A trio of New York lawmakers has introduced legislation that would make the Pride flag a congressionally authorized flag, allowing it to be flown at national park sites like the Stonewall National Monument. 

The bill from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Dan Goldman, who represents Lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn, comes weeks after Stonewall’s Pride flag was taken down following a Trump administration directive. 

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A trio of New York lawmakers has introduced legislation that would make the Pride flag a congressionally authorized flag, allowing it to be flown at national park sites like the Stonewall National Monument

The bill from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Dan Goldman, who represents Lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn, comes weeks after Stonewall’s Pride flag was taken down following a Trump administration directive

Advocates re-raised the flag without the White House’s approval days after it was removed

Some groups, including the Association of National Park Rangers, have filed a lawsuit over the flag’s removal, alleging “history and science” are being erased

In a statement at the time, the National Park Service said only “congressionally or departmentally authorized” flags were allowed on its flagpoles, “with limited exceptions.” 

Advocates re-raised the flag without the White House’s approval days after it was removed. 

“Stonewall stands as a beacon of hope for the LGBTQ community — a reminder of the resilience and perseverance of those before us who fought for the rights they deserve,” Schumer said in a statement. “Trump’s hateful crusade must end. The very core of American identity is liberty and justice for all – and that is what this legislation would protect: each national park’s ability to make their own decision about what flag can be flown.”

Some groups, including the Association of National Park Rangers, have filed a lawsuit over the flag’s removal, alleging “history and science” are being erased.

“President Trump’s removal of the Pride flag at Stonewall was just the latest in an endless series of gratuitous and cruel attacks on the LGBTQ+ community,” Goldman said in a statement. “We will not let Donald Trump erase history.”

“We can’t let this sort of hateful act happen ever again,” Gillibrand said in her own statement. “The strength and resilience of LGBTQ+ Americans, and those who stand with them, will not be erased.”