New Orleans Pride counts over 94,000 participants, 4,000 of which were in the New Orleans Pride Parade, Louisiana’s Largest LGBT+ Parade. And because many people belong to both communities, they’re not two distinct causes but instead overlap. New Orleans Pride (June) The largest Pride Festival in Louisiana with 40+ events taking place over a three-day weekend, attracting people from all walks of life. Sometimes called the Resistance Flag, according to Them writer Matt Baume: "The modern LGBTQ+ liberation movement was touched off by queer and trans people of color and their struggle continues to this day, with both communities seeking justice, equality, and freedom from oppression. The raised fist is a sign of unity and support as well as defiance and resistance, and the various colors on the fist represent diversity. No surprise, the flag has become more popular in 2020 and beyond.
Johnson, the Black drag queen who may have thrown the first brick at the Stonewall Inn riots) to the movements. Read on to learn more about the flags, their origins, and their meanings.Īs a representation of Queer People of Color, it's not known who the original creator of the flag was but represents solidarity with the BLM movement as well as the intersection of the queer and Black communities (including the importance of figures like Marsha P. In a world in which students are expelled for handing out Pride flags to protest Florida's "Don't Say Gay Bill," the need to show support for LGTBQ+ rights-publicly as well as privately-is as important as ever. Recent Pride events have even more significance in conjunction with BLM protests and activities You may have seen the hashtag #BlackTransLivesMatter, for instance, or the raised-fist resistance Pride flag (more on that below). But what's powerful is that the breadth of LGBTQ+ representation continues to evolve, a nod to the diversity of sex, sexuality, attraction, and gender. Gay Pride Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark: August 15 - 21. Antwerp Gay Pride 2022 takes place from August 10th-14th, with the Parade on Saturday, followed by the free, open-air WAVE street festival, dance parties, and many more LGBT events and activities. There's also some disagreement about what should be considered the "official" flags, and controversy about some of the flags' origins and meaning. Antwerp Gay Pride, Antwerp, Belgium: August 10 - 14. This list of 30 Pride flags utilizes information from a range of sources, in particular The Advocate's comprehensive guide-but even outside of this article, there are many more iterations of Pride flags that exist, including flags from different countries and states flags that include relevant symbols and two or more flags combined into one. We carry rainbow flags as small as 4 X 6 and as large as 6 X 10 as well as pleated rainbow fans, feather flags and everything else youll need for gay pride.