US government agrees to return rainbow pride flag to New York's Stonewall Monument

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has agreed to restore the rainbow pride flag to the Stonewall National Monument, which marks the birthplace of the modern gay rights movement in New York City, according to a proposal settlement filed in court on Monday.

The National Park Service, the federal agency overseeing U.S. national monuments, had removed the flag without warning in February, saying the flag was not an expression of the Trump administration's "official sentiments."

Some New Yorkers sued the Trump administration, which has sought to limit the rights of some LGBT people and vilified transgender people in particular, in order to restore the flag.

Under the proposed joint settlement filed for U.S. District Judge Jennifer Rochon's approval in the Manhattan federal court, the National Park Service agreed to hang the pride flag alongside the U.S. flag within seven days and to not remove it "save for maintenance or other practical purposes."

-Jonathan Allen/Reuters