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Black history is American history, and the LGBTQ movement is inextricably linked to Black activists and thought leaders who’ve helped shape the community into what it is today. There wouldn’t be Pride Month without Black trans women like Marsha P. Johnson and Stormé DeLarverie, who have just begun to gain widespread recognition for their pivotal roles in the battle for liberation. Black queer people from Audre Lorde to Alice Walker and James Baldwin are to thank for their indelible leadership across generations and Patrisse Cullors and Alicia Garza, Black queer women who cofounded Black Lives Matter, are at the helm of today’s worldwide civil rights movement.