Google Doodle | Marsha was posthumously honored as the New York City Pride March grand marshal on this day in 2019.
New Delhi: Marsha P Johnson, a activist in the LGBTQ+ rights movement, is being praised for her relentless struggle to honor all lives. On June 30 Google Doodle closed Pride Month by paying respect to the icon. An illustration of her by guest artist Rob Gilliam, from Los Angeles, is Doodle today.
Pride Month Google honored LGBTQ+ rights activist and self-identified drag queen Marsha P Johnson on Tuesday for being one of the founders of the US LGBTQ+ rights movement. Today's Google doodle, illustrated by Rob Gilliam, a Los Angeles-based guest artist, showed Marsha with all the smiles and sporting her iconic flowery headgear in colour.
Last year on that day, Marsha was posthumously honored as a New York City Pride March grand marshal.
Malcolm Michaels Jr. changed her name legally and became Marsha P. Johnson, and the middle name 'P' was apparently her answer to those who questioned her gender: "Pay It No Mind." She was a charismatic figure, a self-declared drag queen.
She was the catalyst for our liberation, the driving force behind the revolution that brought all of us the rights and freedoms we couldn't even think of before. Marsha built a place for us in Western culture through her inspiring courage and her refusal to be silenced," artist Rob Gilliam said.
In June 1969 the New York police raided a gay bar called 'The Stonewall Inn.' Approximately 200 people were dragged out of the bar and beaten. It was then that Marsha P Johnson was 23. She was one of the few who rose up against brutality by police. Violent protests followed, and gay people came out onto the road for their rights for the first time. It was a trend across the globe.
In 2019 the New York Police Department apologised and said "NYPD 's actions were incorrect."
Pride Month Google honored LGBTQ+ rights activist and self-identified drag queen Marsha P Johnson on Tuesday for being one of the founders of the US LGBTQ+ rights movement. Today's Google doodle, illustrated by Rob Gilliam, a Los Angeles-based guest artist, showed Marsha with all the smiles and sporting her iconic flowery headgear in colour.
Last year on that day, Marsha was posthumously honored as a New York City Pride March grand marshal.
Know Some Information About 'Marsha P. johnson'
Marsha P Johnson was an African-American who had fought for transgenders' rights. She was one of the influential figures, whose work in the 1960s and 70s had a significant impact.
Marsha was born Malcolm Michaels Jr. on August 24th, 1945, in Elizabeth, New Jersey. She moved to New York in 1963 and legally changed her name to Mars. Marsha is credited as one of the most important leaders of the Stonewall uprising of 1969.Malcolm Michaels Jr. changed her name legally and became Marsha P. Johnson, and the middle name 'P' was apparently her answer to those who questioned her gender: "Pay It No Mind." She was a charismatic figure, a self-declared drag queen.
She was the catalyst for our liberation, the driving force behind the revolution that brought all of us the rights and freedoms we couldn't even think of before. Marsha built a place for us in Western culture through her inspiring courage and her refusal to be silenced," artist Rob Gilliam said.
In June 1969 the New York police raided a gay bar called 'The Stonewall Inn.' Approximately 200 people were dragged out of the bar and beaten. It was then that Marsha P Johnson was 23. She was one of the few who rose up against brutality by police. Violent protests followed, and gay people came out onto the road for their rights for the first time. It was a trend across the globe.
In 2019 the New York Police Department apologised and said "NYPD 's actions were incorrect."
The Works Done By Her
Marsha is credited as one of the most important leaders of the Stonewall uprising of 1969. The following year, she founded Revolutionary Action on the Street Transvestite (now Transgender).
She was a founding member of the Gay Liberation Front, and co-founded the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.) activist group along with close friend Sylvia Rivera. Marsha P Johnson and his troupe, Hot Peaches, performed on stage. She was an AIDS activist from 1987 to 1992, and worked hard to create awareness.
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