Marsha P. Johnson

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  1. today, we're going to be talking about Marsha P. Johnson
  2. who is Marsha P. Johnson.
  3. Marsha P.
  4. Johnson was a transgender woman, drag queen and gay rights and AIDS activist.
  5. She was born on august 9th 1945 in New Jersey
  6. And she was 17. She went to New York City,
  7. she was immersed in the gay community and soon came out.
  8. She became a drag queen with the group Hot Peaches.
  9. The P and her name stood for pay it no mind which
  10. is what she would say to people when they questioned her gender.
  11. She had identified as gay,
  12. a transvestite or a drag queen as transgender was not known term at the time.
  13. Today people believe Marcia would identify as either transgender or gender.
  14. Nonconforming
  15. the fight.
  16. Let's talk about Marsha's contributions to the gay liberation movement.
  17. First the Stonewall uprising,
  18. the Stonewall Inn had a gay bar which the cops began to raid quite frequently.
  19. There were rides starting on June 28, 1969 to protest the raids after several,
  20. several LGBTQ plus people were wrongfully arrested that night.
  21. The riots were to be known as the Stonewall uprising.
  22. Many people believe Marcia started
  23. the riots, but she arrived asked after they had already started
  24. during the riots. She helped quite a bit to bring awareness to the situation.
  25. The first pride took place in New York in June 1970,
  26. the first anniversary of the uprising.
  27. Next the gay liberation Front.
  28. Marcia joined the Gay liberation Front.
  29. They fought for action and protection for people who were negatively affected
  30. by the government in society due to their sexual orientation or gender.
  31. They were open to any member of the LGBTQ
  32. Plus community and held no bias against transgender people.
  33. Next AIDS,
  34. during the AIDS epidemic in new york,
  35. Marshall worked with the AIDS coalition to unleash power from the late
  36. 1990s to early 1990s, which was a group working
  37. towards ending the epidemic.
  38. Star
  39. one of Marshall's greatest contributions when
  40. helping LGBTQ Plus people with Star Marcia
  41. co founded Star or the street
  42. transvestite action revolutionaries with Sylvia Rivera,
  43. the two continuously thought for gay and transgender rights,
  44. but the rest of the community banned them
  45. from pride for being transgender at the time,
  46. there was a heavy divide against members of the
  47. LGBTQ Plus community.
  48. In 1970, they launched the Star House, a shelter for homeless,
  49. gay and transgender youth.
  50. She was called a drag mother taking care of LGBTQ Plus Youth.
  51. She relied on sex work to financially support herself and the youth at Star House.
  52. Transphobia.
  53. Marcia dealt with transphobia from the police,
  54. the public and even members of the LGBTQ Plus community.
  55. There is very little acceptance between members
  56. of different members of the LGBTQ community
  57. And many people were biased against transgender people.
  58. Marcia passed away on July 6, 1992, at the age of 46.
  59. Her body was found in the Hudson River. It was originally ruled a suicide,
  60. her family had argued that she was not suicidal,
  61. but the case was reopened as a possible homicide later,
  62. one that is still unsolved today.
  63. This is just one example of the disproportionate amount of violence that
  64. affects black women with little or no help from the police.
  65. Her legacy
  66. today, Marsha is recognized for her work in fighting for gay liberation.
  67. Marsha P.
  68. Johnson Institute was created to help black transgender
  69. people get any support they may need.