But as society’s understanding of different sexual identities evolved, the acronym changed (while LGBTQ is popular currently, a common variant is LGBTQIA, to recognize intersex and asexual people). Marjorie Taylor Greene.Īs National Geographic noted, it was common to use the acronym LGB in the 1990s to refer to lesbian, gay and bisexual people. The fake flag has since been widely shared on social media, including by Rep.
It appears to have been first posted by a Twitter account that used a gay slur in its handle on May 22 in response to a tweet from an anti-racism group that used the hashtag #diversityisourstrength. The above-displayed image was created to mock or satirize the evolving list of groups included in the LGBTQ community. After dropping a hot pink bar in 1979, the flag has remained unchanged for decades and became the standard of the gay-rights movement around the world.This was not a genuine flag used by the LGBTQ community and its allies. The traditional rainbow gay pride flag was first designed by artist and activist Gilbert Baker in 1978. It’s been hijacked by people looking to satisfy these minority groups.” ‘It’s definitely distanced me from the traditional gay culture that we’re used to. One man, a longtime Hollywood art director, said the new flag is “disgusting” but he would be “blacklisted” in his industry if he ever aired his concerns. Gay cultural critic Andrew Sullivan called the new flag a “monstrosity.” Helayne Seidman for NY Post Several prominent members of the LGBT community contacted by The Post were reticent about speaking publicly for fear of backlash. President Biden’s official website sells merch featuring both designs. Some places like the historic gay bar The Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street in Greenwich Village simply split the difference and display both. The skating rink at Rockefeller Center, however, has opted for a rink of traditional pride flags.
Sotheby’s New York offices on 71st and York on the Upper East Side proudly display one of Quasar’s Progress Flags. I see it as a flag of the intersectional left - not of gay people in all our diversity of opinion.” Quasar’s banner added the colors of the transgender flag and black and brown bars for “marginalized LBGT communities of color.” Jan Scheunert/ZUMAīoth flags have been flying in NYC in June, which is Gay Pride Month, and battle lines have been drawn, with the decision to fly one or the other increasingly taken as a political statement by those in the community. “When I see it, I cringe first and wince second.
“Who voted for this flag? Did anyone ask gays and lesbians and trans people before it was imposed on all of us? Was there a poll? Nope – just far-left activists corralling all of us into their ideological bubble,” Sullivan, 58, groused. Sullivan is a longtime supporter of the Democratic party and his old personal blog “The Dish” was a favorite of President Obama. So it’s dumb as well as ugly.” The Progress Flag was created in 2018 by artist Daniel Quasar. “A rainbow already contains every color! We were not previously fighting for green gays and purple gays and yellow gays, and forgot to include brown gays and black gays. “The designers of this flag do not seem to understand that the rainbow symbol was always a METAPHOR,” he told the Post. It’s a disgrace to our sexual orientation,” thundered Andrew Sullivan, a longtime gay cultural critic who now runs a popular substack. “It’s an aesthetic and design monstrosity that no gay man should approve of. The flag also includes white, pink and light blue stripes to reflect the transgender community.
The black and brown bars are said to reflect “marginalized LBGT communities of color, community members lost to HIV/AIDS, and those currently living with AIDS,” according to an info page from Northwestern University’s office of equity. The 2018 “Progress Flag,” - a creation of artist Daniel Quasar, added a curious mosaic of new colors - black, brown, pink, light blue and white, plastered into a triangle overlapping the original pride design. The traditional “Rainbow Pride” banner incorporates red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet displayed along six horizontal bars.
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Harry Styles helps gay fan come out during Pride month concert: ‘You are a free man’Īdams adds $6.7M in funding for city’s LGBTQ+ servicesĪ growing rift has emerged among some in the LGBTQ+ community over the upstart “Progress Flag” - ripping it as “ugly,” “dumb” and a “monstrosity.” Pride month activists: Anti-LGBTQ hate won’t derail our plans Hochul to probe LI libraries that reportedly removed LBGTQ materials for kids during Pride month