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O ' Leary also worked in the early 1970s to exclude trans people from gay rights issues because she felt that rights for trans people would be too difficult to attain.

Sylvia Rivera left gay activism in the 1970s to work on issues for transgender people and cross-dressers.

The initial disagreements between participants in the movements, however, often evolved after further reflection.

O ' Leary later regretted her stance against the drag queens attending in 1973: " Looking back, I find this so embarrassing because my views have changed so much since then.

I would never pick on a transvestite now.

" " It was horrible.

How could I work to exclude transvestites and at the same time criticize the feminists who were doing their best back in those days to exclude lesbians?