown Manhattan at The Peninsula New York hotel in 2017. New York's transgender ecosystem is economically lucrative for the city's tourist industry .