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CB2 Human Services Committee to draft resolution opposing NPS change to Stonewall National Monument description
Summary
Committee members and public commenters debated the National Park Service’s removal of a reference to transgender people from the Stonewall National Monument website; committee agreed to draft a resolution requesting restoration and to refer it to the executive committee or full board.
The Human Services Committee of Community Board 2 discussed a recent change on the National Park Service website describing the Stonewall National Monument and agreed to draft a resolution opposing the alteration and request restoration of the prior language.
Susanna Aaron, chair of the Human Services Committee, said the issue concerns an NPS webpage that previously used the acronym "LGBT" or "LGBTQ" in its description of Stonewall but now omits the letter "T" in at least some places on the site. Aaron said the committee had supported the 2016 designation and that board…
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