Trump administration removes LGBTQ+ Pride flag from Stonewall national monument
The move in New York follows an interior department memo restricting non-agency flags at national parksThe Trump administration has removed a large pride flag from the Stonewall national monument in New York City, marking the latest move by the federal government to end diversity initiatives and...
<p>The move in New York follows an interior department memo restricting non-agency flags at national parks</p><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration">Trump administration</a> has removed a large pride flag from the Stonewall national monument in New York City, marking the latest move by the federal government to end diversity initiatives and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/18/national-park-visitors-signs-trump">sanitize</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/10/national-monuments-trump-rewrite-history-racism-indigenous-people">the history</a> shared in national parks.</p><p>The monument commemorates the June 1969 riots that followed a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. The six days of protests against the police action were a key moment in sparking the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, and the site has since become a national symbol of LGBTQ+ Pride.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/10/lgbtq-pride-flag-stonewall-trump-removal">Continue reading...</a>
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