New Documentary Probes the Uninvestigated Death of LGBTQ Icon Marsha P. Johnson: WATCH

New Documentary Probes the Uninvestigated Death of LGBTQ Icon Marsha P. Johnson: WATCH

 

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson, directed by David France (How to Survive a Plague) has been making the rounds on the festival circuit and is coming to Netflix on October 6.

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The trailer for the documentary has just been released and you can watch it above.

Johnson, the LGBTQ activist, performer, and self-described “street queen” started the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries with Sylvia Rivera and was found dead in the Hudson River in 1992.

Her death was ruled a suicide and police never investigated it, but many thought she had been murdered.

In the film, trans activist Victoria Cruz searches for the truth behind Johnson’s death and reveals the life behind the NYC icon, Warhol model, and activist who played a prominent role in the Stonewall uprising and the ignition of the LGBTQ rights movement.

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Seattle Mayor Ed Murray Resigns in Wake of 5th Child Sexual Abuse Allegation

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray Resigns in Wake of 5th Child Sexual Abuse Allegation

Ed Murray

SEATTLE — Seattle Mayor Ed Murray resigned Tuesday, just hours after new allegations that he sexually abused a younger cousin decades ago in New York. Murray, a former Democratic state legislator elected mayor in 2013, said in a statement he is resigning effective 5 p.m. PDT Wednesday. “While the allegations against me are not true, it…

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