National Parks

Deleting the Parks and LGBTQ Heritage page does NOT delete LGBTQ+ history

The National Park Service thinks deleting a webpage means deleting LGBTQ heritage. We disagree!

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LGBTQ+ places the government doesn't want you to know about

The LGBTQ+ Heritage Featured Places page is making a comeback.

If you're wondering why we can just republish all this content, it's because nearly every document the United States federal government produces is in the public domain. The National Park Service website states: "Copyright law does not protect 'any work of the U.S. Government' where 'a work prepared by an officer or employee of the U.S. Government as part of that person's official duties' (See, 17 U.S.C. §§ 101, 105). Thus, material created by the NPS and presented on this website, unless otherwise indicated, is generally considered in the public domain. It may be distributed or copied as permitted by applicable law."