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EPISODE · May 19, 2025 · 25 MIN

Marsha P. Johnson Beyond Stonewall with Tourmaline

from Sad Francisco · host Toshio Meronek, Tofu Estolas, Tourmaline

Tourmaline's work spotlighting the life of Marsha P. Johnson began with collecting a popular archive online, then a film, and now a biography that's out May 20. In the book, you learn about the notorious Black, trans heroine who moved to New York when she was thirteen, rioted at Stonewall, protected the dolls with Sylvia Rivera and their group Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries/STAR, performed in and around the Village, and left the door open behind her for future queer and trans people, and everyone who believes we should be allowed to self-determine our destinies. Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/677583/marsha-by-tourmaline/ Happy Birthday Marsha - Tourmaline and Sasha Wortzel's movie about Marsha (free with a library card on Kanopy) https://www.kanopy.com/en/product/happy-birthday-marsha The Personal Things - animated short film Tourmaline made about Miss Major (with Micah Bazant, Pamela Chavez, and Hope Dector) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzafzVv2G2E

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