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