"In a letter led by Council Speaker Julie Menin and sent to federal officials, council members argued that removing the flag from the monument's Christopher Park grounds strips the site of a symbol inseparable from its meaning. Stonewall, they wrote, is not an abstract lesson in civics but the place where, in 1969, queer New Yorkers fought back against a police raid and helped ignite the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement."
"The events that took place there catalyzed a global movement for dignity, equality, and freedom - guiding principles upon which our nation was founded. The Pride flag has long flown as a symbol of that struggle and of the resilience of a community that continues to fight for its basic rights," the letter reads."
"I am outraged by the removal of the Rainbow Pride Flag from Stonewall National Monument," Mamdani said in a statement."
New York City Council members, led by Speaker Julie Menin, pressed the National Park Service to restore the Pride flag at Stonewall National Monument, arguing the flag is inseparable from the site’s meaning. Council members framed Stonewall as the 1969 site where queer New Yorkers fought back against a police raid and helped ignite the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement. The council letter described those events as catalyzing a global movement for dignity, equality, and freedom and emphasized the Pride flag as a symbol of resilience and basic rights. The privately owned Stonewall Inn continues to fly Pride flags and protests were planned; Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned the removal.
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