Google Doodle has celebrated LGBTQ+ rights activist and drag queen Marsha P. Johnson. The month of June is celebrated as the Pride Month throughout the world. The doodle was illustrated by Los Angeles-based guest artist Rob Gilliam.
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The ‘Pride month’ refers to the commemoration of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan, US, and is now celebrated worldwide in the month of June every year by members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) communities and LGBTQ allies.
The last day of month, June 30, witnesses large scale social gatherings including pride parades, picnics, parties, workshops, symposia and concerts, and LGBTQ Pride Month events attracting millions of participants around the world.
About Marsha P. Johnson
Marsha P. Johnson (1945 – 1992) was an American gay liberation activist and self-identified drag queen.
Known as an outspoken advocate for gay rights, Johnson was one of the prominent figures in the Stonewall uprising of 1969 — widely regarded as a critical turning point for the international LGBTQ+ rights movement.
The following year, she founded the Street Transvestite (now Transgender) Action Revolutionaries (STAR) with fellow transgender activist Sylvia Rivera. STAR was the first organization in the U.S. to be led by a trans woman of colour and was the first to open North America’s first shelter for LGBTQ+ youth.
On June 30 2019, Marsha was posthumously honoured as a grand marshal of the New York City Pride March.
