On August 24, 2020, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the dedication of Marsha P. Johnson State Park in Brooklyn. Formerly known as the East River State Park, the newly christened space is one of eight state parks in New York, and the first named in honor of a transgender woman of color and member of the LGBTQ community.
Johnson, who died in 1992 at age 46, was an activist and advocate for LGBTQ civil rights and HIV/AIDS treatments. A leader of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising and founding member of the Gay Liberation Front, she went on to establish a shelter for LGBTQ youth.
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