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Janetta Johnson
Born1964 or 1965 (age 59–60)[1]
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Transgender and human rights activist

Janetta Johnson (born 1964/1965) is an African-American transgender rights and human rights activist based in San Francisco.[2][1][3][4][5] She is the executive director of the TGI Justice Project,[1][3][4][5][6][7] and a co-founder (along with Honey Mahogany and Aria Sa'id) of the Compton's Transgender Cultural District.[1][3][6][7][8] Johnson was formerly incarcerated in a men's prison, where she was subjected to violence and denied gender-affirming health care.[9][10] She moved from Tampa, Florida to San Francisco to be mentored by Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, the original director of the TGI Justice Project.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Raquel Willis (February 18, 2019). "Black Trans Women Created the World's First Trans Cultural District". Out. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  2. ^ "Sampson McCormick and Janetta Johnson on The Michelle Meow Show 2/22/18". Commonwealth Club of California. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Madison, Alex (October 7, 2018). "The nation's first trans cultural district is starting to turn ideas into reality". LGBTQ Nation. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Puglise, Nicole (November 6, 2016). "LGBT prisoners' art exhibit offers voice to the incarcerated – and 'call to action'". The Guardian. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  5. ^ a b Chitnis, Rucha (March 8, 2017). "Why Defending Human Rights Is Women's Work". Yes!. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  6. ^ a b Kane, Peter Lawrence (June 21, 2017). "Green-Light District". SF Weekly. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  7. ^ a b Levin, Sam (June 21, 2019). "Compton's Cafeteria riot: a historic act of trans resistance, three years before Stonewall". The Guardian. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  8. ^ Tence, Victor (February 5, 2019). "New cultural district director hopes to create employment opportunities for transgender residents". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  9. ^ a b Wong, Julia Carrie (July 22, 2015). "Miss Major: The Bay Area's Trans Formative Matriarch". SF Weekly. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  10. ^ a b Johnson, Janetta. "Perspectives in Belonging: Janetta Johnson". Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
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