Although transgender people have existed throughout history and across cultures—such as the in South Asia—the modern political movement in the West gained momentum in the mid-20th century. Seven Things About Transgender People That You Didn't Know

This divergence created a reckoning within LGBTQ culture. The "T" forced the "LGB" to ask hard questions: Is this movement about assimilation into existing systems, or about tearing down systems that hurt the most vulnerable among us?