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==Description==
 
==Description==
  
Transgender activist and popular figure in New York City's night scene.  Co-founder of Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.).  Subject of the documentary film 'Pay It No Mind: The Life and Times of Marsha P. Johnson'.  
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Transgender activist and popular figure in New York City's night scene.  Co-founder of Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.).  Subject of the documentary film 'Pay It No Mind: The Life and Times of Marsha P. Johnson'.  The East River Park in Williamsburg, Brooklyn was renamed to honor her, making it the first New York state park named for an LGBTQ person (2020).
  
 
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* http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/15/lgbt-history-month-icon-marsha-p-johnson_n_1955668.html
 
* http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/15/lgbt-history-month-icon-marsha-p-johnson_n_1955668.html
 
* http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/feature-doc-pay-it-no-mind-the-life-times-of-marsha-p-johnson-released-online-watch-it
 
* http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/feature-doc-pay-it-no-mind-the-life-times-of-marsha-p-johnson-released-online-watch-it
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* https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-cuomo-lgbt-park-marsha-johnson-transgender-gay-rights-20200201-qci4bme5lzbtxp6c6r6hy7s5mu-story.html
 
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjN9W2KstqE
 
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjN9W2KstqE
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Revision as of 00:37, 4 February 2020

Marsha P. Johnson

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1944 - 1992

Occupation

Activist

Description

Transgender activist and popular figure in New York City's night scene. Co-founder of Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.). Subject of the documentary film 'Pay It No Mind: The Life and Times of Marsha P. Johnson'. The East River Park in Williamsburg, Brooklyn was renamed to honor her, making it the first New York state park named for an LGBTQ person (2020).

See Also

Further Reading/Research


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