Were all in this rat race together! Marsha P. Johnson, I may be crazy, but that dont make me wrong. Marsha P. Johnson, I dont think you should be ashamed of anybody you know that has AIDS. Lee: I want to ask you though. Darling, I want my gay rights now. Astronaut Ellen Ochoa, mission specialist, carries her son Wilson Miles-Ochoa following the STS-96 crew return at Ellington Field. What was Marshas role in the Stonewall uprising, and how did it shape the rest of her life? Marsha P. Johnson at the First Christopher Street Liberation Day March, 1970. Willis: The way that I navigate these spaces shifts. I think some people try to. But the impact of STAR had already been felt by many. Raised by her grandmother, Rivera began experimenting with clothing and makeup at a young age. As he entered activism, community organizing, and politics, Milk became known as a champion of the rights of the LGBTQ+ community, minorities, immigrants, women, and children. Lee: So if we're gonna say we're getting rid of prisons, we're defunding the police, which I support, we have to be just as much or maybe more invested in building up the consciousness of our people to be able to actually hold those people who commit harm and abuse accountable in the ways that we need them to be held accountable. Willis: I think that we need all the allies. Assigned male at birth, Johnson grew upin an African American, working-class family. And that's something other LGBTQ+ folks, particularly white ones, need to understand. Rivera said in an interview in 2001 that while she did not throw the first Molotov cocktail at the police (a long-enduring myth), she did throw the second. Invite students to research the ways in which Marshas legacy is being remembered today. But Johnson spent much of her life being ostracised by society. Encourage them to search for articles about the Marsha and Sylvia statue in New York City, Marsha P. Johnson state park in Brooklyn, and more. The two became instant friends. STAR House then moved to a dilapidated building, which they tried to fix up, but the group was evicted after eight months. I was involved with that.. She said in a 1989 interview that, Before gay rights, before the Stonewall, I was involved in the Black Liberation movement, the peace movementI felt I had the time and I knew that I had to do something. The group became a space to organize and discuss issues facing the transgender community in New York City and they also had a building, STAR House, that provided lodgings for those who needed it. She used she/her pronouns. Marsha was part of a growing community of LGBTQ youth who sought acceptance in New York City. But in the 1950s and 1960s, LGBTQ peoples rights were strictly limited. For example, dancing with a person of the same sex as well as cross-dressing were illegal. She spoke publicly about it and told people she hoped they would not be afraid of those who had the disease.
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