As she began exploring her identity through drag, Marsha settled on the drag queen name ‘Marsha P. Johnson’. This was inspired by the restaurant, Howard Johnson’s on 42nd Street, while the P. stood ...

In the wake of Pride Month, you may be wondering…who is Marsha P. Johnson? Before the heavy headlines and heroic hashtags, there was a Black transwoman with enough might to spark an entire movement.

Google is honouring black transgender-rights activist Marsha P Johnson with a Doodle more than 50 years after the Stonewall Riots, and one year after the self-identified drag queen was ...

Marsha P Johnson: who was the Stonewall riots gay rights activist and drag queen honoured with a Google Doodle. By Alex Nelson. Senior Journalist. Published 30th Jun 2020, 09:35 BST.

Activist and drag queen, Marsha P. Johnson, was one of the first people to call for action following the Stonewall Riots in 1969. Johnson was a founding member of the Gay Liberation Front ...

Marsha P Johnson: ‘America’s first transgender statue’ will immortalise Stonewall riots veteran. ... “I was no one, nobody from Nowheresville, until I became a drag queen,” she said.

To be a Black drag queen in the 1960s was one of the bravest things one could do. That’s exactly why Marsha P. Johnson – a Black drag queen who was reportedly responsible for starting the ...

Marsha P. Johnson was not well known during her life. But in death, her legacy is stamped indelibly onto the rainbow pride flag. The transgender activist was among a group of blacks who in the ...

A new biography about New Jersey native Marsha P. Johnson details how she inspired a revolution through her joy.

Johnson was a drag queen, ... “Almost single-handedly, Marsha P. Johnson and her best friend Sylvia Rivera touched off a revolution in the way we talk about gender today,” France said.