Transgender reference removed from National Park Service’s Stonewall website

In the Face of Erasure

“In The Face of Erasure” chronicles hidden events. With every story, Jenny Ballutay ’28 hopes to bring moments – both current and historical – into the public discussion and allow her readers to better understand one another through the stories that shape us all.   STONEWALL On February 13th, the National Park Service erased references to the transgender community from its website on the Stonewall National Monument. Specifically, the Park Servic…

National Park Service tries to erase trans people from the Stonewall riots

The National Parks Service removed all references to transgender people on its website about the Stonewall Inn National Monument this week.

Park Service Erases 'Transgender' on Stonewall Website, Uses the Term 'LGB' Movement

Any mention of transgender people has been removed from the National Park Service website dedicated to the Stonewall Uprising. The 'T' in 'LGBTQ+' has also been removed, as have references to the word 'queer.'

As part of the trompist crusade against transgender people and transidentity, the only national monument dedicated to the struggles of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer movement evokes more on its website than the first three.

By Zoe Sottile, CNN After the words “transgender” and “queer” were removed from the National Park Service website for the Stonewall National Memorial, a landmark of the LGBTQ pride movement in New York City, protesters filled nearby Christopher Park on Friday with a simple message: “You can’t erase us.” The message was written in chalk on the pavement surrounding the park and was reflected in signs waved by protesters and messages from speakers.…

The site of the American National Monument no longer evokes the LGB community, and no longer the LGBTQ+ community. Stonewall is a New York gay bar that had been the scene of riots in June 1969. Events considered as the birth certificate of the movement for the recognition of the rights of homosexuals.