Carlett A. Brown

Carlett A. Brown was a dancer and U.S.Navy Veteran who was willing relinquish her citizenship for sexual reassignment surgery. She was in Jet magazine 4 times and graced the cover once in 1953.

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Marsha P. Johnson

Marsha P. johnson was at the Stonewall uprising of 1969. a founding member of the Gay Liberation Front, co-founded the advocacy organization S.T.A.R. (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries), was known as the “mayor of Christopher Street“ and an AIDS activist with ACT UP.

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Sir Lady Java

Sir Lady Java, born in 1940 or 1943 was a transgender rights activist, dancer, singer, comic, and actress. Now retired she was honored at the 18th Annual Trans Pride Parade in 2016.

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