On what would've been her 75th birthday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo honored LGBTQ+ trailblazer Marsha P. Johnson by renaming a state park after her. “Today, Marsha P.
Johnson State Park becomes the first State Park to honor an LGBTQ person,” Cuomo announced yesterday on Twitter. "NY is indebted to her for her brave advocacy and relentless fight for LGBTQ equality.” Johnson played a big part in the Stonewall Uprising and was an early advocate for LGBTQ+ rights.
As Cuomo notes, this is the first state park to be named after an openly LGBTQ+ person. “The Marsha P. Johnson State Park honors the transgender woman of color, who led the fight for equal rights and justice for all,” Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul said in a statement.