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Author Talk: MARSHA:The Joy & Defiance of Marsha P Johnson
Wed, Oct 01
|JustBook-ish
Join us for a reading and conversation with writer, Tourmaline. Tourmaline will be reading from MARSHA: The Joy & Defiance of Marsha P Johnson.
Time & Location
Oct 01, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
JustBook-ish , 1463 Dorchester Ave, Dorchester, MA 02122, USA
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About the event
ABOUT THE BOOK
“Thank god the revolution has begun, honey.” Rumor has it that after Marsha P. Johnson threw the first brick in the 1969 Stonewall Uprising, she picked up a shard of broken mirror to fix her makeup. Marsha, a legendary Black transgender activist, embodied both the beauty and the struggle of the early gay rights movement. Her work sparked the progress we see today, yet there has never been a definitive record of her life. Until now.
Written with sparkling prose, Tourmaline’s richly researched biography Marsha finally brings this iconic figure to life, in full color. We vividly meet Marsha as both an activist and artist: She performed with RuPaul and with the internationally renowned drag troupe The Hot Peaches. She was a muse to countless artists from Andy Warhol to the band Earth, Wind & Fire. And she continues to inspire people today.
Marsha didn’t wait to…