Today in Labor History August 24, 1945: LGBTQ activist Marsha P. Johnson was born. She was one of the central players in the Stonewall Uprising of 1969. She was also founding member of the Gay Liberation Front and co-founded the radical activist group Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries . Johnson was also an insider in New York's art scene, modeling for Andy Warhol, and performing with the drag group Hot Peaches. Some referred to her as the "mayor of Christopher Street" for her warm presence in Greenwich Village. From 1987 through 1992, she was active with ACT UP. When asked what the ”P” stood for in her name, or asked about her gender, she’d say the “P” stood for “pay-it-no-mind.” She died in 1992, likely from a transphobic attack.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #lgbtq #marshapjohnson #gayliberation #actup #newyork #stonewall #uprising #drag #andywarhol #aids #revolutionary #TransRightsAreHumanRights

boston, massachusetts
may 1970

gay liberation dance
charles street meeting house, beacon hill

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#photography #film #blackandwhite #bw #blackandwhite #streetphotography #boston #massachusetts #beaconhill #poster #dance #gayliberation #1970s

boston, massachusetts
april 1970

anti-war rally, boston common

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This was twenty-five years ago, and yet, it still seems to be way ahead of our time.

#GayLiberation

https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/12/archives/new-jersey-law-changes-reflect-the-new-morality-a-compilation-from.html

Today in Labor History August 24, 1945: LGBTQ activist Marsha P. Johnson was born. She was one of the central players in the Stonewall Uprising of 1969. She was also founding member of the Gay Liberation Front and co-founded the radical activist group Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries . Johnson was also an insider in New York's art scene, modeling for Andy Warhol, and performing with the drag group Hot Peaches. Some referred to her as the "mayor of Christopher Street" for her warm presence in Greenwich Village. From 1987 through 1992, she was active with ACT UP. When asked what the ”P” stood for in her name, or asked about her gender, she’d say the “P” stood for “pay-it-no-mind.” She died in 1992, likely from a transphobic attack.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #lgbtq #marshapjohnson #gayliberation #actup #newyork #stonewall #uprising #drag #dragqueen #andywarhol #greenwichvillage #aids #revolutionary #gendernonconforming #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Highly recommend this excellent #film #trailer for Queer The Way, upcoming documentary about how the struggle for #queer liberation in the global south is located in colonialism and British #patriarchy #homophobia overruling regional cultures & historical acceptance of #diversity

#LGBTQIA #GayLiberation #TransRightsAreHumanRights
#QueerTheWay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LLjPU4B-jM