THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Schumer Pushes Bill to Elevate Pride Flag to Same Status as the American Flag.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced plans to introduce legislation to recognize the Pride flag as a congressionally authorized flag, granting it protections similar to the U.S. flag and other federally recognized flags.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Chuck Schumer, the Trump administration, the Department of the Interior, and the National Park Service (NPS).WHEN […] The post Schumer Pushes Bill to Elevate Pride Flag to Same Status as the American Flag. appeared first on The National Pulse .
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced plans to introduce legislation to recognize the Pride flag as a congressionally authorized flag, granting it protections similar to the U.S. flag and other federally recognized flags. WHO WAS INVOLVED: Chuck Schumer, the Trump administration, the Department of the Interior, and the National Park Service (NPS). WHEN & WHERE: Sen. Schumer announced he would introduce the legislation on February 15, 2026 . KEY QUOTE: “Stonewall is sacred ground, and Congress must act now to permanently protect the Pride flag and what it stands for.” – Chuck Schumer IMPACT: Schumer’s introduction of the bill is largely seen as an attempt to shore up support among more…Open
WASHINGTONPOST (Tim Craig) - New York leaders, defying Trump, rehang Stonewall Inn Pride flag in chaotic scene
The Trump administration had removed the LGBTQ+ symbol, citing a policy limiting what can be displayed on federal property.
NYTIMES (Liam Stack and Olivia Bensimon) - Elected Officials Condemn Stonewall Pride Flag Removal Ahead of Rally
Activists and officials plan to re-raise the flag on Thursday, setting up a defiant response to the Trump administration’s assault on diversity initiatives.
YOUTUBE (Newsmax) - Dems upset over Trump admin’s removal of pride flag at Stonewall | National Report
Democrat leaders in New York have vowed to restore a pride flag that was removed from the Stonewall National Monument by the Trump administration. NEWSMAX Correspondent Jon Glasgow has more on “National Report.”
WASHINGTONPOST (Tim Craig) - Trump administration removes Pride flag from monument to gay rights movement
Trump administration removes gay pride flag from the Stonewall National Monument, birthplace of the gay rights movement.
DAILYCALLER (Ireland Owens) - Trump Admin Removes Rainbow Flag From Homosexuality’s Holiest Site
'Stonewall is sacred ground'
NYTIMES (Jonathan Wolfe and Yan Zhuang) - Pride Flag Is Taken Down From Stonewall Monument
The removal of the flag from the Manhattan monument, the symbolic heart of the gay rights movement, came after a Trump administration directive about flags at national park sites.
AXIOS (Avery Lotz) - Pride flag removed from Stonewall monument
Government officials removed a pride flag from New York's Stonewall National Monument, the birthplace of the modern queer rights movement, following federal guidance restricting what flags can be flown in national parks , community leaders say. The big picture: The removal comes amid a broader federal effort to scrub LGBTQ+ history from government sites and single out transgender people, raising fears among LGBTQ+ advocates their community faces erasure from public life. - "It's an outrage," says Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal. "But it's an outrage upon another outrage because we know that this administration seems very comfortable in attacking religious, ethnic, and other minorities, including the LGBTQ population."…
Government officials removed a pride flag from New York's Stonewall National Monument, the birthplace of the modern queer rights movement, following federal guidance restricting what flags can be flown in national parks , community leaders say. The big picture: The removal comes amid a broader federal effort to scrub LGBTQ+ history from government sites and single out transgender people, raising fears among LGBTQ+ advocates their community faces erasure from public life. - "It's an outrage," says Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal. "But it's an outrage upon another outrage because we know that this administration seems very comfortable in attacking religious, ethnic, and other minorities, including the LGBTQ population."…Open