Peggy Wessex told Gay Star news at the time, "It was meant to be a joke at Manchester Pride who just. The bar went on to apologise for the action, that was in response to Manchester Pride adding the black and brown stripes to their rainbow for the first time. Most repulsively, one drag queen put a unicorn puking up the black and brown stripe on one poster for a popular Manchester gay bar’s event. There were cries of “gender and race are different from sexuality!” and “you’re polluting our rainbow!” from many on social media. However, it has recently grown in prominence in the U.K.,” they tell me.īut when it was first used, Ridwan remembers a lot of resistance from the gay community. “Trans activists, especially those of colour, have been using the progress flag since 2018. (Photo by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Boston Globe via Getty Images ‘Stop polluting our flag’įor writer and creator Radam Ridwan, aversion to the progress flag from within the community, however, remains all too memorable. The person leading holds a transgender and gay pride flag that also has stripes for black and brown LGBT people. walk to the Jacob Whittemore House in Lexington from Concord, MA on June 14, 2020. “As a queer man of colour, I am very hopeful the adoption of the Progress Pride Flag by the wider community, it is a huge step forward for us all.”ĬONCORD, MA - JUNE 14: A small group of Black Lives Matter protesters met at Meriam's Corner and. “Many other movements are benefiting from this, for example the Black Lives Matter movement, and so of course there has been cross pollination to the LGBTQ+ movement where finally queer trans people of colour (QTPOC) and our issues are being recognised. Jason Jones, who successfully campaigned to overturn colonial anti-LGBT laws in Trinidad and Tobago–which could yet be returned again if the Government wins an ongoing appeal–thinks the pandemic has thrown us all into a new reality: “This flag recognises intersections within the LGBTQ+ community honouring LGBTQ+ people of colour–whose activism inspired the very first Pride-as well as different gender identities.” “The LGBTQ+ community make an enormous contribution to life in our city and it is so important for Pride celebrations to reflect the rich diversity of that community.
“London is a place where diversity and difference are celebrated and embraced,” he tells me.
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan tells me he is proud to have flown a version of the progress flag from City Hall for the last two years: additional colours representing bi+ people for two years now. The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, has been flying a version of the progress flag at City Hall with.
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