To My gurls and guuys!
I've been touring the country bringing much needed attention to the Anti-trans legislation the importance of voting in November.
Much of the travel, lodging, and transportation comes directly out of my own pocket. Deeply appreciate any donations. ❤️Major
To all my gurls and the folks who love us, we have exciting news to share. Beck...is...Pregnant! He's 6 months along. Hooray and Hallelujah that this has finally happened for us. We don't know the sex of the baby but we know it will be loved by us and you. Miss Major
After 70 years I am here to tell you the system has always tried to break us. All us trans girls know we got to depend on each other and when enough of us bitches come together we can 🔥 it down and use the ashes to build the motherfucking mansions we deserve!
#stillfuckinghere
To My Gurls and Guuys,
In solidarity with workers and artists who have refused to appear at the Brooklyn Museum until it takes a stand with Palestine, we must cancel our Miss Major Speaks event.
From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!
Miss Major
Toshio Meronek
On Trans Day of Remembrance, we honor the memory of lives lost this year. At least 22 trans or gender non-conforming people have been killed, the majority of them Black trans women. This is an epidemic, and it's up to each of us to speak out.
From us around Major: Major's in the hospital right now, but getting good care (and she's absolutely STILL FUCKING HERE). She can't get back to calls right now but if you want to send love or a message you can email missmajorspeaks
@gmail
.com or send a DM to
@tmeronek
.
A dear friend
@Eric_A_Stanley
just put out this new book called “Atmospheres of Violence.” It’s about the violence the community faces and the work we still have to do. With some kind words about
@tourmaliiine
and I 💜
Keep up the momentum in the streets—but do NOT let me catch you without your damn mask on... One of my daughters June had a terrible case of the virus back in March and made it out the other side. June and the HAF…
[Happy International Women's Day to: Trans Women, Black Women, Femmes, Disabled Women, Queer Women, Masculine Women, Sex Workers, Women of Color, Old Women, Muslim Women, Undocumented Women, Girls, Poor Women, Far Women, Mentally Ill Women, & Hoes]
I have been feeling a bit under the weather the last couple of weeks and ask for you all to send love and positivity my way. I love you all and hope to be back to my old self soon. ❤️
Three years in the oven, and the book is finally on its way.
XOXO
MM
—
You can PREORDER ‘Miss Major Speaks’ from
- your local bookstore
- your local library (ask them to preorder a copy)
- most bookstores online, including
+
Update from someone lots of people know as 'Uncle Beck': Thanks for the huge outpouring of love. Major is about to transfer to inpatient acute rehab today. She still has weakness on right side and slurred speech but she was singing along to music and smiling this morning....
To all of Major's gurls + her beloved community:
We raced past our goal of 30k in 30 days and raised over $40k in the past month!
[Photo of Major smiling at the camera, at home at the
@houseofgg1
Oasis, wrapped up in a big purple comforter.]
Y’all: The healing energy/messages/resources you’ve been sending in Major’s direction have been working. She should be back in the Oasis Friday. Little Rock trans/queer community has been coming thru in all kinds of ways. Chosen family is everything!
From Miss Major Griffin-Gracy:
To my trans gurls, and my gender nonconforming family,
Now that my health is getting back to where it was before the stroke last summer, I want to know how YOU are doing. Because even if we're not "blood" relatives, I still consider you family.
Miss Major is Black, trans & revolutionary. She was a sex worker in NYC in the 1960s and joined the Stonewall Uprising.
Despite discrimination, police brutality, and incarceration, she's been organizing for queer, trans, and racial justice for 40+ years.
It is important to know black history and those who came before you. Identify with them, because that is our heritage; even if we feel isolated at times.
Always remember to stay strong, stand up, fight, stay vigilant and still be here!
The doll never set out to be a “producer”... but the egos in Washington DC are too big, and the stakes are too high for my community.
So we and anyone who goes by the title of ALLY can't afford to be silent right now
👉👉👉TRANS IN TRUMPLAND
@transintheus
From personal experience the San Francisco jail is not somewhere anybody - especially AnyTransOrGNCBody - should ever be. No such thing as a “safe” prison. Shut it down!
A friend of mine said I should think about writing a children’s book because there aren’t many out there for trans kids and I raised 5 boys but with my mouth it might have to be a picture book 🤔
@Evict_Twit_ter
Thanks for everyone's messages. Right now I'm home with Beck and Moose, staying inside, and healthy.
Please do the same - we've got to take care of each other.
Stay safe and be strong, as always.
We are RESILIENT, and we WILL get through this mess. 💋
One more till the release of MISS MAJOR SPEAKS: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary.
Have you ordered yours from your local bookstore / library?
THANK YOU for the love, passion and understanding. I’m truly blessed to have such a wonderful community of people around me. Be safe & stay strong! XOXO Major 😽
Yesterday at the Orlando FL 🌴🏳️⚧️ trans march with the 1 of 1s Miss Major and Jay Toole. These two beloveds came into my life nearly 20 years now and I’ve never been the same 🥲
Heard about the latest attack on our community. Remember: we’re stronger together. Don’t run and hide. We have to be more visible and unified than ever!
Standing with the trans youth of Texas! The governor of Texas thinks affirming the gender identity of our youth should be reported as child abuse. We know that the opposite is true! Failing to affirm our children is abuse!
#transvisibility
1/2 Major sends major love for all the love she's getting; the community is coming thru in all sorts of ways! HOWEVER, Medicare pays for stroke rehab for ~3 weeks (current/formerly incarcerated ppl often get LESS care) even tho the recovery process can continue up to a year...
NEW: I hung out with Miss Major, the trans icon who survived Stonewall + prison abuse + became a mother to so many trans folks in 50 yrs of activism. She hasn't stopped fighting: “All these people who challenged me, they’re gone. I’m still fucking here."🧵
MISS MAJOR HAS ARRIVED !! We cannot wait to share this one with y'all when the book is released next week.
There's still time to get yourself one !! Every copy pre-ordered via the MB raises $3.99 for the
@immissmajor
and
@tmeronek
book tour fund
We all must fight against the unnecessary and unethical barriers placed on trans women and girls by lawmakers and those who co-opt the feminist label in the name of division and hatred.
#TDOV
It's
#WorldAIDSDay
. Take a moment to REMEMBER OUR LOVED ONES we've lost, and FIGHT LIKE HELL for the survivors. One way YOU can help... WATCH THIS VIDEO and share with your friends & family: 💋 MISS MAJOR
It is what it is, but if we are going to take care of other people, we have GOT to remember to take care of ourselves first.
I will personally be reading every one of your messages, and I'll get back to you just as soon as I can.
SEND ✉️ to -> missmajorspeaks
@gmail
.com.
As a result of the BIG love you've all shown, she can continue speech therapy at home on Thursday. All the monthly sustainers - we see + appreciate you!
Again, even if you can't put money toward the cause, you can still help by plugging this cause on social media.
Keep up the vital work you're doing to helping take care of somebody we love and need in this world by pushing out the Fundly address here:
With extra gratitude,
Major's family, friends, comrades and allies
Friends of Miss Major are taking over her Twitter today to tell you IT'S HER BIRTHDAY! Want to send Major some major love? Become a MONTHLY donor at to support her + the powerful work she is doing. Thank U! Spread the word!
#missmajor
#stillfuckinghere
2/3 ...so important to stress how MUTUAL AID for our elders and disabled folks is so important (new mutual aid primer from
@deanspade
+ ciro carillo here:
). THANK YOU for all the things you've been sending to make the
@houseofgg1
Oasis into a family...
The book I’ve been working on with
@tmeronek
finally has a release date. “MISS MAJOR SPEAKS: Conversations with a Black Trans Recolutionary” Preorder it now 🥳