Outrage Grows Over Efforts to Erase Transgender History from Stonewall National Monument Website
Protests erupt over the removal of transgender references from the Stonewall National Monument website, as activists highlight the contributions of key figures to LGBTQ+ rights.
The removal of transgender history from the monument’s website represents a larger attack against LGBTQ rights.
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This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals — especially transgender women of color — who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights.
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This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonours the immense contributions of transgender individual.
Transgender references removed from Stonewall monument website
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The move was made to comply with an executive order from Mr. Trump that calls on the government to use “clear and accurate language and policies that recognize women are biologically female, and men are biologically male.”
‘Transgender,’ ‘queer’ removed from Stonewall National Monument website
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The result is a false history, cleansed of its politically inconvenient actors.
"Can't spell history without a T": Hundreds protest Trump's trans erasure at Stonewall
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Trans activists say that by stripping references to transgender and queer people from the Stonewall National Monument website, the Park Service is erasing a crucial part of the history it is meant to preserve.
Stonewall Monument’s Transgender History Scrubbed by Trump Administration
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The page was also updated to remove the "T" from the previously used acronym "LGBTQ+" — now, referring to the community as either "LGB" or "LGBQ."
Park Service erases 'transgender' on Stonewall website, uses the term 'LGB' movement
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The removal of transgender verbiage is in line with President Trump’s executive order, requiring the federal government to only recognize two genders: male and female.
Gay rights Stonewall Monument website scrubbed of transgender references
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This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights.
References to transgender and queer removed from Stonewall National Monument's web page
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The changes were made in the wake of an executive order President Donald Trump signed on his first day in office calling for the federal government to define sex as only male or female.
U.S. Park Service erases the word 'transgender' from website commemorating Stonewall riot
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This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals – especially transgender women of color – who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights.
US park service erases references to trans people from Stonewall Inn website
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Summary
The National Park Service's decision to remove transgender and queer references from the Stonewall National Monument website has ignited protests and widespread condemnation. Activists, including New York Governor Kathy Hochul, emphasize the essential roles of figures like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera during the 1969 Stonewall riots. The revisions are a response to Trump's executive order limiting federal recognition to two sexes. Protesters gathered on-site with messages like "You can't erase us". Organizations claim this change distorts history and diminishes the contributions of transgender individuals to the LGBTQ+ movement.
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