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Trans activists say restoring traditional Pride flag at Stonewall isn’t enough
Raising the rainbow Pride flag instead of the more inclusive Progress flag excludes the trans community, activists say

Thousands of protesters gathered outside the iconic Stonewall Inn on a near-freezing night last week to re-raise the rainbow Pride flag in defiance of the Trump administration, which had unceremoniously ordered its removal days earlier.

It was meant to be a joyous occasion, an act of protest for the New York City LGBTQ+ community, but trans activists in the crowd were deeply disappointed by what they say was exclusion of their community in choosing to raise the historic rainbow Pride flag instead of the newer, inclusive Progress Pride flag.

The debacle began on 9 February

The administration also removed references to transgender people from the Stonewall monument’s website – effectively erasing history, given that Black trans women led the queer rights uprising that the monument commemorates.

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on 12 February when Democratic lawmakers re-raised the same Pride flag design that had been taken down.

Still, some activists were deeply disappointed that the lawmakers chose to only restore the traditional flag – instead of restoring the Progress flag that was taken down in early February.

The trans activist and playwright Mika Kauffman said “I was there when they were raising the flag,” and added: “It just felt extremely performative because it wasn’t an inclusive pride flag. Like, where are the trans colors? Trans people are dying, Black trans women and Brown women are the reason that our rights exist in the first [place]. What are we doing here?”

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Trans activists, such as Kauffman and others, disagree.

“Trans people are just asking for human decency and respect. It is not a matter of infighting at all. It is a matter of visibility and support,”

Elentári emphasized: “We’re saying, no, we want to be included on the flag, because here’s the bottom line: it’s trans women and trans people of color who are the ones who are being actively murdered at this point.”