Gay rights activist Marsha P. Johnson has become an icon of the Gay Liberation movement who is often held up as the architect of the Stonewall riots.
However, Marsha was a much more interesting figure than the simplified symbol of LGBTQ+ rights and one who has been mythologised with inaccuracies in recent years.
Born with the name Malcolm Michaels Jr. in New Jersey in 1945, Marsha was one of seven children in a working class family. From the age of five, Marsha began to wear dresses but faced bullying from other children for doing so.
At the age of 13, Marsha was sexually assaulted according to an interview she gave towards the end of her life. As a child and teen she was very faithful and was part of a Methodist Episcopal Church and
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