New York City to dedicate monument to transgender women, a first New York City will dedicate a monument to two transgender women who were key leaders in the Stonewall Uprising that sparked the gay liberation movement and the modern fight for LGBTQ rights in the US. Mayor Bill de Blasio says the monument that will honor Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera "doesn’t change everything but it sends a powerful message." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES