President Donald Trump is facing backlash for a decision to remove references to transgender individuals from the Stonewall National Monument’s website, with critics calling the move “cruel and petty.”
The National Park Service announced on February 13 that the website now only mentions “LGB” people, erasing “transgender” from the history of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising. The change aligns with Trump’s executive order to “restore biological truth to the federal government.”
New York Governor Kathy Hochul condemned the edits as “cruel and petty,” while Congressman Jerrold Nadler called it “an attack on the truth.” Protester Meghan described it as a “slap in the face,” and activist E. Garcia said: “You can’t erase trans people… trans people were the ones that started the riot.”
The National Parks Conservation Association criticized the revision, with Timothy Leonard stating: “Erasing letters… does not change the history or the contributions of our transgender community members.”
This is part of broader actions by Trump targeting transgender rights, including policies affecting sports, prisons, military service, and healthcare. Protests erupted outside Stonewall, reflecting anger over what many see as an attempt to erase transgender people’s role in LGBTQ+ history.
