In the Trump administration’s ongoing attempt to make transgender people disappear, they’ve removed the “T” from LGBT on the Stonewall National Monument webpage. How incredibly ironic (and stupid) is that? Do they think we’ll forget who started the resistance to the police raid? Do they think they can tell the history of Stonewall without mentioning the “T”?
Martha P. Johnson is, at least apocryphally, credited with throwing the first brick (or rock, or bottle, or whatever it might have been), as police raided the Stonewall Inn in 1969.
The National Park Service, is of course, bending to the Executive Order that Orange Idiot signed recently. I don’t know how they’re going to be able to tell the story of Stonewall without mentioning transgender activists who led the fight. In moments of cynicism, I suspect they’ll figure out some way to credit the resistance to some obscure white guy, a bit like a recent movie tried to do. (whatever happened to that movie? I think it might have clunked it’s way down to the basement of forgotten films rather quickly.)
From the National Park Service’s Stonewall opening page:
“By the time of Stonewall…we had 50 to 60 gay groups in the country. A year later…1500.”
Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil rights and provided momentum for a movement.
Check out our video series about the history of the Stonewall uprising, the LGB rights movement and Stonewall NM today!
Last updated: February 13, 2025
(bolding and italics added by me)
From another part of the Stonewall page on the National Park Service’s site I ran across the following:
(Someone missed some banned language and letters here.)
Stonewall National Monument
Read the President’s Proclamation delcaring (SIC) Stonewall National Monument
The Stonewall Inn, a bar located in Greenwich Village, New York City, was the scene of an uprising against police repression that led to a key turning point in the struggle for the civil rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Americans. In a pattern of harassment of LGBT establishments, the New York City police raided the Stonewall Inn in the early hours of Saturday, June 28, 1969. The reaction of the bar’s patrons and neighborhood residents that assembled in the street was not typical of these kinds of raids. Instead of dispersing, the crowd became increasingly angry and began chanting and throwing objects as the police arrested the bar’s employees and patrons. Reinforcements were called in by the police, and for several hours they tried to clear the streets while the crowd fought back. The initial raid and the riot that ensued led to six days of demonstrations and conflicts with law enforcement outside the bar, in nearby Christopher Park, and along neighboring streets. At its peak, the crowds included several thousand people.
The events of Stonewall, as the uprising is most commonly referred to, marked a major change in the struggle for “homophile rights” in the U.S., with lesbian women, gay men, bisexual and transgender people beginning to vocally and assertively demand their civil rights. Stonewall is regarded by many as the single most important catalyst for the dramatic expansion of the LGBT civil rights movement. The riots inspired LGBT people throughout the country to organize and within two years of Stonewall, LGBT rights groups had been started in nearly every major city in the U.S. Stonewall was, as historian Lillian Faderman wrote, “the shot heard round the world…crucial because it sounded the rally for the movement.”
Today, the site of the uprisings in Greenwich Village is recognized as a National Historic Landmark (NHL) by the National Park Service and is considered significant under NHL Criterion 1 because of its association with events that outstandingly represent the struggle for civil rights in America. This NHL includes the bar, Christopher Park, and the streets where the events of June 28-July 3, 1969, occurred. The Stonewall Inn is located at 51-53 Christopher Street, New York City, New York and is open to the public.
The link to the President’s Proclamation, however, leads to this page:
Now, I don’t think Trump himself is all that worked up about transgender people. It’s his minions, especially Elon Musk, who are driving this. Musk has misgendered and dead-named his trans child, so I suspect much of this erasing is coming from his personal hatred of transgenderism. He’s not a person used to not getting his way, and he’s striking out and hurting whoever he can. And he doesn’t care who gets hurt.
Oh, BTW, don’t let NPS know they missed some of the forbidden words on this page. Let us hope they’re there because someone at NPS’s IT office knows the Orange Idiot’s minions wouldn’t think to look past the splash page. shhhhhh
Members of the LGBT and straight ally community were on hand for the 3rd presentation to recognize Pride Month in the City of Visalia, California. Accepting for the entire community, Dr. Steve Palmer and Joan Palmer, co-presidents of 
Fresno County Board of Supervisors issues June Resolution
July 6, 2026
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It was NOT to recognize June as Pride month.
The ongoing culture wars in the Central Valley continue, with this front in Fresno County. With the ascension of Bredefeld to the position of Board Chair, there’s been a full-on assault directed at the LGBTQ+ community. With a move to prevent the county library from taking part in any June Pride month activities, and directing staff to research privatizing the county library system, Bredefeld and his fellow conservatives have been doing everything in their power to marginalize the LGBTQ+ population of their county.
On June 16, 2026, they passed a resolution, recognizing June as Traditional Nuclear Family Month in the County of Fresno. The selection of June was deliberate, as it is traditionally and legally recognized as LGBTQ+ Pride Month in the United States. Here’s the resolution as passed:
That’s not the resolution Bredefeld proposed, however. This is:
In Bredefeld’s original resolution, there was a direct attack on the LGBTQ+ community:
WHEREAS, children are now under attack from anti-family groups that make
every effort to indoctrinate children into the LGBTQ lifestyle, promote genital mutilation,
abortion practices and Transgender ideology without parental knowledge or consent;
and
Calmer heads on the Board got him to accept a change, removing that paragraph, and replacing it with this:
WHEREAS, single mothers and fathers, grandparents, foster parents, and those
parents that have joint custody of their children are critically important to raising healthy children and are recognized for their sacrifice, hard work and devotion to their families and children; and
While the hate directed specifically at the queer community was removed, the resolution was still passed, 3-2, Chavez and Pacheco voting NO.
Expecting a furor of comments directed at his resolution, Board Chair Bredefeld restricted public comments to 15 minutes for those opposed to the resolution, and 15 minutes for those in support, with each speaker limited to one minute. Most government bodies schedule 3 minutes per speaker for public comments. While legal, it does not reflect well on any government official to be seen limiting the public’s ability to speak on a matter they consider important.
The conservatives in the Central Valley (see Porterville City Council and their recent one minute ‘oral communications’ limit) are still working diligently to undermine the progress the LGBTQ+ community has made in the past decades. Those opposed will continue to speak out, and remind them that their views are not the “one true way” many insist be imposed on others.
June remains Pride Month, no matter what the Fresno County Board of Supervisors say.
I hope your Pride Month was joyous. Happy Pride!
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