Stonewall veteran Miss Major is on the road, urging trans people to ‘stand up and fight’
towleroad.comThe 19thWe're telling the untold stories of women, women of color and LGBTQ+ people. Sign up for our daily newsletter.Miss Major Griffin-Gracy wants to light a fire that calls transgender people to action.
Now over 80 years old, the legendary trans activist has left Little Rock, Arkansas, her adopted hometown, to spread the word with trans people in New York City, Washington, D.C., andbeyond: They need to wake up, stand up and realize just how perilous the current political moment is.
As a rule, Miss Major hates traveling. She relies on motorized scooters or wheelchairs to get around, and the journey has already taken a toll.
She took an Uber from Baltimore to New York City because of a diverted flight, and had to sit waiting in a bathroom stall for 20 minutes while her assistant found a wheelchair, when no other accommodations or help could be found at an Amtrak station on the way to Washington.
