Activists Blast Stonewall Monument Honoring LGBTQ Rights For Removing 'Transgender and 'Queer' From Website: 'We Are in Danger'

Activists expressed outraged after terms relating to members of the LGBTQ+ community, such as "transgender" and "queer," were removed from the website of the Stonewall National Monument commemorating the Stonewall Inn, where famed queer activists helped bring about the birth of the pride movement.

The term "LGBTQ+" was shortened to "LBG" on the National Park Service website.

This follows President Donald Trump's signing of an executive order last month stating that the federal government will only recognize two genders, male and female. Since then, other federal agencies such as the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Center for Disease Control (CDC) have also removed references to transgender and queer folk from their respective websites, shortening "LGBTQ+" to just "LBG."

"I will take historic action to defeat the toxic poison of gender ideology and reaffirm that God created two genders, male and female," Trump said while campaigning in October.

"This feels especially personal ... when you're coming into the birthplace of the LGBTQ rights movement – where Pride began – and erasing the history of the LGBTQ rights movement by erasing trans folks," Stacy Lentz, co-owner of the Stonewall Inn, told CNN.

Located within New York City's Greenwich Village, the Stonewall Inn was a club that served gay customers and was raided by police for doing so in 1969. The raid sparked riots that lasted days, in which groups of LGBTQ+ youth collected outside the bar to protest the actions of law enforcement, who had aimed to shut down the club permanently.

Transgender women, including iconic activists such as Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, were heavily involved in the Stonewall riots, becoming important figures within the gay liberation movement. Activists accuse the Trump administration of attempting to erase trans individuals' contributions to LGBTQ+ history by erasing references to their identities.

"We're seeing history replay in real time and we cannot allow for that. We must stand up. We must align as a community and fight back and support trans, nonbinary and intersex people in this country because we are in danger." Angelica Christina, Board Director of the Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative, told CNN.

"He's trying to cleave our community apart and divide us," New York City Councilperson Erik Bottcher, whose district includes Greenwich Village and the Stonewall Inn, told the outlet. "He's not going to succeed. Lesbians and gays are not going abandon our transgender siblings. We are one community."