google doodle honored trans pioneer marsha p. johnson
Why Google Doodle Honored Trans Pioneer Marsha P. Johnson Today’s Doodle, illustrated by Los Angeles-based guest artist Rob Gilliam , celebrates LGBTQ+ rights activist, performer, and self-identified drag queen Marsha P. Johnson, who is widely credited as one of the pioneers of the LGBTQ+ rights movement in the United States. On this day in 2019, Marsha was posthumously honored as a grand marshal of the New York City Pride March. Marsha P. Johnson was born Malcolm Michaels Jr. on August 24th, 1945, in Elizabeth, New Jersey. After graduating high school in 1963, she moved to New York City’s Greenw...