Manhattan Borough President Vows To Battle Trump’s Ban On Rainbow Flag At Stonewall National Monument
The New York Times reports: A large Pride flag has been removed from a flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument in Manhattan, weeks after the Department of the Interior issued federal guidance on displaying “non-agency” flags in the National Park System. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, the Manhattan borough president, said that the directive from the Trump administration, … The post Manhattan Borough President Vows To Battle Trump’s Ban On Rainbow Flag At Stonewall National Monument appeared first on Joe.My.God..
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The New York Times reports:
A large Pride flag has been removed from a flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument in Manhattan, weeks after the Department of the Interior issued federal guidance on displaying “non-agency” flags in the National Park System. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, the Manhattan borough president, said that the directive from the Trump administration, issued on Jan. 21, led to the removal of the flag from the Greenwich Village monument.
Mr. Hoylman-Sigal criticized the decision in an interview. “The mean-spiritedness of the Trump administration seems to know no bounds,” said Mr. Hoylman-Sigal, who is gay. “But we as a community are not going to take it standing by idly as our history, and by extension our human rights, are attempted to be erased.”
Mr. Hoylman-Sigal said he and other local representatives are planing to raise the flag at the monument again on Thursday. “We may be prevented from doing so,” he said. “But if we don’t seize this moment, and this outrage, I think we’ll let down generations of queer activists.”
Read the full article. Longtime JMG readers will recall Hoylman-Sigal’s tireless work for marriage equality in the New York Senate.
We have confirmed that a January 21st federal order has resulted in the removal last weekend of the Pride flag at Stonewall, birthplace of the modern LGBTQ human rights movement.
They cannot erase our history. Our Pride flag will be raised again. Stay tuned. pic.twitter.com/8ou8aQKGOq
— Brad Hoylman-Sigal
(@bradhoylman) February 10, 2026
I mean, fuck these guys for removing the Pride flag from the Stonewall Monument, but also, fuck those guys.
The queer history of Stonewall isn’t changing.
The queer people of today aren’t changing.
Fuck off, haters.
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) February 10, 2026 at 11:12 AM
They have now removed the Pride flag from the Stonewall Inn.
Erasure. Just like the Nazis.
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— Michelangelo Signorile (@msignorile.bsky.social) February 10, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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