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.

On Thursday night, the National Parks Service, acting on orders from the White House, erased any mention of “transgender” and “queer” people from the official website for the Stonewall National Monument.

Voices in the Lower Hudson Valley's LGBTQ+ community react to the removal of transgender references from sites run by the National Park Service.