: Transgender individuals, particularly Black trans women, experience violence at much higher rates than the general population.
: Transitioning is an individualized process that can be social (changing names/pronouns), legal (changing documents), or medical (hormones/surgery).
: Pioneering figures such as Lou Sullivan , who founded the first organization for trans men in the 1970s, and Christine Jorgensen , who brought awareness to gender-affirming care in the 1950s, paved the way for modern visibility. Modern Culture and Visibility