Stonewall Rainbow Flag Flying Despite Last-Minute Federal Move

Gay rights, equality

(New York, NY)  —  A rainbow flag celebrating LGBTQ rights is now flying near the Stonewall National Monument in New York’s Greenwich Village. But there was a last-minute controversy involving the federal government, which decided that the flagpole sat just outside the monument on city property. The National Park Service denies critics’ belief that the Trump White House stepped in. Both the flag and monument sit across from the Stonewall Inn, where police led a bloody crackdown against gays in 1969, helping to launch the fight for gay rights.