Its no secret that the LGBTQA+ community is high on the list of people/groups/things that The Orange Man wants to completely eradicate.  It’s such a pity that he is no lover of US History, as he would know that so many people bigger and better than him have tried to do this in the past, and have failed miserably. But all the homophobes that preceded him at least have bigger balls and aimed at destroying our very core. But as we have so often witnessed, the Orange Man’s petty fixation is on the smaller outwardly visible things : such as in the case of banning gay flags 

Earlier this year, federal officials quietly removed the flag from the legendary Stonewall Inn in NY following new instructions from the Orange Man’s administration that sharply limits which flags can fly at properties overseen by the National Park Service. This was despite local leaders arguing that the decision was an attempt to erase  queer history at the very place where the modern gay rights movement took root.

Now this week, Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal has said that city and state officials intend to restore the Pride flag on Thursday at the federally managed park across from the Stonewall Inn. This is about visibility and memory/ Hoylman-Sigal said. “The people who stood up here in 1969 faced real danger. Honoring that legacy requires action, not silence.”

The Stonewall Inn became a landmark in 1969 after patrons resisted a police raid, sparking days of protests that reshaped LGBTQ+ activism nationwide. While the bar itself remains privately owned, the small park across Christopher Street was designated a national monument in 2016, placing it under federal oversight.That distinction has now become a legal and political fault line.