Portraits of women who have fought for the greater good, and made an impact on our society.
LGBTQ+ trailblazer and icon Marsha P Johnson. Banned from marching in the 1973 Pride parade for being a drag queen, so Marsha and Sylvia Rivera marched ahead of the parade defiantly. They went on the found the S.T.A.R. shelter for gay and trans street kids. Now remembered as a key figure in the Stonewall Riots of 1969.
Solange Knowles brought awareness to anti-black microaggressions when she released “Don’t Touch My Hair”. She said in relation to her natural textured hair “This idea that black women could not be minimalist, we could not be subtle— we have to be big, we have to be loud, we have to be an explosive presence.”
The Stunning™ Juno Birch is a drag queen and trans woman who’s otherworldly aesthetic has inspired countless in world of fashion and makeup.