NYSUT celebrates Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Questioning/Queer+ History Month, Oct. 1-31, with a new poster honoring American gay liberation activist Marsha P. Johnson.
Marsha P. Johnson (1945–1992) was an American gay liberation activist and prominent figure in the Stonewall Uprising of 1969. A founding member of the Gay Liberation Front, Johnson co-founded the activist group Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries with friend Sylvia Rivera and, in 1987, became an AIDS activist with ACT UP. In 2019, Johnson became one of the first 50 American “pioneers, trailblazers, and heroes” included on the National LGBTQ Wall of Honor at the Stonewall Inn. It is the first U.S. national monument dedicated to LGBTQ rights and history.
Both posters are available for download; limited print quantities are free for NYSUT members and leaders at the statewide union’s online publications ordering catalog, nysut.org/publications.
