US EditionCity of Boise Takes Down Pride Flag After Gov. Little Signs Flag Restrictions Into Law
City officials said the $2,000-a-day fines would be paid by taxpayers, and the law also targets other nonapproved flags on public property.
- On Tuesday, Boise Mayor Lauren McLean removed the city's Progress Pride flag after Governor Brad Little signed HB 561 into law, imposing a $2,000 daily fine for unauthorized flags on government property.
- HB 561 amends 2025 legislation restricting government property to "official flags" only, including the American flag, military flags, and tribal flags. The amendment closed loopholes that allowed local governments to designate unauthorized symbols.
- The City Council had designated the Pride flag as an official city flag in May 2025 to bypass earlier restrictions, prompting state legislators to enact the stricter amendment with financial penalties.
- During a special meeting Tuesday, city officials held a ceremony marking "International Transgender Day of Visibility," where McLean called it a "sad day, a tough day" and Council Member Jimmy Hallyburton vowed to "take a stand."
- Legislation restricting restroom use to birth-assigned sex takes effect July 1, reflecting Little's broader effort to regulate public facilities and transgender rights across Idaho.
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A dirge of degeneracy rang out in one red state rainbow enclave after efforts to skirt state law failed just in time for an alphabet activist high holy day. Like a carnival of sorrow, mourners assembled at City Hall in Boise, Idaho, on Tuesday to mark “International Transgender Day of Visibility” with a melancholic ceremony. It was there that the gender ideology standard known as the “Pride” flag was shown more decorum than leftists tend to offe…
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Post RegisterCity of Boise takes down Pride flag after Gov. Little signs flag restrictions into law
BOISE — After more than a decade of flying the Pride flag outside city hall, Boise Mayor Lauren McLean ordered the LGBTQ+ Pride flag be taken down to comply with a new law placing significant restrictions on what flags can…
Boise removed the LGBTQ+ flag in front of City Hall following a new law, though city officials say their values haven't changed.
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