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- Entertainment
- Washington Post
Capturing the vibrant life of LGBT activist Marsha P. Johnson
Just ahead of Pride season, a new biography of the venerated activist Marsha P. Johnson by the multidisciplinary artist Tourmaline has hit bookstore shelves.
When Marsha P. Johnson died in 1992, she was a beloved figure in New York's LGBTQ+ social scenes and liberation movements. Since then — thanks to work from community activists and historians, including Tourmaline — her legacy has grown deeper, her reputation traveling further. Today, there is a state park in New York named after her and a bronze bust of her housed in the New York LGBT Center. Online, tributes pop up on social media every summer commemorating her activism.
