"Shade," "reading," "voguing," and "realness" have entered the global vocabulary, largely thanks to Madonna in 1990, but the roots remain deeply trans. The recent popularity of Pose and Legendary has finally mainstreamed this truth: trans women are the architects of modern queer aesthetic.
: Transgender adults live in poverty at nearly double the rate of the general population. Black and Latine trans adults face even higher poverty rates of 39% and 48%, respectively.
: Early 20th-century figures like Magnus Hirschfeld in Germany established the Institute for Sexual Science
A striking "disconnect" exists between public sentiment and current governmental actions. LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Rises to 9.3% - Gallup News