Marsha P. Johnson

A group of activists created a bust of Johnson and installed it in Christopher Park on Tuesday, which would have been Johnson’s 76th birthday.

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the plans to rename the 11-acre waterfront park in honor of Johnson at this weekend's Human Rights Campaign Gala.

'The LGBTQ movement was portrayed very much as a white, gay male movement... This monument counters that trend of whitewashing the history.'