Longtime organizer and founder of House of gg earned reputation as champion for liberation of Black trans women

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy was an advocate for transgender rights and a veteran of the Stonewall Inn riots that sparked the LGBTQ+ rights movement.

Longtime organizer and founder of House of gg earned reputation as champion for liberation of Black trans women

The news drew an outpouring of tributes from LGBTQ+ advocacy groups, who urged supporters to "carry on the fight in her name."