The fight over Philalphia’s gay pri flag shows exactly why the flag is need.
Contents:
- PHILALPHIA’S NEW, CLIVE GAY PRI FLAG IS MAKG GAY WHE MEN ANGRY
- LGBTQ HALL OF FLAGS AND PHILLY GAY PRI FLAG EXHIB
PHILALPHIA’S NEW, CLIVE GAY PRI FLAG IS MAKG GAY WHE MEN ANGRY
Much like Pri self, Philly’s flag — part of a cywi “More Color More Pri” mpaign — was borne of 2016, after a number of high-profile stori exposg racism Philly’s Gayborhood, people — pecially people of lor — started mandg more cln and tersectnaly Philly’s LGBTQ muny. The most monly ed Pri flag for many years has been the standard rabow flag, signed 1979 by Gilbert Baker (who’s sometim lled “the gay Betsy Ross”).
”Happy the wrer:Ben Deane (he/him) is a gay Philalphia-based creative, passnate about LGBTQ issu and Marvel ic characters. In the first versn, which was ed the San Francis Gay Freedom Day Para, Baker put eight strip on the flag, cludg hot pk and turquoise blue.
LGBTQ HALL OF FLAGS AND PHILLY GAY PRI FLAG EXHIB
Philalphia and s Pri mpaign’s addn of two strip to the rabow flag amidst the cy’s unrlyg problem wh racial discrimatn s gay bars. As Eater reported Febary, 11 gay bars and nightlife venu were recently required to take anti-racism trag after plats were ma that the bars and clubs were discrimatg agast nonwhe patrons. Hik told NBC that most of the phback her office has received rponse to the new flag has e om whe gay men.
And to be fair, ’s unclear whether the whe gay men who have plaed about the flag are fully aware of the discrimatn that’s been documented wh Philalphia’s LGBTQ muny, or the ntext of the flag’s clnary msage that’s specific to the cy. And there have been many tim when the LGBTQ muny at large has failed s poor and non-whe members, and that many LGBTQ people, particularly whe gay men, have failed to regnize or ignored those failgs. The LGBTQ muny has equently shown that spe beg discrimated agast for beg gay or queer, s members are fully pable of discrimatg too.