The gay pri adaptatn of the World War II flag-raisg on Iwo Jima prompted outrage and a ath threat last week.
Contents:
- IWO JIMA MAR, GAY PRI AND A PHOTO ADAPTATN THAT SPAWNS FURY
- US ARY IS POSTG GAY PRI RABOWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PRI MONTH – HERE ARE THE PICS
IWO JIMA MAR, GAY PRI AND A PHOTO ADAPTATN THAT SPAWNS FURY
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More than a ago, photographer Ed Freeman set out to pture the gay rights stggle a photograph for the ver of Frontiers, a gay magaze.
”Reactn on Twter also clud a lot of cricism:Alterg the Amerin flag lors && tryg to remake the "Raisg the Flag on Iwo Jima" photograph wh the gay pri flag is gradg— Taylor Murry (@taymurryy) July 1, 2015.
Freeman, who is gay, also was blasted on Facebook after postg his gay pri Iwo Jima image along wh a msage sayg never occurred to him that would “someday e to symbolize the victory we are celebratg today. “Im all for gay rights and equal for all but DO NOT DISRESPECT THOSE WHO SERVED, SACRIFICED, AND DIED FOR YOUR COUNTRY AND YOUR RIGHTS AND FREEDOM, ” wrote one mentor rponse. “The prciple plat that people have is that I am equatg the gay stggle wh the ntributn and sacrifice of Amerin servicemen, ” he said.
US ARY IS POSTG GAY PRI RABOWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PRI MONTH – HERE ARE THE PICS
They’re already on edge bee of the gay marriage cisn. “One of them said, ‘Well, why don’t you have an astront plantg a gay flag on the moon?
Origal pri flag — June 1978The first rabow pri flag was signed Gilbert Barker and unveiled durg the San Francis Gay Freedom Day on June 25, 1978.
”“Wh all of the black and brown activism that’s worked to addrs racism the Gayborhood over the past year, I thk the new flag is a great step for the cy to show the world that they’re workg toward fully supportg all members of our muny, ” the statement ntued. Acrdg to TriPri, the flag is meant to reprent the QPOC muny, pecially as relat to the ti that have bound the Black and queer muni sce the ceptn of the gay liberatn movement.