{"product_id":"miss-major-speaks","title":"Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Toshio Meronek and Miss Major\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVerso Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5\/16\/2023, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: 9781839763342\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e2024 Stonewall Honor Award for Nonfiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe future of Black, queer, and trans liberation explored by a legendary transgender elder and activist \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMiss Major Griffin-Gracy is a veteran of the infamous Stonewall Riots, a former sex worker, and a transgender elder and activist who has survived Bellevue psychiatric hospital, Attica Prison, the HIV\/AIDS crisis and a world that white supremacy has built. She has shared tips with other sex workers in the nascent drag ball scene of the late 1960s, and helped found one of America's first needle exchange clinics from the back of her van. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiss Major Speaks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is both document of her brilliant life-told with intimacy, warmth and an undeniable levity-and a roadmap for the challenges black, brown, queer and trans youth will face on the path to liberation today. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer incredible story of a life lived and a world survived becomes a conduit for larger questions about the riddle of collective liberation. For a younger generation, she warns about the traps of 'representation, ' the politics of 'self-care, ' and the frequent dead-ends of non-profit organizing; for all of us, she is a strike against those who would erase these histories of struggle. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMiss Major offers something that cannot be found elsewhere: an affirmation that our vision for freedom can and must be more expansive than those on offer by mainstream institutions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eTo sit at Miss Major Griffin-Gracy's feet is a gift. I've experienced it firsthand, with her fixed, embracing gaze, her mischievous, generous laugh, and her sharp tongue lashing unfiltered truth without the ache to impress or perform.\" --Janet Mock, \u003ci\u003eOut Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The extraordinary insights in this book, always punctuated by Miss Major's razor-sharp wit, allow us to understand how liberation movements for trans, queer and other routinely marginalized people can hold the most emancipatory potential for all.\" --Angela Davis, author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/freedom-is-a-constant-struggle-ferguson-palestine-and-the-foundations-of-a-movement\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eFreedom Is a Constant Struggle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Miss Major has shaped the world in countless ways from Stonewall to today by being her unruly, fabulous self, leading communities, making time, and caring for and keeping her girls going. Lucky us to live in a moment where she is radiantly shining her light unto us all through this book!\" --Tourmaline, artist, writer, and filmmaker\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Authors:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMiss Major Griffin-Gracy\u003c\/b\u003e is a living legend in trans\/queer circles around the world. She is currently based in Little Rock, Arkansas, where she runs the House of GG educational retreat and historical center.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eToshio Meronek\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a San Francisco-based writer focusing on housing and queer politics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51664190210331,"sku":"Miss Major Speaks","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/files\/9781839763342.jpg?v=1773754622","url":"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/miss-major-speaks","provider":"Burning Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}