Miss Major speaks : conversations with a Black trans revolutionary / Toshio Meronek and Miss Major.
Title:
Miss Major speaks : conversations with a Black trans revolutionary / Toshio Meronek and Miss Major.
ISBN:
9781839763342
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Publication Information:
London ; Brooklyn : Verso, 2023
©2023
Physical Description:
162 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 20 cm
Awards Note:
Winner of the Lambda Literary Award (Transgender nonfiction / 2024)
Contents:
Introduction: TILIFI / Toshio Meronek -- I. Stonewall never happened. 1. The powers that be -- 2. The law has never protected us -- 3. Nobody's token Black bitch -- II. Fuck a butterfly. Embrace the caterpillar. 4. Embrace the brick -- 5. Passing was never the goal -- 6. Late-night epiphanies with Big Black from Attica -- III. The keys to our fucking survival. 7. No matter how small your world feels -- 8. Allies, be visible! -- 9. Do what you have to do to see the next day -- IV. Miss Major futurism. 10. Today and later tonight.
Summary:
"The future of Black, queer, and trans liberation explored by a legendary transgender elder and activist. Miss Major Griffin-Gracy is a veteran of the infamous Stonewall Riots, a former sex worker, and a transgender elder and activist who survived Bellevue psychiatric hospital, New York's jail system, and the HIV/AIDS crisis. For over fifty years, she has been on the front lines of struggles for queer liberation. In this conversation with Toshio Meronek, she presents a remarkable life -- told with intimacy, warmth, and an irresistible levity -- and a road map for those navigating the challenges Black, brown, queer and trans youth face" --From publisher's description.
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OCLC Number:
on1378690347
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