What Marsha P. Johnson’s Death Can Teach Us About Racism and Homophobia
8 min readJun 17, 2020
Marsha P. Johnson was an iconic, revolutionary figure of the gay rights movement. She was also an activist, sex worker, and self-identified drag queen.
Born in 1945 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Marsha P. Johnson became the face of many LGBTQ liberation movements. And even more notably, Johnson was one of the people to ignite the Stonewall Riots…
