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- LAKE BLUFF NSIRS FLYG GAY PRI FLAG ON VILLAGE FLAGPOLE; ‘WE N SEND THE RIGHT MSAGE, THAT WE ARE AN ACCEPTG ... MUNY’
- GAY MONUMENT THE HAGUE VANDALIZED WH ANTI-GAY GRAFFI
- CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’
- ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
LAKE BLUFF NSIRS FLYG GAY PRI FLAG ON VILLAGE FLAGPOLE; ‘WE N SEND THE RIGHT MSAGE, THAT WE ARE AN ACCEPTG ... MUNY’
The Lake Bluff Village Board is nsirg raisg a gay pri flag on a village flagpole, but tste are lookg for addnal rmatn before takg formal members discsed the ia at a July 10 Commtee of the Whole meetg, rumg a nversatn that began at a June ssn after two rints ntacted village officials supportg the ia of raisg a pri flag, acrdg to village documents.
GAY MONUMENT THE HAGUE VANDALIZED WH ANTI-GAY GRAFFI
1 Gilbert Baker Pri FlagWikimedia CommonsIn 1978, Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected to public office California, asked artist Gilbert Baker to create a Pri flag. A source told Philalphia Magaze, “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.”Actrs and director Lena Wahe wore a pe featurg the lors to the 2018 Met Gala. The rabow pri flag was first signed 1978 by Gilbert Baker, a gay rights activist and artist om the Uned Stat of Ameri.
CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’
Baker was approached by Harvey Milk, one of the first openly gay elected officials the Uned Stat, to create a symbol that would reprent the gay muny.
The rabow flag quickly gaed populary as a symbol of gay pri and solidary.
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
It was flown at the San Francis Gay Freedom Day Para 1978, and soon after, beme an ternatnal symbol of LGBTQ+ rights. The Bear Pri Flag was created 1995 and is a symbol of the bear muny, which clus gay, bisexual, and transgenr men who are typilly larger and hairier than the average (gay) man. Gay Travel Inx 2023.