In an unexpected reversal, lawyers for the Trump administration on Monday said the federal government would fly the rainbow Pride flag at the Stonewall National Monument in Greenwich Village.
The decision was announced in a proposed settlement filed in a Manhattan federal court lawsuit brought by the Gilbert Baker Foundation, whose namesake created the flag that symbolized LGBTQ equality, and various advocacy organizations, including Village Preservation and Equality New York.
The groups filed the suit against Trump’s Interior Department and National Park Service in February after the flag was taken down from the site widely recognized as the cradle of the gay liberation movement, alleging the move was part and parcel of an effort to erase LGBTQ history.
An LBGTB supporter lowers a U.S. flag to be joined with a pride flag at the Stonewall National Monument Feb. 11, 2026 in Manhattan. (Barry Williams / New York Daily News)
The terms of the proposed settlement say the Pride flag will fly high at Stonewall “save for maintenance and other practical purposes,” court filings show. It said the National Park Service would hang three flags of equal dimensions — the American flag, the National Park Service flag, and the Pride flag — within seven days.
The Daily News reached out to the parties in the suit for comment.
This developing story will be updated.