To understand the tension, you have to go back to the stonewall. Not the bar—the concrete. In the 1960s and 70s, the police didn't separate the "homosexuals" from the "transvestites." In the eyes of the law, anyone who deviated from the rigid script of gender was a degenerate.

Despite the "pride" of the umbrella, the transgender community often faces steeper hurdles than their cisgender (LGB) peers.