Durg Women’s History Month, we celebrate Marsha P. Johnson, an Amerin gay rights activist and outspoken woman who fights for rights of the LGBTQ+ muny. Johnson was born on Augt 24, 1945 Elizabeth, New Jersey, Johnson was one out of 7 siblgs. Her parents are Mallm Michaels Sr. and Alberta Claiborne. She and her...
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THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
The term “transgenr” wasn’t monly ed Marsha’s lifetime, but she intified as a “transvte, ” gay and a drag queen and ed she/her pronouns. The clash wh the New York police marked a turng pot for the gay liberatn movement the US and spired Pri march around the world today. Johnson worked as an activist participatg monstratns and march as part of the Gay Liberatn Front, which formed the wake of Stonewall.
Harvey Milk was one of the first openly gay policians elected to office the Uned Stat, and the first openly gay official elected California. “We want gays to reprent gays, ” Milk told the San Francis Examer 1977, and his posn as an LGBTQ public official helped brg the muny’s issu to promence. While servg as a cy supervisor, he troduced legislatn to protect the gay muny, cludg a gay rights ordance 1978 to ban discrimatn agast LGBTQ hog or employment.
He and other activists also succeed strikg down Proposn 6, which would have mandated the firg of any gay or lbian teachers California.