Transgender references removed from Stonewell Memorial website
The Trump administration has eradicated the references of transgender people of the Stonewell National Monument website in New York.
But National garden service websiteLGBB+ standing for gay, gay and bisexuals has been reduced to LGBT.
President Donald Trump has also changed other official websites after signing an order recognizing only two sexes – men and women – on their first day in office.
The activists condemned the move on Friday and staged a protest on the site, dedicated to gay, gay, bisexual and transgender history.
Stonewell Inn’s co-owner and Stonewells in Gives Back Initiative’s co-owner Stacey Lentz said, “There is no pride without Trans people.”
“Modern LGBTQ+ will not try to erase them from the birthplace of the right movement!”
According to a statement sent to the New York Times, the Public Affairs Department of National Park Service said that the agency had taken action to follow the executive order signed by President Trump.
The BBC has approached the National Park Service for comments.
On an old version of the park service website, Digital Web Archive Webac Machine, Saved by Monument Key page Read: “Before the 1960s, gay, gay, bisexual, transgender, or quir (LGBTQ+) was almost everything illegal about staying open as a person.”
The update webpage now reads: “Before the 1960s, almost everything about being open as gay, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was almost everything illegal.”
Some other references of transgender people live on the website, Founder documents including For Stonewell National Monument.
A 1969 police raid at Stonewell in Gay Bar in New York rioted, which marked a major turn in push for gay equality.
Former President Barack Obama named it an American National Memorial in 2016. The memorial includes 7.7 acres of land, including a nearby Christopher Park.
One in statement On Thursday, Stonewell in and Stonewell in Gives Back Initiative said it was “angry” in changes.
The statement said, “This apparent function of Erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also defames the immense contribution of a transgender person.”
New York Governor Kathy Hachul called Parivarta “cruel and petty”.
The change in the website was opposed next to the Stonewell monument on Friday. Posters with indications like “National Park Service You Can AT History in AT” were organized by the protesters.
