MAJOR! Ten Year Anniversary Screening a benefit for Miss Major Alexander L. Lee TGIJP Black Trans Cultural Center

Join us for a 10th Anniversary screening of MAJOR!, the award-winning documentary about the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a formerly incarcerated Black transgender elder and activist who has been fighting for the rights of trans women of color for over 50 years.

Miss Major is a veteran of the Stonewall Rebellion and a survivor of Attica State Prison, a former sex worker, an elder, and a community leader and human rights activist. She is simply “Mama” to many in her community. Her personal story and activism for transgender civil rights intersects LGBT struggles for justice and equality from the 1960s to today. At the center of her activism is her fierce advocacy for her girls, trans women of color who have survived police brutality and incarceration in men’s jails and prisons.

This screening is in partnership with the Queer Cultural Center and a part of the 2025 National Queer Arts Festival.

All proceeds from this screening will go to the Miss Major Alexander L. Lee TGIJP Black Cultural Center, located in San Francisco. TGIJP is a group of transgender, gender-variant and intersex (TGI) people inside and outside of prisons, jails, and detention centers, working to fight the human rights abuses, imprisonment, police violence, racism, poverty, and societal pressures faced by their community. There will be a brief conversation with TGIJP leadership and members about the work they do in community following the screening.

ACCESS:

• MASKS: For the safety of our community members, KN-95 or N-95 masks will be required during this event with the exception of eating and drinking. We will have masks for folks who don't have one, but please bring one if you have one!
• ASL will be provided for introductions and post-show conversation.
• Film will have open captions.
• The Roxie is wheelchair accessible.

CONTENT WARNING: Descriptions of prison and police brutality, incarceration, sexual assault, suicide. Mentions of trans murder, and death and dying.