President Trump is scheduled to review all national monuments appointed under the Obama administration, putting the future of Stonewall Inn's landmark status in jeopardy.
A pillar of LGBTQ history, the Stonewall Inn is largely regarded as the birthplace of the queer movement, kickstarting in June 1969 with a riot against regular police raids on the bar. New York's marginalized LGBTQ community fosterd the uprising, with drag queens and transgender women of color leading the resistance.
Related | Sylvia Rivera Discusses the Stonewall Riots in a Never-Heard-Before Interview
"Trans women, particularly trans women of color, are the mothers of the LGBT movement," Transparent's Hari Nef said during an anti-Trump rally outside the Stonewall Inn this February. "I have heard it said, and I believe, that Marsha P. Johnson, a black trans woman, threw the first brick at Stonewall."
Related | Hari Nef Says 'Trans Women of Color are the Mothers of the LGBT Movement'
According to the Salt Lake Tribune, Trump will sign this week an executive order to request a review of all national monument designations in the past 21 years. This will "discern whether [the monuments are within the law's intent," the paper reports.
President Obama classified the Stonewall Inn a National Monument just last year, saying, "Stonewall will be our first national monument to tell the story of the struggle for LGBT rights."
