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Activists erect the first transgender statue in NYC Parks: ‘We cannot stay idle.’

New York City community activists, organizers and artists mounted the first ever statue of a transgender person and participant of the Stonewall Riots in Christopher Park early Tuesday morning. The plastered statue of Marsha P. Johnson celebrates transgender rights, Johnson’s birthday, and follows over 150 new legislative proposals limiting the rights of transgender people across…