Politics

How Loretta Lynch Helped the Transgender Movement Come of Age

TURNING POINT

In historic, sweeping language, the first female African-American attorney general condemned discrimination against trans people and affirmed the reality of transgender experience.

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Nearly 27 years ago, Sylvia Rivera, Marsha P. Johnson, and other transgender women of color led the rebellion at the Stonewall Inn in New York.

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