Overview
- The National Park Service revised the Stonewall National Monument website, removing mentions of 'transgender' and 'queer,' reducing LGBTQ+ to 'LGB.'
- The changes align with executive orders from President Trump’s administration targeting transgender rights, including limiting recognition of gender identity and restricting gender-affirming care.
- Hundreds gathered outside the Stonewall Inn to protest the erasure, emphasizing the historical roles of transgender activists like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera in the 1969 Stonewall Uprising.
- Speakers at the demonstration condemned the revision as an attack on truth and justice, calling for solidarity within the LGBTQ+ community and action against broader anti-trans policies.
- The protest highlighted concerns over the administration's broader efforts to marginalize transgender people, including restrictions on military service, sports participation, and access to gender-affirming care.