{"id":22046,"date":"2025-02-18T02:24:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T02:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=22046"},"modified":"2025-02-18T02:24:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T02:24:59","slug":"donald-trumps-recent-executive-order-labeled-cruel-and-petty-as-pieces-are-removed-from-national-monument-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=22046","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump’s recent executive order labeled ‘cruel and petty’ as pieces are removed from national monument website"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One of the executive orders signed by Donald Trump on his return to the White House has been hit with backlash after it resulted in major changes being made to the website for the Stonewall National Monument.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The monument is located in\u00a0New York\u00a0<\/a>City’s Greenwich Village and marks the location where the Stonewall Rebellion began in 1969, when a police raid at a gay bar led to riots and a milestone moment in the push for\u00a0equality<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Barack Obama<\/a>\u00a0designated the location a monument during his time in office in 2016, and details about the location have since been featured on the National Parks Service website.<\/p>\n

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The Stonewall Inn is the site where riots began in 1969 (Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

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Prior to the beginning of\u00a0Trump’s<\/a>\u00a0second term in office, the website’s home page explained: “Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ+) person was illegal.”<\/p>\n

However, in the wake of an\u00a0executive order from Trump<\/a>, which stated the government would only recognize male and female as biological sexes, references to ‘transgender’ and ‘queer’ have been removed.<\/p>\n

Now, the website reads: “Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal.”<\/p>\n

The decision to remove references to entire\u00a0communities<\/a>\u00a0has been met with widespread backlash and physical protests, with Stacy Lentz, co-owner of the Stonewall Inn and the chief executive of the nonprofit Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative, accusing the Trump administration of trying to ‘erase trans people from history and from existing’.<\/p>\n

In an\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0post, Lentz wrote: “There is no Pride without Trans folks leading that fight! Trying to erase them from the Birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement will not happen! We need to show up and speak out for our trans and nonbinary siblings who are under attack.”<\/p>\n

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Protestors came together to take a stand against the changes (Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

The Stonewall Inn and the Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative also issued a joint statement on the website update, saying: “This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals – especially transgender women of color – who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights.<\/p>\n

“Let us be clear: Stonewall is transgender history. Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, and countless other trans and gender-nonconforming individuals fought bravely, and often at great personal risk to push against oppressive systems. Their courage, sacrifice, and leadership were central to the resistance we now celebrate as the foundation of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.”<\/p>\n

In a post on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>, New York Governor Kathy Hochul wrote: “This is just cruel and petty. Transgender people play a critical role in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights \u2014 and New York will never allow their contributions to be erased.”<\/p>\n

Trump’s\u00a0executive order<\/a>\u00a0has claimed that ‘efforts to eradicate the biological reality of sex fundamentally attack women by depriving them of their dignity, safety, and well-being’.<\/p>\n

It reads: “Accordingly, my Administration will defend women\u2019s rights and protect freedom of conscience by using clear and accurate language and policies that recognize women are biologically female, and men are biologically male.”<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve been affected by any of these issues and want to speak to someone in confidence, contact the\u00a0<\/em>LGBT national hotline<\/em><\/a>\u00a0at 888-843-4564, available Monday to Friday 4pm-12am ET and 12pm-5pm ET on Saturdays.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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