Johnson said the phrase once to a judge, who was amused by it, leading to Johnson's release. Johnson", getting Johnson from the restaurant Howard Johnson's on 42nd Street, stating that the P stood for "pay it no mind" and used the phrase sarcastically when questioned about gender, saying "it stands for 'pay it no mind'". Johnson initially used the moniker "Black Marsha" but later decided on the drag queen name "Marsha P. Johnson came out and said "my life has been built around sex and gay liberation, being a drag queen" and sex work. After Johnson began hanging out with the street hustlers near the Howard Johnson's at 6th Avenue and 8th Street, their life changed. Johnson waited tables after moving to Greenwich Village in 1966. Edison Career and Technical Academy) in Elizabeth in 1963, Johnson left home for New York City with $15 and a bag of clothes. Īfter graduating from Edison High School (now the Thomas A. Johnson's mother also encouraged her child to find a "billionaire" boyfriend or husband to take care of (Johnson) for life, a goal Johnson often talked about. Johnson's mother reportedly said that being homosexual is like being "lower than a dog", but Johnson said that Alberta was unaware of the LGBT community. After this, Johnson described the idea of being gay as "some sort of dream", rather than something that seemed possible, and so chose to remain sexually inactive until leaving for New York City at 17. In a 1992 interview, Johnson described being the young victim of rape by a thirteen-year-old boy. Johnson first began wearing dresses at the age of five but stopped temporarily due to harassment by boys who lived nearby. Commenting on this upbringing, Johnson said, "I got married to Jesus Christ when I was sixteen years old, still in high school." Michaels and their six siblings were raised in the Mount Teman African Methodist Episcopal Church. Michaels' father, Malcolm Michaels Sr., was an assembly line worker at General Motors, while Michaels' mother, Alberta Claiborne, was a housekeeper. on August 24, 1945, in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Although Johnson’s death was initially and quickly ruled a suicide by the NYPD, controversy and protest followed, eventually leading to a re-opening of the case as a possible homicide. Johnson's body was found floating in the Hudson River in 1992. From 1987 through 1992, Johnson was an AIDS activist with ACT UP. Johnson was known as the "mayor of Christopher Street" due to being a welcoming presence in the streets of Greenwich Village. Johnson was also a popular figure in New York City's gay and art scene, modeling for Andy Warhol, and performing onstage with the drag performance troupe Hot Peaches. Johnson was a founding member of the Gay Liberation Front and co-founded the radical activist group Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.), alongside close friend Sylvia Rivera. Though some have mistakenly credited Johnson for starting the riots, Johnson was always forthcoming about having not been present when the riots began. Known as an outspoken advocate for gay rights, Johnson was one of the prominent figures in the Stonewall uprising of 1969. Johnson (Aug– July 6, 1992), also known as Malcolm Michaels Jr., was an American gay liberation activist, transgender rights activist, and self-identified drag queen. Gay liberation and AIDS activist, performer with the Hot Peaches and the Angels of Light
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