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Hijra and transgender rights advocate Laxmi Narayan Tripathi speaking at a conference in Australia in 2017.
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Hijra and transgender rights advocate Laxmi Narayan Tripathi speaking at a conference in Australia in 2017.
Marsha never visited home empty-handed, she would bring her nieces and nephews trinkets and flowers for her mother.
Her family was very dear to Marsha’s heart.
Her family was very dear to Marsha’s heart.
November 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Marsha never visited home empty-handed, she would bring her nieces and nephews trinkets and flowers for her mother.
Her family was very dear to Marsha’s heart.
Her family was very dear to Marsha’s heart.
Letter written by Hegazi before her death:
"To my siblings – I tried to survive and I failed, forgive me. To my friends – the experience was harsh and I am too weak to resist it, forgive me. To the world – you were cruel to a great extent, but I forgive."
"To my siblings – I tried to survive and I failed, forgive me. To my friends – the experience was harsh and I am too weak to resist it, forgive me. To the world – you were cruel to a great extent, but I forgive."
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Letter written by Hegazi before her death:
"To my siblings – I tried to survive and I failed, forgive me. To my friends – the experience was harsh and I am too weak to resist it, forgive me. To the world – you were cruel to a great extent, but I forgive."
"To my siblings – I tried to survive and I failed, forgive me. To my friends – the experience was harsh and I am too weak to resist it, forgive me. To the world – you were cruel to a great extent, but I forgive."
In an episode that made headlines worldwide, in 2015 Jennicet Gutiérrez interrupted the US president as he spoke, shouting, "President Obama, release all LGBTQ immigrants from detention and stop all deportations!" Obama told her to be quiet or leave.
November 14, 2025 at 2:07 AM
In an episode that made headlines worldwide, in 2015 Jennicet Gutiérrez interrupted the US president as he spoke, shouting, "President Obama, release all LGBTQ immigrants from detention and stop all deportations!" Obama told her to be quiet or leave.
Hande Kader was a politically active Turkish transgender woman.
Kader became a figurehead for the LGBT community after being photographed at the forefront of the resistance against police forces suppressing the 2015 Gay Pride event in Istanbul.
Kader became a figurehead for the LGBT community after being photographed at the forefront of the resistance against police forces suppressing the 2015 Gay Pride event in Istanbul.
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Hande Kader was a politically active Turkish transgender woman.
Kader became a figurehead for the LGBT community after being photographed at the forefront of the resistance against police forces suppressing the 2015 Gay Pride event in Istanbul.
Kader became a figurehead for the LGBT community after being photographed at the forefront of the resistance against police forces suppressing the 2015 Gay Pride event in Istanbul.
Sarah Hegazy at a protest in Canada. (Photo courtesy of HuMENA)
November 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Sarah Hegazy at a protest in Canada. (Photo courtesy of HuMENA)
"You get beaten up by your own and that’s what hurts."
Interview with Sylvia Rivera: https://makinggayhistory.com/podcast/sylvia-rivera-part-2/
Interview with Sylvia Rivera: https://makinggayhistory.com/podcast/sylvia-rivera-part-2/
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 AM
"You get beaten up by your own and that’s what hurts."
Interview with Sylvia Rivera: https://makinggayhistory.com/podcast/sylvia-rivera-part-2/
Interview with Sylvia Rivera: https://makinggayhistory.com/podcast/sylvia-rivera-part-2/
The first gay demonstration in the Netherlands, Binnenhof, 21 January 1969
November 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The first gay demonstration in the Netherlands, Binnenhof, 21 January 1969
Paris vigil in memory of Hegazi, 20 June 2020.
November 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Paris vigil in memory of Hegazi, 20 June 2020.
Sylvia's life serves as a testament to the power of resistance, and as a stark reminder that the fight to appear acceptable and palatable to mainstream America adopted by the mainstream gay rights movement is not everyone’s struggle.
November 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Sylvia's life serves as a testament to the power of resistance, and as a stark reminder that the fight to appear acceptable and palatable to mainstream America adopted by the mainstream gay rights movement is not everyone’s struggle.
Hande Kader was born in Turkey’s southeastern province of Urfa in 1993. She was living in İstanbul and she was working as a sex worker.
She was last seen getting in a customer’s car before her body was found raped, mutilated, and burnt on 12 August 2016.
She was last seen getting in a customer’s car before her body was found raped, mutilated, and burnt on 12 August 2016.
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Hande Kader was born in Turkey’s southeastern province of Urfa in 1993. She was living in İstanbul and she was working as a sex worker.
She was last seen getting in a customer’s car before her body was found raped, mutilated, and burnt on 12 August 2016.
She was last seen getting in a customer’s car before her body was found raped, mutilated, and burnt on 12 August 2016.
In 2015, police blasted Hande Kader with water cannons during Istanbul’s Gay Pride.
When the police attempted to disperse the parade, Hande Kader sat down in protest. This action transformed her into the figurehead of the Turkish LGBTI community.
When the police attempted to disperse the parade, Hande Kader sat down in protest. This action transformed her into the figurehead of the Turkish LGBTI community.
November 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
In 2015, police blasted Hande Kader with water cannons during Istanbul’s Gay Pride.
When the police attempted to disperse the parade, Hande Kader sat down in protest. This action transformed her into the figurehead of the Turkish LGBTI community.
When the police attempted to disperse the parade, Hande Kader sat down in protest. This action transformed her into the figurehead of the Turkish LGBTI community.
Sylvia Rivera (front) and Arthur Bell at gay liberation demonstration (1970)
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Sylvia Rivera (front) and Arthur Bell at gay liberation demonstration (1970)
In 2015, police blasted Hande Kader with water cannons during Istanbul’s Gay Pride.
When the police attempted to disperse the parade, Hande Kader sat down in protest. This action transformed her into the figurehead of the Turkish LGBTI community.
When the police attempted to disperse the parade, Hande Kader sat down in protest. This action transformed her into the figurehead of the Turkish LGBTI community.
November 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
In 2015, police blasted Hande Kader with water cannons during Istanbul’s Gay Pride.
When the police attempted to disperse the parade, Hande Kader sat down in protest. This action transformed her into the figurehead of the Turkish LGBTI community.
When the police attempted to disperse the parade, Hande Kader sat down in protest. This action transformed her into the figurehead of the Turkish LGBTI community.
"We felt such an empty invitation didn't really mean anything. My instant reaction was, no. You haven't done enough for LGBTQ people. You haven't done enough for women's rights issues. You haven't done enough for racial justice."
- Jennicet Gutiérrez
- Jennicet Gutiérrez
November 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"We felt such an empty invitation didn't really mean anything. My instant reaction was, no. You haven't done enough for LGBTQ people. You haven't done enough for women's rights issues. You haven't done enough for racial justice."
- Jennicet Gutiérrez
- Jennicet Gutiérrez
Marsha P. Johnson Monument in Christopher Park (New York City, USA), with the Gay Liberation Monument in the background.
Installed by activists in 2021.
Installed by activists in 2021.
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Marsha P. Johnson Monument in Christopher Park (New York City, USA), with the Gay Liberation Monument in the background.
Installed by activists in 2021.
Installed by activists in 2021.
On July 6, 1992, Marsha’s body was found floating in the Hudson River. The police officers ruled her death a suicide. Marsha’s friends and acquaintances strongly disagreed. They thought it was more likely that Marsha was a victim of an attack.
November 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
On July 6, 1992, Marsha’s body was found floating in the Hudson River. The police officers ruled her death a suicide. Marsha’s friends and acquaintances strongly disagreed. They thought it was more likely that Marsha was a victim of an attack.
Despite the increasing conservative nature of the Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), and their attempts to exclude trans people from their work, Sylvia Rivera continued to work within the group in hopes of achieving inclusion for all gender variant people.
November 6, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Despite the increasing conservative nature of the Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), and their attempts to exclude trans people from their work, Sylvia Rivera continued to work within the group in hopes of achieving inclusion for all gender variant people.
Sarah Hegazi was born in 1989 to an Egyptian conservative middle-class family; she was the eldest of four siblings. She helped her mother take care of her siblings after her father died.
Hegazi wore the hijab until she came out as a lesbian in 2016.
Hegazi wore the hijab until she came out as a lesbian in 2016.
November 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Sarah Hegazi was born in 1989 to an Egyptian conservative middle-class family; she was the eldest of four siblings. She helped her mother take care of her siblings after her father died.
Hegazi wore the hijab until she came out as a lesbian in 2016.
Hegazi wore the hijab until she came out as a lesbian in 2016.
On July 6, 1992, Marsha’s body was found floating in the Hudson River. The police officers ruled her death a suicide. Marsha’s friends and acquaintances strongly disagreed. They thought it was more likely that Marsha was a victim of an attack.
November 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
On July 6, 1992, Marsha’s body was found floating in the Hudson River. The police officers ruled her death a suicide. Marsha’s friends and acquaintances strongly disagreed. They thought it was more likely that Marsha was a victim of an attack.
In 2015, police blasted Hande Kader with water cannons during Istanbul’s Gay Pride.
When the police attempted to disperse the parade, Hande Kader sat down in protest. This action transformed her into the figurehead of the Turkish LGBTI community.
When the police attempted to disperse the parade, Hande Kader sat down in protest. This action transformed her into the figurehead of the Turkish LGBTI community.
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
In 2015, police blasted Hande Kader with water cannons during Istanbul’s Gay Pride.
When the police attempted to disperse the parade, Hande Kader sat down in protest. This action transformed her into the figurehead of the Turkish LGBTI community.
When the police attempted to disperse the parade, Hande Kader sat down in protest. This action transformed her into the figurehead of the Turkish LGBTI community.
Despite the increasing conservative nature of the Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), and their attempts to exclude trans people from their work, Sylvia Rivera continued to work within the group in hopes of achieving inclusion for all gender variant people.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Despite the increasing conservative nature of the Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), and their attempts to exclude trans people from their work, Sylvia Rivera continued to work within the group in hopes of achieving inclusion for all gender variant people.
Sarah Hegazy at a protest in Canada. (Photo courtesy of HuMENA)
November 4, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Sarah Hegazy at a protest in Canada. (Photo courtesy of HuMENA)
"We felt such an empty invitation didn't really mean anything. My instant reaction was, no. You haven't done enough for LGBTQ people. You haven't done enough for women's rights issues. You haven't done enough for racial justice."
- Jennicet Gutiérrez
- Jennicet Gutiérrez
November 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"We felt such an empty invitation didn't really mean anything. My instant reaction was, no. You haven't done enough for LGBTQ people. You haven't done enough for women's rights issues. You haven't done enough for racial justice."
- Jennicet Gutiérrez
- Jennicet Gutiérrez
Paris vigil in memory of Hegazi, 20 June 2020.
November 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Paris vigil in memory of Hegazi, 20 June 2020.