US EditionTrump administration sued for Stonewall Pride flag removal in New York
Plaintiffs argue removal of the Pride flag violates federal laws and selectively targets LGBTQ+ history while confederate flags remain, calling it arbitrary and motivated by animus.
- Lambda Legal and the Washington Litigation Group sued the Trump administration on Feb. 17 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to restore the NPS-sanctioned Pride flag at Stonewall, arguing the removal was unlawful.
- The National Park Service removed the Pride flag on Feb. 9, citing new Interior guidance after a Jan. 21 DOI directive limited flags on park flagpoles to U.S., DOI, and POW/MIA flags.
- Represented by Lambda Legal and the Washington Litigation Group, the complaint alleges the actions involving the Gilbert Baker Foundation, Village Preservation, and Equality New York were arbitrary and capricious under the APA and NHPA.
- New York City officials and activists re-hoisted a Rainbow Flag last week, and Schumer and Goldman plan legislation to make it permanent at Stonewall.
- A related suit in Massachusetts expands the dispute to parks nationwide after a 2025 executive order, seeking court orders to halt removals and restore altered exhibits on slavery, climate, Indigenous history and civil rights.
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Stonewall Pride flag row escalates as activists sue Trump administration over removal
The lawsuit argues that removing the flag without public notice or review violated federal law and the Administrative Procedure Act The post Stonewall Pride flag row escalates as activists sue Trump administration over removal appeared first on Attitude.
Removal of Stonewall Pride flag part of Trump admin’s anti-LGBT attacks: lawsuit
The Trump administration’s removal of the Pride flag at the Stonewall National Monument in Greenwich Village was “no careless mistake,” but part and parcel of the government’s attacks on the LGBT community, a Manhattan Federal Court lawsuit filed Tuesday alleged. The suit was brought by the Gilbert Baker Foundation, whose namesake created the Rainbow Pride flag symbolizing LGBT equality in 1978, and a number of advocacy organizations, including …
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