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Miss Major Speaks
Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary
2 of 2 copies available
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 has survived Bellevue psychiatric hospital, Attica Prison, the HIV/AIDS crisis and a world that white supremacy has built. She has shared tips with other sex workers in the nascent drag ball scene of the late 1960s, and helped found one of America’s first needle exchange clinics from the back of her van.
Miss Major Speaks is both document of her brilliant life–told with intimacy, warmth and an undeniable levity-and a roadmap for the challenges black, brown, queer and trans youth will face on the path to liberation today.
Her incredible story of a life lived and a world survived becomes a conduit for larger questions about the riddle of collective liberation. For a younger generation, she warns about the traps of ‘representation,’ the politics of 'self-care,' and the frequent dead-ends of non-profit organizing; for all of us, she is a strike against those who would erase these histories of struggle.
Miss Major offers something that cannot be found elsewhere: an affirmation that our vision for freedom can and must be more expansive than those on offer by mainstream institutions.
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Release date
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- ISBN: 9781839763366
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- ISBN: 9781839763366
- File size: 320 KB
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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November 11, 2022
This is an unusual memoir, much like Miss Major herself. It is told in a conversational, transcript style between Miss Major, a Black transgender woman famous for her activism and outspoken advocacy for trans people, and her assistant and friend, Meronek, a San Fransisco--based writer. At 82, Miss Major has had a life rife with conflict, and she shares firsthand accounts of what trans people of color have to do to survive. A former sex worker, incarcerated person, and survivor of the Stonewall riots of 1969, Miss Major shares memories, advice, and calls to action in her own authentic, irreverent style. This title is an unconventional vehicle to further understand the struggles BIPOC and transgender people face. It also serves as a call to action for these communities and their allies to help all people. VERDICT Full of colorful language, characters, and bold statements, this book belongs in adult public library collections, alongside other amazing works on anti-racism, social justice, and activism, such as the documentary 13th and Ibram X. Kendi's How To Be An Antiracist. --Katy Duperry
Copyright 2022 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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