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THE June 6, 2019 Volume 89 • Number 23
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BLUES CLUB V.I.D. honors Johnson, blue influencers Page 14 True Blue NY received an award from Village Independent Democrats President David Siffer t, right.
PHOTO BY TEQUILA MINSKY
TRANS-FORMATIVE Village slated for first transgender monument Page 8
Transgender pioneer Sylvia Rivera in New York Cit y at age 18.
PHOTO BY KAY TOBIN/NY PUBLIC LIBRARY