Warrior Poet: Audre Lorde, pictured in 1980. Opposite page: Marsha P Johnson and Gladys Bentley
PHOTOS CREATIVE COMMONS
MARSHA P JOHNSON
The Stonewall Riots of 1969 marked a seminal moment in our LGBTQ history. Stonewall sparked a movement that led to the first Pride marches and a generation fighting for their rights to love and desire who they wanted, with no apologies. Marsha P Johnson is a name we should all know as she is reported to have been the first to show resistance outside the Stonewall Inn where she was a regular. A black trans woman, Marsha went on to become a leader in the fight for trans rights in the 70s and 80s and was becoming a well-known and respected HIV activist in New York before her unresolved death in 1992. Recent accounts of the Stonewall Riots have whitewashed her pivotal role, depicting young white gay cis men as first to resist police brutality. The erasure of Marsha P Johnson is a loss to us all. It is her legacy and her courage to say “no” and take action that night outside the Stonewall Inn on her 25th birthday that paved the way for all LGBTQs to be where we are today.
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