The changes come after an executive order President Trump signed calling for the federal government to define sex as only male or female.

President Donald Trump's transgender policy began with a Day One executive order delegitimizing gender identity. Now it has encroached on a conspicuous place, removing the word "transgender" from the U.

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.