the Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson Tourmaline creator author. text bibliography biography LGBTQ+ biographies. Transgender biographies. nyu 2025 monographic eng

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306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm "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. This book will take readers into Marsha's childhood as she struggled with gender identity in the 1950s, to her dramatic 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."-- Tourmaline. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us-ny 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 Gender minorities LGBTQ+ activism LGBTQ+ activists LGBTQ+ people LGBTQ+ riots HQ77.8.J64 T68 2025 306.76/8092 B Tourmaline. [New York] : Tiny Reparations Books, [2025] (DLC) 2024044608 9780593185667 2024044607 241213 20250610133817.0 z9ilms b4182859