Overview
- Lambda Legal and the Washington Litigation Group filed suit in the Southern District of New York seeking to reinstate the Stonewall Pride flag under the Administrative Procedure Act.
- The National Park Service removed the flag in early February, citing a new Interior Department directive limiting NPS‑managed poles to the U.S. flag and other authorized flags.
- Activists and New York City officials re‑raised the Pride flag at the monument after protests, though the display remains vulnerable to removal.
- Plaintiffs including the Gilbert Baker Foundation, Village Preservation, and Equality New York argue NPS policy permits historically contextual flags and cite Confederate flag displays as precedent.
- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer introduced a bill to designate the Pride flag as a congressionally authorized flag and to ensure it can fly at Stonewall and other national park sites.