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Miss Major, trailblazing US trans rights activist and Stonewall veteran, dies aged 78

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Miss Major Griffin-Gracy in Little Rock, Arkansas, on 15 June 2023. Photograph: Whitten Sabbatini/The Guardian

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a trailblazer of the transgender rights movement, longtime community organizer and veteran of the Stonewall riots, died on Monday, her representatives announced.

The acclaimed activist died at her home in Little Rock, Arkansas, surrounded by family, the House of gg (the final organization she founded and led) announced. She was 78, and the group’s statement did not give a cause of death.

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