Flag gay pictures

Find images of Lgbt Flag Royalty-free No attribution required High quality images. Find Lgbt Flag stock images in HD and millions of other royalty-free stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the Shutterstock collection. Thousands of new, high-quality pictures added every day. Search from 69, Pride Flag stock photos, pictures and royalty-free images from iStock.

For the first time, get 1 free month of iStock exclusive photos, illustrations, and more. Explore Authentic Lgbt Pride Flag Stock Photos & Images For Your Project Or Campaign. Less Searching, More Finding With Getty Images. Find over + of the best free lgbt flag images. Free for commercial use No attribution required Copyright-free. The original gay pride flag was created by Gilbert Baker in Baker was an openly gay artist and activist Prisco 1.

When Baker was 27 years old, he had sewed the first gay pride flag by hand. The flag ended up being 30x60 feet Prisco 1.

Gilbert unfortunately passed away at age 65 on March 31, leaving behind a legacy and a flag that is now incredibly meaningful to the LGBT community. The colors had been taken out due to lack of materials and production purpose after the flag had started being mass produced. He intended that the black stripes should be removed from the flags and burned when a cure for AIDS is found.

Every once in a while you will see a black stripe on a pride flag.

rainbow flag

Occasionally, you will even see a brown stripe on some pride flags. The gay pride flag being flown in certain places has always caused controversy, typically among religious people and conservatives. In June, , for example, it was raised at city halls in San Francisco and Worcester, Massachusetts. The display in Worcester drew a citizen complaint at a city council meeting.

Mayor Raymond V. Mariano, who called the complainant's remarks "the most obvious example of hate and bigotry" that he had heard in almost two decades on the council, and all the other councilors decided to keep the flag aloft. In the same month, a rainbow flag was displayed on the grounds of the Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, in conjunction with a gay pride march. Some people think that just because LGBT people are not treated as badly today as in the past that pride flags do not need to be flown.

Some people even think that pride flags are unnecessary in the first place and that being gay is not something you need to be proud of. Baker created the flag knowing that not everyone would respect it, but he knew that the LGBT community needed a symbol and something to celebrate their hardships. While LGBT individuals do face discrimination when it comes to the pride flag being flown, there are a plethora of positive aspects that LGBT individuals experience when the flag is flown.

Flying or putting up the gay pride flag shows the LGBT community that they are accepted, welcome, safe and even celebrated wherever the flag is being hung or flown. He has provided the LGBT community with a flag that represents love, freedom and so many other positive characteristics. It is a symbol of power for the community, not power over anyone else but power for all LGBT individuals. Prisco, Jacopo. Skip to main content.

Bibliography Prisco, Jacopo. Rapp, Linda. Google Scholar. Output Formats atom dcmes-xml json omeka-xml. Facebook Twitter Email.