LGBTQ+ activists gathered at Christopher Park, just across from the historic Stonewall Inn, to protest against the removal of the words “transgender” and “queer” from the

After the words “transgender” and “queer” were removed from the National Park Service’s website for the Stonewall National Monument, a landmark of the LGBTQ pride movement in New York City, protesters filled nearby Christopher Park Friday with a simple message: “You can’t erase us.

“Stonewall would not be Stonewall without the T,” trans demonstrator Chloe Elentari told Salon. “National Park Service: You can’t spell history without a T,” one sign read. Another demonstrator wrote the word “transgender” on a sign noting the monument.

The monument commemorates the historic New York City gay bar where LGBTQ activists — including transgender trailblazers Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera — waged an uprising that was a turning point for the modern LGBTQ rights movement.

The National Park Service has removed references to transgender and queer people on its web page for the Stonewall National Monument, which marks the site of the New York City inn where LGBTQ rioters – including now-legendary transgender activists – galvanized a movement for LGBTQ rights.

People protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's administration's move to restrict transgender rights, at the Stonewall Inn and the Stonewall National Monument, in New York City, U.S., February 14,

Hundreds of people gathered at the Greenwich Village site to condemn what they saw as a chilling strike against the symbolic heart of the gay rights movement.

References to transgender people have been removed from a National Park Service website for the Stonewall National Monument