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As Harvey Milk once said, \u201cRights are won only by those who make their voices heard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Every borough is represented in the City Council\u2019s queer caucus<\/a><\/p>\n

While the gay rights leader uttered those words decades ago, they remain true today. Milk became one of the country\u2019s first out gay elected officials when he joined the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977. Then, within a year of taking office, he was assassinated.<\/p>\n

The LGBTQ+ movement has made great strides since, but it is also facing great challenges. The federal government has been antagonistic toward transgender individuals, slashing funding, restricting access to care and barring them from military service. Earlier this year, the Trump administration took down the Pride flag at the Stonewall National Monument, though it was put back up in April. Meanwhile, corporations are dropping support for Pride celebrations.<\/p>\n

Read more Who else might Mamdani endorse?<\/a><\/p>\n

City & State\u2019s Pride Trailblazers features dozens of LGBTQ+ leaders in New York who are standing up for their rights and making their voices heard. This list, written and researched in partnership with journalist Cris Seda Chabrier, includes the first director of the New York City Mayor\u2019s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs, a newly elected queer Assembly member from Queens and many other activists, advocates and executives on the front lines of the movement.<\/p>\n

Read more Opinion: Make the Charter Revision Commission count<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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