The rainbow flag, a globally recognized emblem of LGBTQ+ rights, has been removed from the Stonewall National Monument, sparking anger among activists who view the move as a deliberate slight against the country's first national monument dedicated to LGBTQ+ history.
The multicolored flag was quietly taken down recently from a flagpole at the National Park Service-run site, located in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. This significant location sits directly opposite the Stonewall Inn, the historic gay bar where a rebellion against a police raid ignited the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.