When We Rise: Meet 7 Real Activists Who Are Portrayed in the New Miniseries

Ivory Aquino (left) plays Cecilia Chung (right).

Chung, who is introduced in the second part of the miniseries, is one of the pioneers of the LGBTQ movement. She has served as the chair of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission and continues to fight for the rights of those living with HIV.

As of 2017, she is the senior strategist for the Transgender Law Center.