Marsha P. Johnson
Black American queer liberation activist (1945-1992) · United States · Activists · Died at 46
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Something wrong?Marsha P. Johnson was an American LGBTQ activist, sex worker, and performer. Sometimes known as the "Saint of Christopher Street", she is considered an important figure in the LGBTQ and transgender rights movements due to her involvement in the Stonewall riots, her work with Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries...
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Times Square, 1963. Johnson frequented 42nd Street in Times Square, which is where she met Sylvia Rivera
Christopher Park in 2013, now part of the Stonewall National Monument, stands across the street from the Stonewall Inn. George Segal's Gay Liberation statues now stand where Johnson and the other street queens and homeless gay youth spent time in decades past.
Stonewall Inn, 2016
Flyer for the first Christopher Street Liberation Day rally on June 28, 1970. Johnson marched in the rally alongside the Gay Activists Alliance (GAA).
Marsha P. Johnson, Joseph Ratanski and Sylvia Rivera in 1973 by Gary LeGault
Le square «Marsha P. Johnson» in LyonAwards
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Marsha P. Johnson was an American LGBTQ activist, sex worker, and performer. Sometimes known as the "Saint of Christopher Street", she is considered an important figure in the LGBTQ and transgender rights movements due to her involvement in the Stonewall riots, her work with Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR), and her advocacy for people with AIDS.
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