US EditionTrump Administration Removes Pride Flag From Stonewall National Monument
The National Park Service removed the Pride and transgender flags to comply with federal policy allowing only authorized flags on monument flagpoles, sparking community criticism.
- The Trump administration has removed the rainbow flag from the Stonewall National Monument in New York, a site widely seen as the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.
- The National Park Service says the decision follows updated guidance reinforcing longstanding flag policies that limit displays to official government flags, but critics argue the move is politically motivated rather than procedural.
- LGBTQ+ advocates have condemned the removal as a symbolic insult and are planning protests, while some city and state leaders have pledged to raise the rainbow flag again in response.
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Trump admin removes Pride flag from Stonewall National Monument
By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has removed an LGBTQ Pride flag from the Stonewall National Monument in New York City, the United States’ first national monument to LGBTQ rights, following a directive restricting what kinds of flags can be flown on National Park sites. The removal is the latest change to the monument, as the administration moves to alter what is on display at national parks across the country an…
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US President Donald Trump's administration has removed a large rainbow Pride flag that flew over the Stonewall National Monument, which marks the birthplace of the modern gay rights movement in New York City.
Trump admin quietly yanks rainbow flag from NYC’s Stonewall monument, sparking fury: ‘American symbol’
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