I'm Still F*cking Here

Miss Major is a Black, transgender activist born in Chicago's South Side in 1940, who has fought for over fifty years to create a better world for the trans and gender nonconforming community.

Miss Major was there fighting at the famous Stonewall Riots in 1969. To quote her, the white gay men who were observing the violence from the apartments across the street that night were shouting "The girls are kicking the cops' ass!"

Miss Major remains particularly vocal about the whitewashing and exclusion of Transwomen in the popular history of the Stonewall Riots. Even in receiving an award from Stonewall 2019 Icon Award, she said little to the mostly white gay men in attendance except: "It would be nice if you get could help me get younger people to understand that T started this". She still promotes Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera and other transgender women of color who have fought and continue to fight for justice.

As a survivor of Dannemora Prison and Bellevue Hospital, Miss Major's activism is remarkable for its focus on individual care: helping and looking after individual trans women who have survived incarceration and police brutality, uplifting and enabling them to help others.

Currently she mentors Transwomen from Little Rock, Arkansas, where she runs House of GG, a retreat center for Black trans and gender nonconforming leaders from the South. Her upcoming creative projects include executive producing the film Trans in Trumpland (available February 2021) and a book on her life’s activism written collaboratively with her longtime assistant Toshio Meronek (out late 2021 on Verso Books). In 2015, she was the subject of the documentary film, MAJOR!, which focused on her life and leadership. Her mantra is I am still fucking here!

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