Over 25,000 individuals have signed a petition urging the Trump administration to restore mentions of transgender and non-binary individuals on the National Park Service's Stonewall uprising website. The website was altered to exclude LGBTQ+ references, specifically removing the focus on trans individuals, despite their significant role in the 1969 riots. This alteration sparked protests and outcry from activists and historians, who condemned the actions as an attempt to erase important contributions to the LGBTQ+ movement, particularly those of notable figures such as Marsha P Johnson and Sylvia Rivera.
Trans people have been here since the beginning of time. We fought in all the wars. We're creators, we have families and children. We're just as much a part of this world as anyone else.
In a shocking and unjust move, the United States National Park Service has erased any mention of transgender people from the history of the Stonewall uprising.
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