"The Stonewall Inn is a dive bar in Manhattan that is widely considered the birthplace of the LGBTQ liberation movement. In 1969, the bar was the site of a historic uprising in which LGBTQ people fought back after years of facing harassment, raids, and brutality from New York City police, an event that is commemorated by annual Pride parades across the country."
"The removal of the Pride Flag (sometimes referred to as the Rainbow Flag) was based on an Interior Department guidance from last month, NPS said in a statement. That guidance requires that "only the U.S. flag and other congressionally or departmentally authorized flags" be flown on agency-managed sites. The move comes months after NPS scrubbed references to transgender and queer people on the Stonewall National Monument website."
NPS removed the Pride Flag from the Stonewall National Monument in New York City following Interior Department guidance that requires only the U.S. flag and other congressionally or departmentally authorized flags at agency-managed sites. The removal followed earlier edits that scrubbed references to transgender and queer people from the monument's website to comply with an executive order promoting "biological truth." The Stonewall Inn is widely considered the birthplace of the LGBTQ liberation movement, where the 1969 uprising is commemorated by annual Pride parades. New York City leaders vowed to restore the flag, and protesters gathered at the site.
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