Pride Flag Goes Up As Another Comes Downhttps://www.newhavenindependent.org/2026/02/11/pride-flag-goes-up-as-another-comes-down/ 🔗New Haven Independent - Dereen Shirnekhi
February 11, 2026 4:58 pm
The city raised [a] pride flag in New Haven Wednesday afternoon in response to the removal of the large pride flag outside the Stonewall National Monument in Manhattan on Monday. The move came after the Trump administration directed in January that only the US flag and other "congressionally or departmentally authorized flags" be flown on National Park Service-managed flag poles.
"It's kind of ridiculous we have to be here today," [Mayor] Elicker said, condemning the Trump administration's targeting of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and members of the LGBTQ+ community. "It's important we make a statement on a day like today."
Elicker emphasized that New Haven is a "welcoming city" that welcomes everyone, no matter who they are or who they love.
"He's trying to erase history," Elicker said of Donald Trump and the removal of the Stonewall National Monument's pride flag. "The very reason that monument exists is the courage of trans individuals, of LGBTQ+ individuals."
"New Haven stands side by side with our brothers and sisters in Manhattan," he said.
"We have been through this before," said the New Haven Pride Center's (NHPC) Laura Boccadoro on Wednesday about threats to the queer community. "We aren't going anywhere."-----------------------------
