Obama set to name first national monument for gay rights in the United States

President Barack Obama is set to declare the United States' first national monument for gay rights.

The history of the land title, a small piece of parkland in the Greenwich Village in New York, is still under investigation but Obama is ready to declare the area as part of the National Park Service soon to commemorate lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) rights.

The said area is situated right across the tavern Stonewall Inn. This is the location of the LGBT uprising in June 1969, where protests went on for six days. A police raid was conducted in the tavern which provoked a riot.

Since then, the bar has been dubbed as the "Mecca" of the gay community by gay activists and sympathizers.

Brian Sullivan, former bartender working at the tavern told The New York Times that Stonewall has been a place of comfort where discriminated gay people go to. A gay family was formed there which grew into a community. He believes that the "Stonewall deserves to be remembered".

Federal officials Sally Jewell, Interior Secretary; Jonathan B. Jarvis, National Park Service Director; and Rep. Jerrold Nadler of the New York District conducted a listening session last May 9 to get feedbacks about the proposal.

Kristan Bengel, vice president for government affairs at the National Parks Conservation Associations told The New York Times how positive they are and that the president will not hesitate to move forward with the undertaking.

Jewell announced a study last May 2014 to search for LGBT landmarks to be named as one of the national parks. In a speech for National Park Week last month, she said that there has been no national park or monument that depicts the fight for LGBT rights.