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NPS takes down web pages dedicated to transgender activists and LGBTQ history


This is part of an ongoing move by the federal government to remove and alter National Park Service webpages related to LGBTQ history.

That protest against police during a raid on a Greenwich Village gay bar became a flashpoint in the struggle for LGBTQ civil rights (A photograph of Johnson remains on the NPS site, but with no mention of her role.) toggle caption Frank C. Curtin/AP "These efforts to tamper with our history set an unacceptable precedent," said Alan Spears, a senior director at the National Parks Conservation Association, in a statement. "By removing these educational and historical materials from public access, the administration is making it harder for National Park Service staff to fulfill their obligation to tell the stories of all Americans and maintain an accurate account of history."

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