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


The Stonewall National Monument, where the LGBTQ+ rights movement was born, after authorities removed the Pride flag from the Greenwich Village site in New York City, U.S., February 10, 2026. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

NEW ⁠YORK, April 13 (Reuters) - 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 nL1N3Z616M 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."

(Reporting by Jonathan Allen; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)

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