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Perhaps the most painful schism comes from within. A vocal minority of lesbians and feminists—often called TERFs—argue that trans women are male infiltrators. Their rhetoric, which frames trans identity as a threat to "female-born" lesbians, has been weaponized by far-right groups to dismantle LGBTQ rights. This internal conflict forces the broader LGBTQ culture to answer a difficult question: Is solidarity unconditional, or conditional on conforming to biological essentialism?

Nearby, a banner read: “We’ve always been here. We always will be.”

At a recent trans pride picnic in a midwestern park, families spread blankets, kids painted their nails, and elders swapped stories of Stonewall and Compton’s Cafeteria — the 1966 trans-led riot in San Francisco that predated Stonewall. A young trans boy, maybe seven years old, flew a kite with “Protect Trans Kids” written on the tail.

, both trans women of color, were essential leaders in the riots that sparked the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement. Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR):

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