#marshapjohnson

[whenweallvote]

Marsha P. Johnson was an American gay liberation activist and self-identified drag queen, known as an outspoken advocate for gay rights, she was a mother figure to many young LGBTQIA+ people in her community — especially those experiencing homelessness.

◾ TW Violence, Hate Crimes ◾

On July 6, 1992, Marsha’s body was found in the Hudson River off the West Village Piers. The police determined she had committed suicide despite adamant claims from her friends and community members that she was not suicidal.

#MarshaPJohnson #MarshaJohnson #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA+ #Pride #PrideMonth #PrideWasARiot #AmericanHistory

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

By Melinda Butterfield

Trans and queer activists and allies mobilized to defend a family Trans Day of Visibility event in Brooklyn, New York, on March 30. The event at Marsha P. Johnson State Park included arts and crafts, informational tabling, and a drag story hour for children and parents. The annual event was targeted for a second year by far-right anti-trans protesters. 

The community response was organized by NYC Queer and Trans Defense. This grassroots movement was created by activists in response to the growing number of fascist threats against queer events and venues, including drag story hour and Pride events at libraries, museums, and other public facilities in New York City.

#lgbtqia #TransDayOfVisibility #ProtectTransKids #TransRightsAreHumanRights #MarshaPJohnson #NYC #Brooklyn #antifascist #redguard #struggle la lucha

[rebel-girl-queen-of-my-world]

Important to remember going into pride month - corporations want your money, but all the rainbows in the world doesn’t mean they care about your right to exist. @walgreens @draftkings @pepsi @att @anheuserbusch @zillow @amazon all donated to Florida’s shameful #DontSayGay Bill. Stop rainbow-washing hate and corporate greed, and remember that lgbtqia freedom comes from trans activists like #MarshaPJohnson, #SylviaRivera and #StorméDelarverie. From @staleypr, Larry Kramer, Vito Russo, Didier Lestrade and all the organizers from #ActUp back when Reagan was doing nothing about the AIDS epidemic. This year as much as any, our Pride should be about standing up and fighting back against the people trying to deny our existence. I definitely have privilege as a bi white woman in a hetero-passing marriage, but I’ll always stand with the LGBTQ+ community. #lgbtqia #lgbt #lgbtrights #lgbtqrights #gayrightsarehumanrights #humanrights #corporations #florida #rondesantis #bigotry #homophobia #transphobia #pride #pridemonth #respectexistenceorexpectresistance #nocorporationsatpride #gayrights #lgbtrightsarehumanrights #standupfightback https://www.instagram.com/p/CeHKELku8qO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#dontsaygay #marshapjohnson #sylviarivera #stormédelarverie #actup #lgbtqia #lgbt #lgbtrights #lgbtqrights #gayrightsarehumanrights #humanrights #corporations #florida #rondesantis #bigotry #homophobia #transphobia #pride #pridemonth #respectexistenceorexpectresistance #nocorporationsatpride #gayrights #lgbtrightsarehumanrights #standupfightback

[mongraffito]

April - the Mother of the House watercolor painting I made 6 years ago Tribute to Marsha P. Johnson, Edward Hopper and NYC. A tribute to the NYC Houses that take care of the "rejected". #marshapjohnson #Hopper #NYChouses #queerculture #lgbtqart #watercolor

#marshapjohnson #Hopper #NYChouses #queerculture #lgbtqart #watercolor

[chaoswithkaycee]

Happy Pride Month!

Today's post is about Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera. I'll warn you now, it's not entirely joyful. First, I want to say that while these two women were instrumental in our movement, there were many others who worked with them. The work continues even now. Please see them as the starting line, not the finish line.

Marsha P Johnson was six years older than Sylvia. The two met in New York, when Marsha was 17 and Sylvia was 11. Marsha had already established that she was transgender- of course, the language at the time was "transvestite". Sylvia was a young Puerto Rican trans girl, and Marsha encouraged her to embrace herself and her style as she had learned to do.

On the night of the Stonewall Inn Riots, Marsha and Sylvia arrived after the riot had started. I know someone is going to want to correct me and say Marsha threw the first brick, but no. Marsha herself, and many others, have said she arrived after the first riot began.

However - Marsha and Sylvia spearheaded the movement from there. They led marches, Sylvia gave speeches - and in fact I have linked some videos below of speeches and interviews they each gave. The two co-founded the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries - which was renamed the Street Transgender Action Revolutionaries.

Marsha was something of a den mother to homeless LGBTQ folks, taking them in when they were kicked out of their homes and embracing them when the world shunned them. She was also a fierce HIV Awareness activist, when much of the world saw it as "God's punishment for being gay". In 1992, Marsha's body was pulled from the Hudson river. Her death was ruled a suicide due to her history of mental illness, though Sylvia and others within the community argued that it was a homicide. A suicide note was never recovered, and Marsha's death was later ruled 'undetermined' but was not pursued as a homicide, despite the presence of a head wound.

Sylvia remained a lifelong activist, calling out queer folks who made themselves palatable for the straight and cis communities that had shunned them, calling out racism and transphobia within the community. She also advocated for sex workers and those with addiction, as she and many of the queer folks she knew struggled with these. She would pass away in 2002 due to complications from liver cancer.

See these links below for videos of the two :

Marsha P Johnson Interviewed during a rally https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvW-Fif4KFE

Marsha P Johnson performs Spoken Word "You Gotta Have Soul" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_XQU2_fF5E

Sylvia Rivera speech during a rally https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb-JIOWUw1o

Sylvia Rivera a year before her death, condemning the new, palatable movement - this is still a problem within our community, as many more radical activists have pointed out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI2bxUSRF7I

#pridemonth #queerhistory #queerpride #gaypride #marshapjohnson #sylviarivera #trans pride

[jennadeibelartist]

I am finishing up some priority work and can’t wait to get back to this piece! This will be for sale when finished! #marshapjohnson # #artist #artworkfeatures #artwip #paintingoncanvas #contemporaryart #mixedmedia #mixedmediaartist #mixedmediacollage #mixedmediadrawing #portraitart #dragqueen #dragart #dragqueens #transisbeautiful #lgbtqpride #pride #artistsoninstagram #artistprocess #artistoninstagram #workingartist #artworks_portrait #artwork_in_studio #artworkinprogress https://www.instagram.com/p/CoVYSEgvvtp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#marshapjohnson #artist #artworkfeatures #artwip #paintingoncanvas #contemporaryart #mixedmedia #mixedmediaartist #mixedmediacollage #mixedmediadrawing #portraitart #dragqueen #dragart #dragqueens #transisbeautiful #lgbtqpride #pride #artistsoninstagram #artistprocess #artistoninstagram #workingartist #artworks_portrait #artwork_in_studio #artworkinprogress

[kanisemarshallofficial]

Celebrate Women's History Month with us as we showcase and highlight wonderful women everyday!

#WomensHistoryMonth #KaniseMarshallOfficial #MarshaPJohnson

[earlsings]

Reposted from @history_unerased History UnErased celebrates the history, achievements, and influence of the queer black community during Black History Month and EVERY month. History UnErased's Intersections & Connections curriculum makes LGBTQ history a part of mainstream history courses, allowing students to apply their own identity lens(es) as they approach their learning, whether it be race, gender, ethnicity, or nationality. Our curriculum includes forgotten and silenced figures of American history like #PauliMurray, #BayardRustin, #MarshaPJohnson, and #PerryWatkins, and many, many more! 🔵 We believe in a complete, complex, and empowering story of America, do you? 🔵 Reposted from @bayardrustin1 https://www.instagram.com/p/CoaU7PvPMJy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#paulimurray #bayardrustin #marshapjohnson #perrywatkins

[israa-blackburn]

Gracias #marshapjohnson Tu corriste para que nosotros pudieramos caminar. Estaremos aquí peleando y resistiendo. ❤🧡💛💚💙💜 #pride2022 #gaymexico #marchalgbt #marchadelorgullolgbt #gay #trans #queer #loveislove #gayboy #gaypride #pride🌈 (at Reforma) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfVd5exuaOZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#marshapjohnson #pride2022 #gaymexico #marchalgbt #marchadelorgullolgbt #gay #trans #queer #loveislove #gayboy #gaypride #pride🌈

[steampoweredstarsketch]

“Shatter Every Convention” I made a phone background inspired by the Stonewall Uprising for pride! The Stonewall Uprising, also known as the Stonewall Riots, was a landmark event that sparked the greater unification of the Gay rights movement in America, and around the world. The Stonewall Uprising were a series of spontaneous protests by members of the LGBTQIA Community in response to one of many repeated police raids on gay bars in Greenwich Village in New York City. Particularly one that occurred in the early morning hours of June 28th, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn. The patrons of the Stonewall, and other gay and lesbian bars in the area, began fighting back when the police became violent. It’s often said that Transgender women and drag queens were among the first to throw the first brick, though nobody know who it was or what was thrown for sure, what is known as this event was the catalyst that transformed the Gay Liberation Movement, into the fight got LGBTQIA Rights in the United States. Notable figures such as Marsha P Johnson and Silvia Rivera were part of Stonewall, and led the charge for continued protests in the days and years to come. Pride is not just about parades. Pride is about celebrating the road to freedom that was paved in the blood and suffering and sacrifice of thousands that dedicated their entire lives to the dream of being able to live and love freely and authentically as the people they are and always were. In a time where even expressing potentially homosexual behaviors such as holding hands and making prolonged eye contact could get you arrested, assaulted and publicly outed in the newspaper with your full name and photograph, and your job, your school, your landlord, your family, would all be notified and you could potentially be locked in an asylum for being mentally ill, and in some areas, mandated to be chemically castrated by the state, these people marched. When gangs of heterosexual cisgendered men would drive around hunting down queer and transgender people and drag queens and beat them to death for sport with no consequences whatsoever. these people marched. #pridemonth #pride #pride2022 #stonewall #marshapjohnson https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce6Ye8JOCAF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#pridemonth #pride #pride2022 #stonewall #marshapjohnson

[toxicmasculinityremover]

#Repost @tarikapowell ・・・ I could say more about how y'all only like *certain* Black trans women but I'm cautious of overstepping when it's not my lived experience. So I'll focus on the mental illness. Even though ppl with mental illnesses are more likely to oppose inequality and are drawn to advocacy at higher rates than those w/o, y'all know good & well activism spaces hate a mental illness and a Black person experiencing it. Especially women & femmes. And especially when we are intersectional thinkers & see the inequality within our identity groups. Oh these spaces will exploit & work you to the bone until you're most vulnerable to your symptoms, but then they will label and discard you. Y'all start cappin' every Pride. Y'all still don't like Marsha's. She was marginalized within queer spaces then, and she would be marginalized now. ----------- Support my writing: PaprikaTowell on Venmo & Cashapp #Pride #marshapjohnson #mentalhealth https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce00VBQDs3Y/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#repost #pride #marshapjohnson #mentalhealth

[wolfenhaas]

Marsha P. Johnson was a Gay Rights activist during a time when things were much more difficult than they are now. She campaigned for trans rights and fought in the Stonewall Riots. Read the story of her life, and mysterious death, here.

#Pride #pridemonth #transrights #stonewall #stonewallriots #marshapjohnson #history #historyblog #pride 2022 #gay #lgbtqplus

[foreverthesoniag]

I see the 🌈everywhere on my timeline which must mean #Pride is here!! Remember Pride started as a riot!! Remember it was Black and Brown Trans and Non-binary folks like #marshapjohnson #silviarivera #stormedelarverie that led this Queer Gay Trans Liberation!! Remember that all these corporations are going to change their icons to rainbow colors but their messaging will fall short because they have yet to hire QTPOC folks , or have any QTPOC in leadership or any real commitment to community! What is your commitment to our #lgbtq🌈 community? Remember that Trans folks across the country need your support and allyship. For the cis straight people in the back, remember that you buying a rainbow flag in our support is not enough. We need you to move back, we need you to redistribute your wealth and resources, we need you to rally and march when our rights are under attack. From anti-trans legislation, to anti-immigrant policies, to anti-abortion —- we need you to have our back and fight with us. And for our young #queer #trans youth, we love you and we are actively trying to imagine and push for better worlds. For our Queer Trans elders, we remember you always and we are grateful for your work and vision and your name goes unsaid. For my #Trans #nonbinary siblings , I see you and what an honor to exist among you. Here for us living and breathing and enjoying life and celebrating and imaging!! Shout outs to the #lgbtq #artists , cultural workers and healers because we keep dreaming and showing what’s possible!! Pride is a celebration, a reflection, a moment to pause, a moment to live but also it is a moment to reground into our community!! Happy #pridemonth ! https://www.instagram.com/p/CeUARXlJO92/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#pride #marshapjohnson #silviarivera #stormedelarverie #lgbtq🌈 #queer #trans #nonbinary #lgbtq #artists #pridemonth

[rebel-girl-queen-of-my-world]

Before #PrideMonth is over, here’s some final memories from the @transresistancema march. #transresistancema #transresistance #trans #transrights #blacktranslivesmatter #blacklivesmatter #marshapjohnson #lgbtq #lgbtpride #lgbt #queer #queerpride #freedom #blacktranswomen #queerliberation #liberation #blackjoy #pride #nocopsatpride #weprotectus #lgbtq🌈 #lgbtqpride #lgbtqia #standupfightback #pride🌈 #pridemonth2022 #transpride https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfby8ZeO-Te/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#pridemonth #transresistancema #transresistance #trans #transrights #blacktranslivesmatter #blacklivesmatter #marshapjohnson #lgbtq #lgbtpride #lgbt #queer #queerpride #freedom #blacktranswomen #queerliberation #liberation #blackjoy #pride #nocopsatpride #weprotectus #lgbtq🌈 #lgbtqpride #lgbtqia #standupfightback #pride🌈 #pridemonth2022 #transpride

[jennadeibelartist]

I am finishing up some priority work and can’t wait to get back to this piece! This will be for sale when finished! #marshapjohnson # #artist #artworkfeatures #artwip #paintingoncanvas #contemporaryart #mixedmedia #mixedmediaartist #mixedmediacollage #mixedmediadrawing #portraitart #dragqueen #dragart #dragqueens #transisbeautiful #lgbtqpride #pride #artistsoninstagram #artistprocess #artistoninstagram #workingartist #artworks_portrait #artwork_in_studio #artworkinprogress https://www.instagram.com/p/CoVYSEgvvtp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#marshapjohnson #artist #artworkfeatures #artwip #paintingoncanvas #contemporaryart #mixedmedia #mixedmediaartist #mixedmediacollage #mixedmediadrawing #portraitart #dragqueen #dragart #dragqueens #transisbeautiful #lgbtqpride #pride #artistsoninstagram #artistprocess #artistoninstagram #workingartist #artworks_portrait #artwork_in_studio #artworkinprogress

[timothybrownjr13]

So here is the first of my 30 day queer icon pride project. Let me introduce Marsha P. Johnson. The P stands for "Pay it no mind." Which is what she would say when asked about her gender. She was described as to looking both masculine and feminine. Marsha was a activist, performer, self-identified drag queen, and a prominent figure in the Stonewall uprising of 1969. Though there is much debate as to who dealt the first blow, Marsha did climb a light pole and drop a bag with a brick on a cop car, shattering the windsheild. What makes Marsha influential to me is not only her strength, but her determination to be 100 percent authentic. She united people and didn't let the prejudices of others get in her way. #brownjrart #30dayqueericons #marshapjohnson #lgbtqia #pride2022 #pride #queer #icon #loveislove #strength #honesty #authenticity #drawing #sketch #sketchbook #redsketch #beautiful #dragqueen #drag #activist #Actup (at Turlock, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeQqdeIreLe/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#brownjrart #30dayqueericons #marshapjohnson #lgbtqia #pride2022 #pride #queer #icon #loveislove #strength #honesty #authenticity #drawing #sketch #sketchbook #redsketch #beautiful #dragqueen #drag #activist #actup