Marsha P. Johnson was an activist, artist and legend of the Stonewall Uprising. Crowned in flowers, she was a smiling symbol of Pride and the dream of a better world. A bonafide New Jersey icon, she ...

In front of a purple timepiece whose design resembles the Riis Park Memorial Clock, a crowd enjoys the surf and sand. “Marsha sure does love this scene,” an unnamed narrator declares, “Do you know ...

Marsha P. Johnson was bold, fearless, kind and complicated. A key activist in Stonewall, the Black trans drag artist also founded STAR to care for trans people, and was an enigma that anybody who met ...

Marsha P. Johnson's name isn't in most American history books, but it should be. When a judge asked her about the "P" in her name, she responded that it stood for "Pay it no mind." The judge laughed ...

Artist and filmmaker Tourmaline debuts with an illuminating biography of Marsha P. Johnson, a central force in the Stonewall uprising and nascent LGBTQ+ rights movement. Tourmaline recreates Johnson’s ...

Marsha P. Johnson was a trailblazer in the fight for gay rights. But Johnson's legacy extends beyond her activism: "Marsha was a really full... In the face of trans erasure, what can we learn from ...

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