The Trump administration has agreed to restore a Pride flag that was previously removed from Stonewall National Monument in New York City, following a lawsuit from several nonprofit groups alleging it had been improperly removed earlier this year. In February, the National Park Service (NPS) took the Pride flag down, following a directive from the Interior Department stipulating that “only…
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On Monday, the National Park Service (NPS) removed a Pride flag from the Stonewall National Monument in New York City — a move many observers have condemned as just the latest attempt by the Trump administration to erase LGBTQ history and culture in the U.S. The Stonewall Inn is a dive bar in Manhattan that is widely considered the birthplace of the LGBTQ liberation movement. In 1969…
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Dozens of Democratic members of Congress have signed an open letter addressed to the Trump administration, demanding that portions of LGBTQ history that were removed from the Stonewall National Monument be restored. Back in February, the National Park Service (NPS) eliminated the words “queer” and “transgender” from the Stonewall National Monument website. The monument commemorates the…
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