""It's an outrage," says Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal. "But it's an outrage upon another outrage because we know that this administration seems very comfortable in attacking religious, ethnic, and other minorities, including the LGBTQ population.""
"NPS tells Axios it followed"government-wide guidance" requiring "only the U.S. flag and other congressionally or departmentally authorized flags" fly on "NPS-managed flagpoles, with limited exceptions.""
"Yes, but: A January memo includesnarrow exemptions fornon-agency flags, such as those that "provide historical context" or "are part of historic reenactments.""
The Pride flag was removed from an NPS-managed flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument. The National Park Service pointed to government-wide guidance that limits flags on NPS-managed flagpoles to the U.S. flag and congressionally or departmentally authorized flags, with limited exceptions. A January memo allows narrow exemptions for non-agency flags that provide historical context or form part of historic reenactments. Community members plan to raise the Pride flag again on Thursday and intend to protest if barred, invoking the spirit of the 1969 uprising. Removal prompted concerns about erasure, especially given past removals of transgender mentions from the Stonewall site.
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