Janetta Johnson

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]

Janetta Johnson
Born1964/1965 (age 55–56)[1]
NationalityAmerican
OccupationTransgender and human rights activist

References
  1. 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. 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. 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. Chitnis, Rucha (March 8, 2017). "Why Defending Human Rights Is Women's Work". Yes!. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  6. Kane, Peter Lawrence (June 21, 2017). "Green-Light District". SF Weekly. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  7. 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. Wong, Julia Carrie (July 22, 2015). "Miss Major: The Bay Area's Trans Formative Matriarch". SF Weekly. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  10. Johnson, Janetta. "Perspectives in Belonging: Janetta Johnson". Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
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