nytimes.com, Feb. 13, 2025: “Stonewall, Long a Symbol of Gay Oppression, Keeps Creating Icons for Trans People” by Jacob Sullum
Topic: Activism, Culture/Arts, Gay rights, New York, Stonewall, Transgender Social issues mentioned: Bridget Foy, Kelly Hayes, Jeremy Whatley, The Summit Garage, Nadine Burke Harris, Lisa Moid ’03, Andrew Lauer, Sophie Paras, Toyja Peters, Agatha Pinadeyna, Patrick Porter, Elizabeth Ramnitz, Sarah Ross, Victory, Adams, Brandon Stellar, Common Councilor, Greenwich Village, Jim Lehman, Matthaus Person, Michael Slackman, landscape designer, Sharlyn Brady Kelly Hayes and her husband, Jeremy Whatley, the landscape designer behind parks-department efforts to designate areas in much the way that the National Park Service did after the 1969 riots at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village. They said that they have never been recognized for their role in a bittersweet toppling of part of the oppression that siloed and sometimes slaughtered trans and gay people throughout 20th century America. And they said they would not have their Stonewall other than it be (1) a protected place for their demographic and (2) another item on the national register of historic places. The general criteria for commemoration in the parks-service program include whether people “overcame a significant obstacle or achieved a significant accomplishment” and whether “the property embody[]s or yields information important either in American history or prehistory.” Based on the article, what objective criteria are used to determine which places are commemorated on the national register of historic places?
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