"The historic Stonewall National Monument in Manhattan commemorates the eponymous 1969 uprising credited with spurring the modern gay rights movement in the United States. The landmark, which includes Christopher Park and the famous Stonewall Inn, where groups led by trans women of color protested routine police raids and harassment, was designated a national monument by President Barack Obama in 2016."
"A spokesperson for the National Park Service (NPS), which oversees the landmark, confirmed in a statement to Gay City Newsthat the agency had taken the flag down in compliance with a new government order. The guidance, issued in January, states that "only the US flag and other congressionally or departmentally authorized flags are flown on NPS-managed flagpoles, with limited exceptions," the NPS said."
The six-color Pride flag was removed from New York City's Stonewall National Monument on February 9 after a directive from the Trump administration that limited flags flown on National Park Service-managed flagpoles. Stonewall National Monument commemorates the 1969 uprising and includes Christopher Park and the Stonewall Inn, sites where trans women of color led protests against police raids and harassment; the site was designated a national monument in 2016. The NPS said the removal complied with guidance issued in January permitting only the US flag and congressionally or departmentally authorized flags, with limited exceptions. Advocates had previously protested after the NPS scrubbed transgender and queer references and removed a list of LGBTQ+ flags and related information from its Stonewall web pages, and many viewed the Pride flag removal as an escalation in federal actions affecting LGBTQ+ visibility at historic sites.
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