Marsha P. Johnson's family and Garden State Equality are advocating against the Trump administration's recent actions to erase transgender individuals from LGBTQ+ history, particularly concerning the Stonewall National Monument. Activists protested the National Park Service's deletion of the 'T' from LGBTQ+ and other references to transgender people. James Carey, a representative of the Marsha P. Johnson Family Foundation, stated that this erasure undermines the contributions of transgender individuals to the LGBTQ+ rights movement, calling it a dangerous rewrite of history. The groups demand the restoration of inclusive language on official sites.
This is not just an erasure of words - it is an erasure of history, said Johnson's cousin James Carey... stripping trans and queer identities from the narrative of Stonewall is a deliberate and dangerous attempt to rewrite history.
Marsha fought for a world where no one had to live in fear because of who they are... Our fight, in honor of Marsha P. Johnson... continues.
The erasure of transgender and queer people from this pivotal moment in the fight for lived and legal equality is disgraceful, added Aedy Miller, communications.
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