In February, Blaque/OUT Magazine reported the removal of the Pride flag that flew outside of the historic Stonewall Inn in New York City. The Trump Administration removed the flag quietly but subsequently there were protests and outrage from community members and allies. At one such protest, community leaders joined to raise the flag in defiance.

However, the Pride flag will once again be displayed at New York's Stonewall monument after the Trump administration settled a lawsuit brought on by LGBTQIA+ advocacy orgs over its removal. Although there were uprising all over the country, the 1969 Stonewall riot sparked the accepted beginning of the LGBTQ rights movement and the week long protest was the inspiration for what we now know as Pride and Pride parades all around the world. The flag and monument in question stands directly across from the Stonewall Inn where a police raid on a gay bar sparked the riot and started it all.

Around an hour and twenty-five minutes into the live-streamed program, the atmosphere shifted. A visibly hurt and frustrated Doroshow announced that despite what she had been told and what she had paid for, she had been informed that they would not be receiving their full time and the program would be cut short. Mariah Moore was the next to speak, and although forced into brevity, started with,

“How cliche, we are here celebrating someone who lived such a full life and we are told that we have limited time.”