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The T People were a Transgender activist group formed in 1994 in Seattle, Washington, USA. This tiny, volunteer association launched the first ever transgender Pride rally in Seattle. The publicity for this event advocated "Maximum Freedom & Maximum Fun for transgender persons and for everyone of any description -- or anyone who is simply indescribable!"

The event was a no-budget DIY creation which took place on a rainy June Seattle day, on Broadway, across the street from Seattle Central Community college atop the Capitol Hill neighborhood. Militant political agitation, music, poetry, and standup comedy roused the participating crowd of about 200. At the start of the celebration, the MC, wearing a black fishnet bare midriff top and leather motorcycle jacket tore in half the current edition of the alternative newspaper The Stranger, which featured a cover story that suggested, provocatively, that Queer identity had become obsolete, given recent social and civil rights improvements. No existing LGB organizations nor businesses supported this inceptual local Queer milestone, which had followed immediately after a contentious struggle to add the letter T to the yearly Seattle Pride parade and events.