Philalphia’s new, clive gay pri flag is makg gay whe men angry - Vox

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• PHILALPHIA’S NEW, CLIVE GAY PRI FLAG IS MAKG GAY WHE MEN ANGRY
• WHAT EXACTLY IS THE GAY MEN’S PRI FLAG, AND WHAT DO IT MEAN?

PHILALPHIA’S NEW, CLIVE GAY PRI FLAG IS MAKG GAY WHE MEN ANGRY

The origal pri flag was created the 1970s by gay activist Gilbert Baker, iend of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office California. 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.

WHAT EXACTLY IS THE GAY MEN’S PRI FLAG, AND WHAT DO IT MEAN?

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.

One example of this is sual discrimatn wh the muny that’s based on race, or body type, genr, or mannerisms, specifilly among gay men — the ia that anyone who don’t f the image of the “ial” gay man is somehow ls than. Discrimatn gay bars based on race (and not jt Philalphia) is another example. Other exampl clu failg to regnize or addrs latg vlence agast transgenr people Ameri, the untry’s problem wh LGBTQ homels youth (who are disproportnately likely to be nonwhe), and sufficient attentn and actn around the fact that HIV/AIDS disproportnately affects black Amerin gay and bisexual men And then there’s the nstant erasure of LGBTQ people of lor the muny’s history, like the whe-washg of the role of nonwhe dividuals the Stonewall Rts.

Further, reports surroundg recent electns France, the UK, and the US have documented whe gay men adoptg alt-right, whe natnalist, and whe supremacist movements. In a world which stunts are expelled for handg out Pri flags to prott Florida's "Don't Say Gay Bill, " the need to show support for LGTBQ+ rights—publicly as well as privately—is as important as ever. Gilbert Baker Pri Flag(Image cred: Wikimedia Commons)In 1977, gay polician Harvey Milk tasked veteran Gilbert Baker to e up wh a Pri flag.