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Marsha : the joy and defiance of Marsha P. Johnson / Tourmaline.

Tourmaline, (author.).

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Black trans luminary Tourmaline brings to life the first definitive biography of the revolutionary activist Marsha P. Johnson, one of the most important and remarkable figures in LGBTQ+ history, revealing her story, her impact, and her legacy. Through nearly two decades of research, Tourmaline brings this fabulous, scandalous, essential justice warrior to life in full color, for the first time. This book will take readers into Marsha's childhood as she struggled with gender identity in the 1950s, to herdramatic and essential involvement in the Stonewall Riots and her activism for trans rights through the 70s to the AIDS crisis, and finally, it will explore her mysterious and still unresolved death. Marsha's biography will embody the beauty of deviance.Marsha didn't wait to be freed; she declared herself free and told the world to catch up. Marsha was not merely an activist, she was an artist and a performer, a lover and a mentor, a mischievous and transgressive queen. Marsha honors the fullness of herlife and will give this remarkable figure her rightful place in history.

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  • ISBN: 9780593185667
  • ISBN: 0593185668
  • Physical Description: 306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: [New York] : Tiny Reparations Books, [2025]

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Johnson, Marsha P., 1945-1992.
Minority transgender women > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Transgender people > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Sexual minority activists > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
LGBT activism > New York (State) > New York.
Stonewall Riots, New York, N.Y., 1969.
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