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Trump administration takes down a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument (apnews.com)

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The Trump administration has stopped flying a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument. That's angering activists who see the change as a symbolic swipe at the country’s first national monument to LGBTQ+ history.

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[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 39 points 1 month ago (2 children)

First they removed language mentioning trans people, now they removed the rainbow flag and soon the entire monument will be gone. "First they came" and so on and so forth.

[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They will never erase us. We will always be here.

[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I agree with you that the community will survive, yet there are many who won't.

[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I will go out swinging.

[–] Sidhean@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago

"...in children," in this case