US government agrees to return rainbow pride flag to New York's Stonewall Monument

The administration of Donald Trump has agreed to restore the rainbow pride flag at the Stonewall National Monument, following a court settlement over its earlier removal. The agreement requires the flag to be reinstated within seven days and displayed alongside the U.S. flag, with restrictions on its removal except for maintenance or practical reasons.

Jonathan Allen/Reuters

14 April 2026 at 05:32:16

FILE PHOTO: Activists celebrate after relocating the pride flag to the original pole, while people gather at the Stonewall National Monument, where the LGBTQ+ rights movement was born, to raise a pride flag after authorities removed it from the Greenwich Village site in New York City, U.S., February 12, 2026.

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U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has agreed to restore the rainbow pride flag to the Stonewall National Monument, which marks the birthplace of the modern gay rights movement in New York City, according to a proposal settlement filed in court on Monday.

The National Park Service, the federal agency overseeing U.S. national monuments, had removed the flag without warning in February, saying the flag was not an expression of the Trump administration's "official sentiments."

Some New Yorkers sued the Trump administration, which has sought to limit the rights of some LGBT people and vilified transgender people in particular, in order to restore the flag.

Under the proposed joint settlement filed for U.S. District Judge Jennifer Rochon's approval in the Manhattan federal court, the National Park Service agreed to hang the pride flag alongside the U.S. flag within seven days and to not remove it "save for maintenance or other practical purposes."

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