The legacy of LGBTQ civil rights leader Marsha P. Johnson will be set in stone after 166,000 people signed a petition to have her honored posthumously in her hometown of Elizabeth, New Jersey.

If you know anything about the legendary activist Marsha P. Johnson, chances are you’ve been touched by the work of Tourmaline. Widely recognized as our community’s preeminent Johnson scholar, the ...

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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 ...

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 ...