For example, a Zionsville middle school was recently the target of backlash following a widely shared picture of a pride flag ...

A former Yosemite employee says they've been fired by the National Park Service, three months after flying a transgender ...

A Yosemite National Park ranger was fired after hanging a pride flag from El Capitan, and some visitors to the California ...

Hamilton County Prosecutor Connie Pillich called the burning of Pride flags outside Cincinnati homes "hateful attempts to ...

The National Park Service terminated Shannon Joslin over the May 20 demonstration, which it said took place in a prohibited ...

A Yosemite National Park ranger was fired and other activists could face charges after hanging a transgender pride flag from ...

A trans park ranger was fired from Yosemite National Park last week after hanging a massive transgender pride flag in protest ...

Those colors are an attempt to incorporate the transgender pride flag into the more traditional rainbow flag. The transgender pride flag was created in 1999 by U.S Navy veteran Monica Helms.

A version of this article appears in print on June 10, 2019, Section A, Page 7 of the New York edition with the headline: State Dept. Alters Stance On Showing Pride Flags.

She first put her flag on display at Pride celebrations in 2000, and the first recognized official use of it as a ceremonial flag came in 2012, when it was raised over the Castro.