Stonewall veteran Miss Major Griffin-Gracy moved to hospice care: ‘She is surrounded by love’
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy has been died aged 78. (Getty)
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy has been died aged 78. (Getty)
Legendary trans activist and icon Miss Major Griffin-Gracy has reportedly been moved to her home on hospice care after she was hospitalised earlier this month.
The 78-year-old author was reportedly taken home on hospice care on Saturday (4 October) after she was hopsitalised with sepsis and a blood clot.
Her partner, Beck Witt Major, said in a Facebook post that she had been taken home, adding: “She is comfortable and surrounded by love.”
He revealed Miss Major had been hospitalised for over a week in a 1 October Facebook post, asking friends, allies, and well-wishers to “please pray for her.”
Known for her fearless advocacy for trans and marginalised people, Miss Major’s tireless campaigning has taken her across the US, from New York to California, working in community service groups and advocacy organisations to promote the rights of LGBTQ+ people.
She was a key part of the 1969 Stonewall Riots – a turning point for LGBTQ+ rights in the US – and worked with HIV-prevention groups at the height of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s.
In the 2000s, she become the first executive director of the Transgender Gender-Variant & Intersex Justice Project (TJIP), a legal advocacy group for trans people who have been detained by police.
She also co-founded the House of GG, also known as The Oasis, an Akransas trans activism center dedicated to helping trans people heal “from the trauma arising from generations of transphobia, racism, poverty, ableism, and violence.”
Miss Major suffered a stroke in 2019 shortly after co-founding the House of GG. She and her partner established a fundraiser to help her ongoing medical rehabilitation at the time, which received over $622,000.
Despite ongoing health issues, her activism didn’t stop. In a November 2024 Instagram post reacting to Donald Trump’s presidential win, she wrote: “[W]e got to prepare ourselves to fight for our lives. We must hold on to our beliefs, hold on to our wishes and our wants and our desires.
“We got to find a way around this stuff and get through the next four years. I don’t know how we’re going to do it, but we’re a tough bunch of b****es.”
