Marsha P Johnson: “Nobody promised you tomorrow” 1 poem “Soul” wins the hearts.

The legend Marsha P. Johnson (August 24, 1945–July 6, 1992) was a mid-century gay liberation activist who identified as a drag queen. America's LGBTQ advocate (LGBT is an initialism that ...

The legend Marsha P. Johnson (August 24, 1945–July 6, 1992) was a mid-century gay liberation activist who identified as a drag queen. America's LGBTQ advocate (LGBT is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender). The real name of Mr. Johnson was Malcolm Michael Jr. Every human emerges as a leader as a result of their past experiences and learnings, and Marsha was no exception.

She was a victim of sex assault by a teenage boy, but despite being caught in her own shame, she stood up for her rights.
Her mother said that homosexuality is like living “lower than a dog."

Marsha P Johnson Quotes

I want my gay rights now.

Marsha P Johnson (on the Christopher Street)

“How many people have died for their two little statues to be put in the park to recognized gay people? How many years does it take for people to see that we are all brothers & sisters and human beings in the human race? I mean how many years does it take for people to see that we are all in this rat race together.”

ㅡMarsha P Johnson Stonewall

The Pioneer Drag Queen Marsha p Johnson

The legend was the first charming person, the one who couldn't be ignored once they saw her personality, met her, or listened to her speeches. The drag queen who always used to wear that beautiful crown of flowers A special appearance and loveable tone earned prominent happiness among the gay communities in America. She was then called the "Pioneer of Civil Rights." She was always ready to defend her fellow homosexuals, acting as a mother, daughter, and sister.

Central figure in LGBTQ is Marsha p Johnson

Johnson was one of the central figures in the LGBTQ movement for transgender rights. Her death was a sudden call of a surprise to many of her beloved ones and shook entire America on 6 Jul 1992 when the body of Marsha was found floating on the Hudson River having missed for the six days.
Marsha P Johnson, Joseph Ratanski and Sylvia Rivera in the 1973 NYC Gay Pride Parade by artist Gary LeGault
The influential speeches and street activism had inspired thousands of gay and had been successfully in acclaim.

Marsha p Johnson poem that explores the Karma

Stonewall veteran Marsha sang his poem, “Soul” which earned much applause. In this poem, she explored the meaning of Karma, its good and bad effects on humans. (The book, Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay ㅡ in 1969, a series of riots over police action against The Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village, changed the long-time landscape of the homosexual in society literally overnight. Since then, the event itself has become the stuff of legend). It really does not matter if you have not got a soul.

Poem: “Soul” Performed by Marsha P Johnson and Written By Jimmy Camicia

You can count your karma
if Nirvana is your goal
you can shake and you can rattle
you can rock and roll
you can be a Clark Kent
or a Lois
or an Alice down a hole,
you can be a vampire on a mountain
With a heart of stone black coal.
You can be a leather angel.
On a sleek black Harley bike.
Or a redhead screaming fggot or a dazzling dke
you can lock yourself in a closet
in a fine mink stole
but it really doesn’t matter.

ㅡ Jimmy Camicia
Marsha P Johnson: “Nobody promised you tomorrow”, his poem “Soul” wins the hearts.
Marsha P Johnson: “Nobody promised you tomorrow”, his poem “Soul” wins the hearts.

If you ain’t got soul, In the year 1992 on Christopher Street (Christopher Street is a street in the West Village neighbourhood of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is the continuation of the 9th Street west of Sixth Avenue. It is most notable for the Stonewall Inn, which was located on Christopher Street.) Mr Johnson said aloud,

Gay Liberation Monument in the Christopher Park

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Read more: about Barbara Gittings founder of “Daughters of Bilitis” it was the first lesbian rights organization. He had commented when George Segal’s Stonewall memorials from Ohio were shifted to Christopher Park, along the Christopher Street in the West Village section of Manhattan, New York. As well as Sylvia Rivera, who said that, “…don’t even like the label transgender.”

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