Marsha P. Johnson
Sparking the modern LGBTQ rights movement
Marsha "Pay It No Mind" Johnson was a transgender woman and an activist who regularly went to Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York that was often raided by police in the 60s. During a police raid on June 28, 1969, the people in the bar fought back, with Marsha at the helm, which many say sparked the modern LGBTQ rights movement.
!["Marsha P. Johnson"](/sites/default/files/celebrating%20pride%20profiles-02.png)
In 1970, she co-founded STAR, Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries, a trans rights group and a shelter for homeless trans teens. Marsha died in 1992 under mysterious circumstances, and the case is still unsolved.