The American Society of Equine Practitioners (ASPE) or the Equine Guelph organization might have resources on horse behavior.
Historically, the earliest homophile movements of the 1950s and 60s, such as the Mattachine Society and the Daughters of Bilitis, often included gender-nonconforming people. However, this early unity was fragile. Prominent figures like Virginia Prince, a transvestite activist, actively distanced cross-dressers from homosexuals and from transsexuals, seeking social legitimacy for heterosexual cross-dressers by reinforcing rigid gender binaries and rejecting those seeking medical transition. This foreshadowed a deeper schism. As the gay liberation movement of the 1970s gained momentum, it often adopted a “respectability politics” strategy, attempting to convince mainstream society that gay people were “just like” heterosexuals, except for their partner choice. In this framework, transgender people—whose very existence challenged the naturalness of male/female categories—were sometimes seen as an embarrassment. Notably, the transgender pioneers of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising, such as Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, were pushed aside during subsequent gay pride parades, with Rivera famously decrying the gay establishment’s desire to exclude “drag queens and street transsexuals” who were “too flamboyant.”
Supporting the transgender community is an ongoing process of learning and advocacy:
The modern LGBTQ+ rights movement didn’t start in boardrooms; it started in the streets, led largely by transgender women of color. Figures like and Sylvia Rivera were at the forefront of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising. At the time, the distinction between "gay" and "transgender" was less rigid in the public eye—everyone who defied traditional gender and sexual norms was grouped together.
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