The first rainbow flag was flown on June 25th, 1978, for the Francisco Gay Freedom Day parade.
It wasn't until 1994, that the flag was established as the symbol for LGBTQ pride.
It goes back to 1978, when the artist Gilbert Baker, an openly gay man and a drag queen, designed the first rainbow flag. Baker later revealed that he was urged by Harvey Milk, one of the first openly gay elected officials in the U.S., to create a symbol of pride for the gay community. Baker decided to make that symbol a flag because he saw flags as the most powerful symbol of pride.
Maybe Charlie Kirk will organize a boycott of C&L?
Open thread below...
