New York leaders, advocates re-raise Stonewall pride flag after Trump admin removal

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Source: ABC News

February 12, 2026, 7:15 PM


A group of New York politicians, city leaders and LGBTQ+ advocates gathered at the Stonewall National Monument in New York City on Thursday afternoon, where lawmakers re-raised the pride flag after the National Park Service removed it from federal grounds last weekend.

The re-raising of the flag took place amid chants of “raise our flag." The rainbow flag was raised to fly alongside the American flag that NPS had replaced it with.

Lawmakers initially raised the rainbow flag on a separate flagpole from the one where it flew before being removed. After lawmakers left the site, however, LGBTQ+ advocates appeared dissatisfied and rehung the pride flag on the original NPS flagpole, alongside the American flag.

NPS is overseen by the U.S. Department of the Interior. Asked about the plan to re-raise the flag, the department criticized the city's handling of the recent winter storm in a statement to ABC News, calling efforts to restore the flag a "political stunt" and pointing to official guidance.

Read more: https://abcnews.com/US/new-yorkers-vow-raise-pride-flag-after-trump/story?id=130104293

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Good (I figured someone would do that)!

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2. OUTSTANDING

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3. Excellent!

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4. Fantastic! Hit them everywhere! We will win!

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5. ding. this.

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6. A political stunt?

The National Park Service, as run by Trump officials, are masters of the political stunt, and that's what taking down the Stonewall pride flag was.
Just another blatant attempt to whitewash black history.
And this is the most incredible part of the whole thing:
Asked about the plan to re-raise the flag, the department criticized the city's handling of the recent winter storm in a statement to ABC News.
What has the snowstorm got to do with the Stonewall flag? Absolutely nothing!
Why was that issue raised by the NPS? Cheap political stunt to misdirect criticism, while, at the same time, accusing a newly elected Democratic Mayor of not being able to clear the streets of snow. I would point out that Mamdani has only been in office a few weeks, and this was one of the worst snow storms in NYC history.
I will say though that the use of city garbage trucks to also plow streets is not a good idea. They can't do both plow duty and pick up the trash at the same time. The City hasn't been properly prepared for a massive storm for a long while, and it's going to be a major challenge for Mamdani to revise their winter storm readiness.

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7. Removing it was a political stunt

What did the Department of Interior think would happen if they removed the flag?