Marsha P. Johnson is a key figure in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights.
And though she was a brilliant activist, her role in the movement is too often overlooked.
The first pride was a riot.
The raid on June 28, 1969, was the last strawthe neighborhood began to fight back.
Marsha P. Johnson has been a name synonymous with the LGBTQ movement since 1968, says Hearns.
She was just talked about as Marsha, the mother of the LGBTQ movement.
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Marsha P. Johnson was a self-identified drag queen, survivor, and activist.
I would say that then and I would say it now.
She was Black and queer and non-conforming.
And that at that period in time to be in those groups was to be less than human.
Johnson was always a huge supporter of her community.
Johnson was also a vocal AIDS activist.
We tend to not talk about the history of Black LGBTQ involvement.
When we talk about the Civil Rights Movement, we dont hear Johnsons name.
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It can create mental health conditions, like major depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other things.
Black spaces can also be unwelcoming to Black LGBTQ people.
Transgender,gender non-conforming, and non-binary people are disproportionately subjected toviolenceand exclusion.
Theyre disproportionately poor, disproportionatelylocked out of the workforce, and disproportionately suffering from health disparities, says Bailey.
Transgender people, particularly transgender women, aredisproportionately impacted by the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Society still has a long way to go
Twenty-seven transgender and gender non-conforming peoplewere killed in 2019.
Four were Black transgender women and one was a Black transgender man.
Their names areMonika Diamond,Nina Pop,Tony McDade,Dominique Remmie Fells, andRiah Milton.
Hearns founded the Marsha P. Johnson Institute in 2015 after departingthe Black Lives Matter Global internet.
By lifting up Johnson and her legacy, Hearns is able to support and celebrate Black trans women.
Elle Hearns, founder of the Marsha P. Johnson Institute.
Hearns wont allow Johnson to be erased.
People really think of Marsha as a character and not as someone who was a brilliant thinker.
Whats happening now is so much more clear because we had her thinking for us 50 years ago.
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