In 1959, trans women and drag queens at Cooper Do-nuts in Los Angeles fought back against police harassment by throwing donuts, an event that predated the more famous Stonewall Uprising.
Across the globe, stories of survival persist. In Weimar Germany , Berlin was a vibrant center for LGBTQ culture before the Nazi regime brutally targeted the community. Finding Community and Identity
At the Stonewall Inn in 1969, figures like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera were central to the protests. They later founded Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) , providing housing and a surrogate family for homeless queer youth in New York.
In zines, LGBTQ creators find a place to tell their own stories - PBS