New York’s Symbolic Defiance Against Federal Overreach at Stonewall

In a defiant act that speaks volumes beyond mere symbolism, New York politicians raised the rainbow flag once again at the Stonewall National Monument, directly pushing back against the Trump administration’s removal of this emblem from a landmark that embodies American liberty and civil rights progress. Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal, the first openly gay person elected to his post, captured the sentiment perfectly: “If you can’t fly a Pride flag steps from Stonewall monument, at the National monument for LGBTQ liberation, where can you fly it?” His question isn’t just rhetorical—it challenges the administration’s attempt to sanitize America’s history...