Miss Major speaks Conversations with a Black trans revolutionary

Toshio Meronek

Book - 2023

"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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Genres
Biography
interviews
Interviews
Transgender autobiographies
Queer autobiographies
LGBTQ+ autobiographies
Published
London ; Brooklyn : Verso 2023
Language
English
Main Author
Toshio Meronek (author)
Other Authors
Miss Major (author)
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Physical Description
162 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 20 cm
ISBN
9781839763342
  • Introduction: TILIFI
  • 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
  • Acknowledgments