The Pride flag returned to the streets of San Antonio, even after the Trump administration and Texas leaders ordered cities to remove rainbow-painted crosswalks. Portions of the sidewalk in San Antonio’s Pride Cultural Heritage District, a neighborhood home to LGBTQ+ establishments and residents, are now painted with the colors of the Pride flag. City council members chose to paint the sidewalks after the city was asked to remove a rainbow-painted crosswalk that had existed in the neighborhood since 2018. In October, Texas Governor Greg Abbott directed cities to remove “any and all political ideologies” from the streets. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy had threatened to revoke federal funding from places that painted roadways with what he called “political banners” to reduce distractions. Other cities, such as Dallas, Austin and Houston, were forced to remove their rainbow crosswalks. Washington, D.C., removed its Black Lives Matter mural. Cities across Florida were asked to do the same.…