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Marsha P. Johnson was one of the most prominent figures of the gay rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s in New York City. Always sporting a smile, Johnson was an important advocate for homeless LGBTQ+ youth, those effected by H.I.V. and AIDS, and gay and transgender rights. Marsha P. Johnson was born on August 24, 1945, in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Marsha was an eccentric woman who was known for her exotic hats and jewelry which stood out to the public and attracted attention to her. When she was wearing these items or any female clothing she was Marsha P. Johnson. But there were times when she went back to her male persona of Malcolm. As Robert Heide, an acquaintance of Marsha, explains ...
11. Juli 2023 · We cannot appreciate Marsha P. Johnson’s life and especially not her role in the anti-cop Stonewall riots without understanding how her relationship to the police was shaped by anti-Blackness, whorephobia and sanism—a sanism that swayed between neglecting, incarcerating and institutionalising people living with mental illness at the whim and comfort of the police and the wealthy white ...
6. Okt. 2017 · The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson: Directed by David France. With Kurt Wolfe, Sue Yacka, Catherine Shugrue Dos Santos, Victoria Cruz. Victoria Cruz investigates the mysterious 1992 death of black gay rights activist and Stonewall veteran, Marsha P. Johnson.
Centers on self-described “street queen” Marsha P. Johnson, legendary fixture in New York City’s gay ghetto, who along with fellow trans icon Sylvia Rivera, founded Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.), a trans activist group based in the heart of NYC’s Greenwich Village.
Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera were self proclaimed drag performers and vibrant, indelible figures in Greenwich Village street life. The women were prominent figures in the Stonewall Uprisings, but their efforts were even more enduring, with the uprisings being just part of their unending commitment to social justice. They emerged from the events that took place at Stonewall in 1969 as ...
13. Mai 2024 · Marsha P. Johnson (born August 24, 1945, Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S.—found dead July 6, 1992, New York City, New York) was a Black American drag queen and activist who was dedicated to social justice for the gay and transgender communities. She was a pioneer of the gay rights movement in the late 1960s and spent the following two decades ...
