The rainbow Pride flag will return permanently to the Stonewall National Monument after federal government agreed to reinstall it as part of a legal settlement ending a high-profile lawsuit over its removal.
The removal was in line with updated Trump's guidance, limiting the types of flags permitted on government-managed flagpoles.
The agreement, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, settles a case brought by the Gilbert Baker Foundation, Village Preservation, Equality New York, and others, following the National Park Service’s removal of the Pride flag in February.
The agreement requires the National Park Service to reinstall the display within seven days, with the American flag at the top of the pole and the rainbow Pride flag and the agency’s flag flown beneath it.
The removal, at the site of the 1969 uprising that ignited the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, sparked swift backlash from advocates, historians, and elected officials who saw it as an erasure of both symbol and story.
This resolution ensures the flag will continue to fly at the monument, affirming its rightful place at the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.
Bravo!!
Activists already returned Pride flag defying Trump's policy
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