The state of California has sued the U.S. Department of Education and the entire federal government over their threat to withhold funds totaling $4.9 billion annually because of the state law against forced outing of transgender students.

The Pride flag is flying at Stonewall again. More than 1,000 people formed a sea of rainbow and transgender flags and handmade signs, flooding the area surrounding Lower Manhattan’s Christopher Park in Greenwich Village on Thursday after the Trump administration ordered the Pride flag removed from the Stonewall National Monument earlier this week.

➡️ More than 1,000 people protested in Manhattan’s Christopher Park today after the Trump administration ordered the Pride flag removed from the nearby Stonewall National Monument. The Advocate was on the ground talking to local activists who brought Pride colors back to the site.