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Letters to Marsha P. Johnson

1

Mother,

I wish you were so

I could've met you in person.

You are the reason so many

of you're children can be loud today.

2

Miss Marsha, I want to say

thank you. Thank you for

not backing down from those

unjust police officers. The riots

you fueled helped blaze a revolution.

3

So many people have forgotten

us. Forgotten you children of color,

left us in the sidelines, as if they

have forgotten the whole reason

they even have pride.

4

Your trans black daughters

have faced so much persecution

in my day, just like in yours. But

people are waking up and we

have something just as powerful as S.T.A.R.

5

Marsha P. Johnson,

you ushered in a new era of

queer liberation, fighting for

the people of color and the

trans lives forever.

6

Miss Johnson,

you will forever be remembered

among the Queer Hall of Fame

as the Mother to All of The Out

and Proud Queer Youth today.

7

And although you have since

passed away, as long as we

continue to chant your calls

and refuse to be silenced,

you will always be immortal.

8

You are the reason we can have

these parades. The reason why

we even have queer people on

screen. You helped us find our

voices in a time where yours was in danger.

9

We will never back down. The

movement towards acceptance

didn't end with you. We will continue

to ask them to see us as one thing

and one thing only: human.

10

We love you,

Marsha P. Johnson.

Your soul of resilience has

trickled down to us and

whenever we speak, you speak too.