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Wonrg about the Gay Men’s Pri Flag, ’s origs, and meangs? We have you vered wh this gui!

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

Pri Flag roundup looks at the var LGBTQ pri flags the muny. The pri flag meang and pri flag lors are also explaed here tail tanm wh LGBTQ Pri Month. Gay, lbian and transgenr symbols tailed as well. * the real gay flag *

It go back to 1978, when the artist Gilbert Baker, an openly gay man and a drag queen, signed the first rabow flag.

Baker later revealed that he was urged by Harvey Milk, one of the first openly gay elected officials the U. S., to create a symbol of pri for the gay muny.

UNY AND RISTANCE: THE HISTORY BEHD THE GAY PRI FLAG

As he later said an terview, “Our job as gay people was to e out, to be visible, to live the tth, as I say, to get out of the lie.

HOW THE RABOW BEME THE SYMBOL OF GAY PRI

The first versns of the rabow flag were flown on June 25, 1978, for the San Francis Gay Freedom Day para.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* THE REAL GAY FLAG

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