Marsha P. Johnson’s Activism Lives on in Her Art

Happy Pub Day to Tourmaline!

RPJ client Tourmaline’s new book MARSHA, along with the accompanying children’s book One Day in June was published today. MARSHA chronicles the life and legacy of Marsha P. Johnson, the storied gay liberation and transgender rights activist and self-proclaimed drag queen. Johnson was a pivotal part of the gay rights movement in New York City in the 1960s and 70s and played a key role in the Stonewall Uprising. On May 22nd from 7pm-10pm Tourmalin…

Marsha P. Johnson’s Activism Lives on in Her Art

Johnson's art centered joy, exuberance, and birthday parties. Read an excerpt from Tourmaline's biography Marsha, out now from Tiny Reparations.

Thanks to Tourmaline, the Long-Awaited Biography of Marsha P. Johnson Is Here.

Tourmaline, courtesy of the author. Tourmaline has been working through the life of Marsha P. Johnson for decades now. She’s organized on the ground, cultivated a visual practice, and made films in her honor, carrying the trailblazing communard’s legacy from grassroots movement-building through her own life as an artist. Now, Tourmaline has written Marsha, the first comprehensive biography of the mother of the Stonewall uprising. Johnson’s life …