As we celebrate Pride month it’s important to acknowledge and remember the woman who ignited the movement. 🧱 Marsha P Johnson is one of the most iconic and impactful figures in the queer liberation. After graduating from high school, Marsha changed her name and moved to NYC where she found joy as a self-made drag queen in Greenwich Village. Though New York criminalized the LGBTQ+ community at the time, Marsha discovered her found family, most notably Andy Warhol and Sylvia Rivera, and acted as a “house mother” to many homeless queer youth. Drag made a hugely positive difference in her life. In her own words she believed “I was no one, nobody, from Nowheresville until I became a drag queen. That’s what made me in New York, that’s what made me in New Jersey, that’s what made me in the world.” Regardless of who actually threw that first brick that turned an uprising at the Stonewall Inn into a movement, Marsha became (and remains) a prominent voice in the journey towards queer equality...