References to transgender and queer removed from Stonewall National Monument's web page
References to transgender and queer people were erased from the Stonewall National Monument's web page, marking one of the latest moves of the current administration after President Donald Trump said the government would recognize male and female as the only biological sexes.
References to transgender and queer people were erased from the Stonewall National Monument's web page, marking one of the latest moves of the current administration after President Donald Trump said the government would recognize male and female as the only biological sexes.
The page used to say "LGBTQ+," according to an archived version of the National Park Service's website. It now only says "LGB."
Stacy Lentz, co-owner of the Stonewall Inn and the chief executive of the nonprofit Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative, said the Trump administration was trying to "erase trans people from history and from existing."
"There is no Pride without Trans folks leading that fight! Trying to erase them from the Birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement will not happen! We need to show up and speak out for our trans and nonbinary siblings who are under attack," Lentz wrote in an Instagram post announcing the protest.
A National Park Service sign marks the Stonewall National Monument outside the Stonewall Inn in New York in 2024.Pamela Smith / AP fileIn a joint statement, the Stonewall Inn and the Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative said it was "outraged."
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