Lizzo donates to the Marsha P. Johnson Institute in honour of Pride Month and Juneteenth
Pop superstar Lizzo has donated to the Marsha P. Johnson Institute in honour of Pride Month and Juneteenth. In a short Instagram video, the About Damn Time singer announced she would be giving $50,000 to the LGBTQ+ organisation as part of her Juneteenth Giveback campaign. “That’s right, we know who Marsha P.
Johnson is. We know what Marsha P Johnson has done for the LGBTQ, emphasis on the TQ, community,” she said. “So, what the Marsha P Johnson Institue does is protect and defend the human rights of Black transgender people.
They do this by organising community, advocating for the people, creating an intentional healing community, developing transformative leadership, and promoting collective power. “The Marsha P Johnson Insitute was founded in direct response to the nationwide and vastly underreported epidemic of the murders of Black trans women.
The violent and preventable nature these deaths directly connects to the exclusion of Black trans people from social justice issues, namely racial, gender, reproductive justice, as well as gun violence reform.” Towards the end of her statement, Lizzo thanked the organisation for their tireless work of protecting the Black trans community.
