This is the story of one woman’s journey, a community’s history, and how caring for each
other can be a revolutionary act.
MAJOR! follows the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a 73-year-old
Black transgender woman who has been fighting for the rights of trans women of color for over 40
years.
Miss Major’s personal story and activism for transgender civil rights, from mobile outreach and AIDS
prevention to fighting the prison industrial complex, intersects LGBT struggles for justice and
equality from the 1960s to today. She is a veteran of the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion and was
incarcerated at Attica months after the 1971 Uprising. Most recently, Miss Major has served as the
executive director of the San Francisco-based Transgender Gender Variant Intersex Justice Project
(TGIJP), a grassroots organization advocating for trans women of color in and outside of prison that
is led by trans women of color.
Miss Major’s extraordinary life and personal story is one of resilience and celebration in a
community that has been historically traumatized and marginalized. While mainstream gay rights
and marriage equality dominate the headlines, Miss Major’s life is a testament to the fierce
survivalism and every day concerns of transgender women of color, who so often live in the margin
of the already marginalized.
english with english subtitles
There will be no entrance fee, but for corona reasons it's probably a good idea to get tickets a few days before the event. Not available online!
We will be asking for donations for the fund used to help Miss Major with daily expenses, like housing and medical expenses.
For more information visit https://www.missmajorfilm.com/
Allied cis people are invited
