NPS Removes Bisexuality References From Stonewall Website | EUROtoday

Several months after the National Park Service eliminated a number of references to transgender individuals from its web site for the Stonewall National Monument, mentions of bisexuality have been subsequent on the chopping block.

Journalist Erin Reed reported earlier this week that a number of references to bisexuality had been deleted from the house web page and “history and culture” part for the monument, which commemorates the 1969 Stonewall rebellion in New York City that marked a pivotal level within the motion for LGBTQ rights.

Following Reed’s reporting on the removing, one reference to bisexuality had been added again to the positioning, although others remained absent as of Saturday morning.

In February, after President Donald Trump took workplace and vowed to crack down on range, fairness and inclusion initiatives, the park service deleted a number of situations of the phrases “transgender” and queer” from the Stonewall website. It additionally minimize the letters T and Q from the LGBTQ acronym, altering phrases like “LGBTQ civil rights” to “LGB rights.”

Now, references to bisexuality have additionally been quietly eliminated. On May 27, the Stonewall Monument homepage referenced “living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person.” Later that day, it was modified to “living authentically as a gay or lesbian person.”

Similarly, the positioning’s “history and culture” part included the phrases “living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person,” “people who would identify today as LGB” and “LGB civil rights.”

Those have been changed, respectively, with “gay and lesbian civil rights,” “people who would identify today as a member of the community,” and “living openly as a member of the Stonewall comunity [sic].”

As of Saturday, “bisexual” was again on the monument’s homepage, however the adjustments on the “history and culture” web page remained. The National Park Service didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from HuffPost.

People sounded off on the adjustments on social media.