Join Trans Studies at the Commons for a special evening with acclaimed artist, activist, author, and filmmaker Tourmaline on Wednesday, September 10 at 7:30 PM at Liberty Hall in Lawrence, KS.

Tourmaline will present her celebrated short film “Happy Birthday, Marsha!,” a speculative portrait of trans activists Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera in the hours leading up to the 1969 Stonewall rebellion. Following the screening, Tourmaline will share from her new book Marsha, a biography of Marsha P. Johnson that chronicles decades of transliberatory organizing and community building.

This event is part of Trans Studies at the Commons’s year of Listening for Liberation, an oral history project investing in trans archives and community. This event is co-sponsored by The Commons, the Spencer Museum of Art, and Trans Lives On-Screen.

An Evening With Tourmaline
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 – 7:30 PM
Liberty Hall, Lawrence, KS
Free and open to the public!
Free copies of Marsha for the first 20 attendees and books for sale, courtesy of The Raven.