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genderoutlaws · 3 months
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Marsha P. Johnson with friends
December 25th, 1983
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nerdygaymormon · 2 months
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tygerland · 1 year
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Marsha P. Johnson, co-founder of Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries, at a gay rights demonstration in Albany, New York, March 14, 1971. Photo by Diana Davies.
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ivygorgon · 10 months
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"No Pride for some of us without liberation for all of us." -Marsha P. Johnson
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radiofreederry · 7 months
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Happy birthday, Marsha P. Johnson! (August 24, 1945)
An influential figure in the early LGBT rights movement, Marsha P. Johnson was born in New Jersey to a working class family. Johnson first began dressing as a girl as a young age, but chose to suppress her desires and identity for many years due to bigoted harassment. After graduating high school, Johnson left home for New York City, where she finally allowed herself to come out. She began performing as a drag queen and frequenting the Stonewall Inn. She was involved in the Stonewall Uprising, though denied accounts of being one of the leaders of the rising, and continued to play a major role in the gay rights movement afterward. Johnson organized with the Gay Liberation Front and co-founded Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries, an organization which sought to provide food and shelter to homeless LGBT youth. Unhoused herself for much of her time in New York, Johnson often relied on sex work in order to get by. In 1992, Johnson's body was recovered from the Hudson River; she had evidently been murdered in a hate crime. The police ruled her death a suicide despite the evidence against this, and Johnson's friends and allies fought for years to have the case reopened and investigated as a homicide.
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libraryfag · 2 years
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Marsha P Johnson with a snoopy plush <3
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westonsims00 · 1 month
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𝘋𝘢𝘺 22: 🌈⚧️💕 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘐𝘤𝘰𝘯: 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘢 𝘗. 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘉𝘏𝘔𝘊𝘈𝘚 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦
𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘢 𝘗. 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘓𝘎𝘉𝘛𝘘+ 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴. 𝘉𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵 24, 1945, 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘓𝘎𝘉𝘛𝘘+ 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴, 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 1969. 𝘈𝘴 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰-𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘢𝘺 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 (𝘚𝘛𝘈𝘙) 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘺𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘙𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢, 𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭-𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘴. 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘯'𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘺 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘎𝘉𝘛𝘘+ 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘯'𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 1992 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘶𝘥𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘻𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦.
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queerasfact · 7 months
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Happy birthday Marsha P Johnson!
Born on 24 August 1945, drag queen and activist Marsha P. Johnson was a well-known face in New York City’s Greenwich Village, where she lived on the street for many years. She is best remembered for her generosity and kindness, happily giving away her belongings, or spending her last two dollars on cookies to share around.
In 1970, along with fellow activist Sylvia Rivera, she founded STAR - the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries - which aimed to provide food, housing, legal aid, and other necessities to homeless trans youth. Marsha was assigned male at birth, but described herself as living life as a woman, and worked tirelessly to support her trans community.
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xanny-zuko · 10 months
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yknow, the fact that princess diana’s death got international media attention and practically everyone still speculates about the mysterious circumstances of her death but no one talks about how marsha p johnson was found dead in a river and her death was ruled a suicide despite her friends and family stating she’d never been suicidal doesnt site right with me. 
and yes, i am aware of the documentary. that was made by another trans woman (her name is victoria cruz).  because cis people don’t care. so we have to care about each other. 
edit: this post is getting a lot of traction and i feel the need to ad this bc i wholeheartedly agree tbh
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makingqueerhistory · 3 months
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Queer history fact: Marsha P. Johnson alongside fellow activist Sylvia Rivera, founded Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR). They worked to provide housing and support to gay, transgender, and gender-nonconforming people, focusing on fellow sex workers of colour. This is not what she is most well-known for, but it seems to be one of her most proud accomplishments. As someone who regularly experienced homelessness and violence because of her gender and presentation, she cared deeply for her community. Within the STAR home, she was known as the "mother."
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transrevolutionaries · 7 months
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Marsha P. Johnson was a psychiatric abuse survivor. In Pay it No Mind, friend Bob Kohler says
"She would go down christopher street, and be picked up midway... they would take her away for about two-three months, and they would put an implant in her spine, thorazine i think it was, that would calm her down, and she would come back, and be a zombie for about a month, and then she would go back to being old Marsha"
We must not erase this aspect of her life, and its important to celebrate marsha as a Black Mad Street Transvestite, not whatever sanitized version of her life the mainstream wants to celebrate. The parts of Marsha that made her such a celebrated and mythologized part of NYC gay and trans life is the same thing that got her institutionalized, a victim of state violence. Marsha was the patron saint of Christopher street, and she was also a Mad, Black, Street Transvesite, and many of the people who swear they owe their protection to her did not fight for her, all of her, the way she did for them.
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genderoutlaws · 1 year
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Marsha P. Johnson marching in the Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade in 1977
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one-time-i-dreamt · 2 years
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Before going to bed, I made a painting of Marsha P. Johnson. That night, I dreamed that I woke up to find her standing at my desk, looking at the canvas. When she noticed I'm awake she said, "You made my chin too small," threw glitter at me and disappeared in a shower of glitter.
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creativespark · 2 months
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Fred W. McDarrah, Marsha P. Johnson, the trans activist and co-founder of star (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries), the radical, intersectional activist collective, June 27, 1971
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woman-for-women · 10 months
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Happy Pride Month! To kick off pride I'm busting some myths about the Stonewall Riots, Marsha P. Johnson, and giving some love and recognition to Stormé DeLarverie!
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This was sitting unfinished for months but I got it together and completed it in time for pride.
Edit (6/12/23): I believe only the first Joseph Ambrosini photo was confirmed to be taken the first night of the Stonewall riots; I couldn't find sources that indicated if the other photos were taken on that same night or not.
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tomm-boy · 2 months
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MALCOM & MARTIN
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