Backlash Against NPS Erasure of Trans History at Stonewall
Activists condemn National Park Service's removal of transgender references from Stonewall website, calling it a historical revisionism reflecting broader attacks on trans rights.
The National Park Service removed all references to transgender people on its website about the Stonewall Inn National Monument this week, prompting intense backlash from LGBTQ rights activists.
National Park Service tries to erase trans people from the Stonewall riots
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The purge of the Stonewall National Monument website was just the latest attack against trans people from the Trump administration, which has also attempted to eliminate access to gender-affirming care for transgender people 19 and younger (a move that’s been paused by two federal judges); deny trans people the right to correct their passports; bar trans athletes from women’s sports; investigate schools that promote “gender ideology”; erase data on trans people from government websites; and transfer transgender federal prisoners to facilities that match their sex assigned at -birth.
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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 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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Summary
The National Park Service faced intense backlash for removing references to transgender individuals from the Stonewall National Monument website, prompting outrage from LGBTQ+ activists. Critics label this alteration as a "brazen act of historical revisionism," erasing trans contributions to the Stonewall Riots of 1969, which catalyzed the modern LGBTQ+ movement. Notable activists, including Tanya Asapansa-Johnson Walker, have emphasized the urgency of resisting these efforts to marginalize transgender individuals, linking them to broader discriminatory policies from the Trump administration. Recent protests highlighted the significance of transgender figures like Marsha P. Johnson, asserting their vital role in LGBTQ+ history.
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