For more than five decades, Miss Major shaped generations of trans leadership through her fierce commitment to trans rights, which included uplifting the voices of Black trans women and incarcerated or formerly incarcerated trans people. Her work at Stonewall, in the streets, and inside prisons, as well as her creation of healing spaces like the House of gg, will forever transform trans rights movements.
Her impact lives in every act of trans resistance, every moment of collective care, and every leader she helped raise. We feel her absence every day, and we carry her wisdom and love forward.