The Trump administration removed the Pride flag from the flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument in New York City, a site commemorating the birth of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement. The action, reportedly carried out by the National Park Service, followed a memo restricting "non-agency" flags at federal sites.
Elected officials, including New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Governor Kathy Hochul, condemned the removal as an act of erasure and gathered to reinstate the flag. The incident highlights ongoing political tensions over the representation of LGBTQ+ history and identity at federally managed monuments, following previous actions like the removal of the word "transgender" from the monument's website.