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Here’s Proof That Trans Activist Marsha P. Johnson Is Included In New Stonewall Film

Marsha P. Johnson is so in the new Stonewall movie, you guys. Unless you’ve been living in a cave behind Kim Davis’ house in rural Kentucky, you’re already aware that much of the advance controversy swirling around the upcoming film that chronicles — albeit somewhat fictitiously — events that led up to the legendary riots outside New York City’s Stonewall Inn have focused on the perceived notion that the pioneering trans activist is absent from the movie or her efforts have been considerably downplayed. Everyone will find out when the Roland Emmerich-helmed film is released to theaters September 25, but the studio has released this brief clip of actor Otoja Abit as Johnson to calm down the tension.

Related: Does It Make Sense To Get Upset Over A Movie Like “Stonewall” That Hasn’t Even Been Released Yet?

Watch Johnson chat with the queer Greenwich Village street urchins below.

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