MARSHA P Johnson, an American LGBTQ+ rights activist and performer, is celebrated by Google Doodle today. She dedicated her life to equality, and is credited as one of the key leaders of the 1969 Stonewall uprising. 4 On June 30, 2019, Marsha was posthumously honoured as a grand marshal of the New York City Pride March. Who was Marsha P Johnson? Marsha P. Johnson was born Malcolm Michaels Jr. on August 24, 1945, in New Jersey. After graduating high school in 1963, she moved to New York City’s Greenwich Village, which had become a popular area for like-minded LGBTQ+ people to live. Here, she legally changed her name to Marsha P. Johnson. Her middle initial—“P.”—allegedly stood for her response to those who questioned her gender: “Pay It No Mind.” 4 The P in her name stands for "Pay It No Mind", a reference to her gender identity being only her business Credit: Netflix Johnson modeled for Andy Warhol, and performed onstage with the drag performance troupe ...
