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A park rangers flat hat sits atop a sandy dune with an LGBTQ pride flag and Transgender pride flag next to it. NPS/Sucena

Ranger-led activity: Take a screen break

This Ranger-led activity is called "Take a screen break". This activity can be done by yourself or with friends. You can do as much or as little of this exercise as you want to. Resilience Exercise Troubling times combined with modern technology can easily suck you into a

A black and white photograph of a large three story home with white siding and several pine trees in the front yard.

National Pride Service Report: March 3-10

A summary of the recent work conducted by the National Pride Serivice.

Deleting the Parks and LGBTQ Heritage page does NOT delete LGBTQ+ history

Deleting the Parks and LGBTQ Heritage page does NOT delete LGBTQ+ history

The National Park Service thinks deleting a webpage means deleting LGBTQ heritage. We disagree!

image of a rainbow pride flag and a transgender pride flag stuck in the sand next to a tan park ranger hat.

Ranger-led Activity: You exist

This week's ranger-led activity from the National Pride Service is called "You exist".

A black and white photograph of a large three story home with white siding and several pine trees in the front yard.

LGBTQ+ places the government doesn't want you to know about

The LGBTQ+ Heritage Featured Places page is making a comeback.

Double rainbow over Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge with verdant green swamp land and a boardwalk below

Greetings from the National Pride Service

We preserve and celebrate the contributions of LGBTQ+ and other marginalized Americans to our country with PRIDE!

If you're wondering why we can just republish all this content, it's because nearly every document the United States federal government produces is in the public domain. The National Park Service website states: "Copyright law does not protect 'any work of the U.S. Government' where 'a work prepared by an officer or employee of the U.S. Government as part of that person's official duties' (See, 17 U.S.C. §§ 101, 105). Thus, material created by the NPS and presented on this website, unless otherwise indicated, is generally considered in the public domain. It may be distributed or copied as permitted by applicable law."