--- title: "2 Drag queen Quotes By Marsha P. Johnson" description: "2 Drag queen quotes by Marsha P. Johnson. Plus more from Marsha P. Johnson and more Drag queen sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d33/marsha-p-johnson-21798_drag-queen_a-drag-queen-is-one-that-usually-goes-to_132686.jpg" --- > [A drag queen is one that usually goes to a ball and that's the only time she gets dressed up. Transvestites live in drag. A transsexual spends most of her life in drag.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-p-johnson/a-drag-queen-is-one-that-usually-goes-to-a-ball-and-that-s-the-only/) [Marsha P. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-p-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d33/marsha-p-johnson-21798_drag-queen_a-drag-queen-is-one-that-usually-goes-to_132686.jpg) > [I was no one, nobody from Nowheresville, until I became a drag queen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-p-johnson/i-was-no-one-nobody-from-nowheresville-until-i-became-a-drag-queen/) [Marsha P. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-p-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b47/marsha-p-johnson-21798_became_i-was-no-one-nobody-from-nowheresville-u_2140048.jpg) ## Other authors on Drag queen - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rupaul-81719.jpg) RuPaul 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drag-queen/rupaul/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jinkx-monsoon-50034.jpg) Jinkx Monsoon 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drag-queen/jinkx-monsoon/) - [Bianca Del Rio 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drag-queen/bianca-del-rio/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-sasha-velour-6096.jpg) Sasha Velour 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drag-queen/sasha-velour/) ## More by Marsha P. Johnson > [How many years has it taken people to realize that we are all brothers and sisters and human beings in the human race? I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-p-johnson/how-many-years-has-it-taken-people-to-realize-that-we-are-all/) [Marsha P. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-p-johnson/) > [I'm still stuck in the Stonewall in 1968. I never left the Stonewall.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-p-johnson/i-m-still-stuck-in-the-stonewall-in-1968-i-never-left-the-stonewall/) [Marsha P. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-p-johnson/) > [A drag queen is one that usually goes to a ball and that's the only time she gets dressed up. Transvestites live in drag.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-p-johnson/a-drag-queen-is-one-that-usually-goes-to-a-ball-and-that-s-the-only/) [Marsha P. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-p-johnson/) > [They call me a legend in my own time, because there were so many queens gone that I'm one of the few queens left…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-p-johnson/they-call-me-a-legend-in-my-own-time-because-there-were-so-many/) [Marsha P. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-p-johnson/) > [I may be crazy, but that don't make me wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-p-johnson/i-may-be-crazy-but-that-don-t-make-me-wrong/) [Marsha P. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-p-johnson/) > [Now they got two little nice statues in Chariot Park to remember the gay movement. How many people have died for these two little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-p-johnson/now-they-got-two-little-nice-statues-in-chariot-park-to-remember-the/) [Marsha P. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-p-johnson/) > [There are a lot of gay transvestites who have been in jail for no reason at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-p-johnson/there-are-a-lot-of-gay-transvestites-who-have-been-in-jail-for-no/) [Marsha P. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-p-johnson/) > [I'd been going to jail for like, 10 years before the Stonewall.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-p-johnson/i-d-been-going-to-jail-for-like-10-years-before-the-stonewall/) [Marsha P. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-p-johnson/) > [I got lost in the music in 1963 at Stonewall... No! No, it was Stonewall - it was 1967 that I got lost. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-p-johnson/i-got-lost-in-the-music-in-1963-at-stonewall-no-no-it-was-stonewall/) [Marsha P. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-p-johnson/) > [I know people think I'm a stupid little street queen out there begging for change cause there's nothing else she knows how to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-p-johnson/i-know-people-think-i-m-a-stupid-little-street-queen-out-there/) [Marsha P. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-p-johnson/) > [We just were saying no more police brutality. And we had enough of police harassment in the Village and other places.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-p-johnson/we-just-were-saying-no-more-police-brutality-and-we-had-enough-of/) [Marsha P. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-p-johnson/) > [I don't think you should be ashamed of anybody that you know that has AIDS. You should stand as close to them as you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-p-johnson/i-don-t-think-you-should-be-ashamed-of-anybody-that-you-know-that-has/) [Marsha P. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-p-johnson/) > [I'll always be known reaching out to young people who have no one to help them out, so I help them out with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-p-johnson/i-ll-always-be-known-reaching-out-to-young-people-who-have-no-one-to/) [Marsha P. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-p-johnson/) > [STAR is a very revolutionary group. We believe in picking up the gun, starting a revolution if necessary. Our main goal is to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-p-johnson/star-is-a-very-revolutionary-group-we-believe-in-picking-up-the-gun/) [Marsha P. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-p-johnson/) > [A lot of times I've reached my hand out to people in the gay community that just didn't have nobody to help them when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-p-johnson/a-lot-of-times-i-ve-reached-my-hand-out-to-people-in-the-gay/) [Marsha P. 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