The famous "shot glass heard around the world" was reportedly thrown by Marsha P. Johnson, a Black transgender woman. Alongside fellow activist Sylvia Rivera , a Latina trans woman, she founded the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) , the first shelter for LGBTQ+ youth in the U.S..
Despite their foundational roles, transgender activists often had to fight for their own inclusion within the broader movement they helped build. The Evolution of Culture and Visibility shemales indian
Three years before Stonewall, transgender women and drag queens in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district rose up against police harassment at Compton’s Cafeteria , marking one of the first recorded LGBT uprisings in U.S. history. The famous "shot glass heard around the world"