In honor of the last day of Pride Month, Google posted an illustration of Black trans icon Marsha P. Johnson.
The company said in a statement that it wanted to honor Black trans women and the LGBTQ+ community as the commemorative month winds down.
Pioneers like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera helped lead the fight against hate and injustice, and stood up to police misconduct towards the LGBTQ+ community during the Stonewall Uprising of 1969," the Google statement read.
The statement adds that Google plans to donate $500,000 to the Marsha P. Johnson Institute, which is working ardently to end the rampant violence against "Black and Black Latinx trans womxn across the United States."
... This funding, which builds on Google’s recent commitment to support LGBTQ+ community organizations around the world, will provide direct cash assistance to Black trans people through the organization’s COVID-19 relief efforts.
