Trump Administration Sued Over Removing Stonewall Pride Flag

"The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, adds that the administration "has not removed other historical flags at other national monuments, most notably Confederate flags," and says the "capricious action" violates the Administrative Procedure Act. It goes on: "Meanwhile, the assault on Stonewall is the latest example in a long line of efforts by the Trump Administration to target the LGBTQ+ community for discrimination and opprobrium.""

"In early February, the iconic multicolored flag, which includes colors representing the transgender community, was quietly removed from a flagpole on the NPS-run site, which sits in a tiny park in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. The NPS justified the decision by citing a Department of Interior (DOI) directive, issued last month, and stating that "only the U.S. flag and other congressionally or departmentally authorized flags are flown on NPS-managed flagpoles, with limited exceptions.""

The Pride flag was removed from a flagpole at Stonewall National Monument in early February. The National Park Service cited a recent Department of Interior directive limiting flags on NPS-managed flagpoles to the U.S. flag and congressionally or departmentally authorized flags, with limited exceptions. A coalition of nonprofits led by the Gilbert Baker Foundation filed a federal lawsuit in the Southern District of New York alleging the removal violated federal law that permits historical flags for contextual use and accusing the administration of selective enforcement and capricious action under the Administrative Procedure Act. Stonewall commemorates the 1969 uprising central to LGBTQ+ rights.

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