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.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u2019s Pride flag was taken down<\/a> following a Trump administration directive.\u00a0<\/p>\n What You Need To Know<\/p>\n 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 In a statement at the time, the National Park Service said only \u201ccongressionally or departmentally authorized\u201d flags were allowed on its flagpoles, \u201cwith limited exceptions.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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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\u2019s Pride flag was\u00a0taken down\u00a0following a Trump administration directive
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Advocates\u00a0re-raised\u00a0the flag without the White House\u2019s approval days after it was removed
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Some groups, including the Association of National Park Rangers, have\u00a0filed a lawsuit\u00a0over the flag\u2019s removal, alleging \u201chistory and science\u201d are being erased<\/p>\n