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The Trans Community Of New York's Christopher Street Opens Up

The Trans Community Of New York's Christopher Street Opens Up
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Senior Culture Reporter, HuffPost

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Photograph by Mark Seliger

The first image of a trans person that left an indelible impression on me was a still of Venus Xtravaganza, a twenty-something transgender drag performer, standing on the Christopher Street Pier, in Greenwich Village. I was fifteen at the time, embarking on becoming my own woman, and I can recall that image, from the 1990 documentary “Paris Is Burning,” vividly. 

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