"The U.S. Department of the Interior and National Park Service confirmed their intention to maintain a Pride flag at Stonewall and will only remove it for maintenance or other practical purposes."
"New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani expressed outrage over the flag's removal, stating that no act of erasure will ever change or silence the history of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement."
"New York State Sen. Erik Bottcher described the flag's removal as a deliberate act of erasure, asserting that the community will not be erased or silenced, and the Pride flag will fly again."
The Trump administration reached an agreement to allow the Pride flag to continue flying at the Stonewall National Monument following its removal in February. This decision came after a lawsuit from LGBTQ+ and historic preservation groups, which argued that the flag's removal was discriminatory. The U.S. Department of the Interior confirmed that the flag would only be removed for maintenance. Local leaders expressed outrage over the flag's removal, emphasizing the importance of preserving LGBTQ+ history and rights.
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