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National Park Service removes pages for transgender activists Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera

NPS removed the pages shortly after scrubbing transgender people from other government websites.

WATCH: Nancy Grace Attempts to Rewrite Gay History

The CNN host claimed that Anita Bryant was a 'sweet lady.'

Boebert: 'Disgusting' to Criticize Me for Colorado Springs Rampage

The far-right Colorado congresswoman tries to rewrite history in the wake of the Club Q mass shooting.

Donald Trump orders Women’s History Museum to remove trans people or lose funding

Trump has declared the accomplishments of trans people are “improper ideology.”

More Activists Dispute Hillary Clinton's DOMA History

The way the Clintons talk about the passage of DOMA in 1996 has activists disappointed.

Outfest Slams Gay White Men Who 'Co-Opted' Trans History

In honoring a short on Marsha P. Johnson, a juror at the LGBT film festival sent a strong message about authority in the arts.

WATCH: The Real Context of Log Cabin's Attack on Hillary Clinton

She was actually speaking against a federal marriage ban during a 2004 speech on the Senate floor.

Rewriting History

Michelangelo Signorile weighs in on 'Don't ask, don't tell.'

Op-ed: The High Stakes of Bad History

A book chronicling the movement toward marriage equality seems to be rewriting history.

Far Right Host: Unvaccinated Are More Ostracized Than AIDS Patients

The anti-LGBTQ+ media personality attempted to rewrite history by claiming those with HIV and AIDS in the '80s weren't treated as pariahs. 

Why LGBTQ+ history matters

Opinion: "When we present young people with a version of history from which they are completely absent, they have trouble envisioning a positive future for themselves," writes Lambda Legal CEO Kevin Jennings.

GOP Candidate Slammed for His Schools' Homophobic Curriculums

A new attack ad blasts the Trump-endorsed Republican gubernatorial candidate's extremist private school curriculum that compares queer people to "child molesters and rapists."

Gallup: 3.2% of Americans Identify as LGBT

A Gallup poll identified 3.2% of Americans as LGBT and discovered surprising trends in demographics.

Reversing the Re-write of LGBT History

Jo Becker's version of the gay marriage story was undone before it was even published.

Rewriting history

This month our career advice columnist helps a store manager move onto another career and helps a gay couple navigate the world of gay expo events

HUD Rewrites History in Trump’s 'Fake News' Administration

There are very real repercussions when departments like Housing and Urban Development drop their commitment to fair policies.

Democrats Introduce Bill to Support LGBTQ & Women’s History in Schools

The bill comes at a time when Republicans are trying to erase and rewrite certain histories.

Kamala Harris's allies rip into Donald Trump's anti-LGBTQ+ disinformation

“These guys are rewriting quite literally history books. They’re going after and attacking vulnerable communities. It’s a sign of desperation," California Gov. Gavin Newsom told The Advocate before the debate.

Why a 73-Year-Old Gay Pool Party Shook Us to the Core

LGBT people have always existed, though society has long tried to hide that fact. It's time we reclaimed our history.

Marsha P. Johnson's family fights for trans legacy at Stonewall

“This is not just an erasure of words — it is an erasure of history," Johnson's cousin says of the removal of "transgender" and "queer" from the website for the Stonewall National Monument.