Johnson, who died in 1992 at age 46, is considered a pioneer of the movement for the rights of transgender people, although the term transgender was not widely used during her lifetime.
After a subdued 2020, this year's NYC Pride March and street festival are scheduled to take place Sunday - with people taking to the streets of the Big Apple in celebration, although it won't be the grand scale of years pre-pandemic.Įvery June, Pride Month commemorates the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan - a “tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States,” according to the Library of Congress.
