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Marsha P. Johnson (August 24, 1945 – July 3, 1992) was an American gay liberation [6] [7] activist and self-identified drag queen. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Known as an outspoken advocate for gay rights , she was one of the prominent figures in the Stonewall uprising of 1969.
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson is a 2017 American documentary film directed by David France. It chronicles Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera , prominent figures in gay liberation and transgender rights movement in New York City from the 1960s to the 1990s and co-founders of Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries .
Victoria Cruz is an American LGBT rights and Anti-Violence activist and retired domestic violence counselor. A contemporary of activists Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, she is featured in the 2017 documentary The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson. [1]
Nov. 20 marks the 23rd Transgender Day of Remembrance — a day honoring transgender and gender non-conforming lives that were murdered in acts of violence. 33 transgender, gender nonconforming ...
The Marsha P. Johnson Institute continues the work of the NJ native transgender activist by supporting Black transgender people.
Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) was a gay, gender non-conforming, and transvestite street activist organization founded in 1970 by Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson, [1] subculturally-famous New York City trans women of color.
Trans activist Kai Shappley, 11, shares her story of activism and how she found her voice. Why this 11-year-old transgender activist is fighting for the right to medical care in Texas: 'I have to ...
Kenyon Jones confessed to the murder, telling police that he had paid Pierson for sex, and after he found out she was transgender, he killed her in anger. [57] [58] He was convicted of second degree murder and armed criminal action, and was sentenced to 30 years in jail. [59] 2011 – Svetlana was a transgender woman from Moscow, Russia. She ...