All posts tagged "rainbow flag"
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Gay activist who protested Russian anti-LGBTQ laws with ‘hidden’ rainbow flag held for 15 hours at airport
Mateo Fernandez was held without explanation and asked to explain why he was in the country
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Petition: Pride flag in Alabama classroom creates “hostile learning environment”
Signatories crib from conservative pundit Star Parker, comparing rainbow flag to the Confederate flag
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Star Parker: Confederate flag and rainbow flag “represent the exact same thing”
–Conservative pundit Star Parker, founder and president of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education, speaking during a segment on the Aug. 15 edition of Fox &...
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D.C. paints temporary rainbow crosswalks on 17th Street for Pride
On Friday, the District of Columbia unveiled the first of eight Pride-themed temporary crosswalks on 17th Street NW, in recognition of June as LGBTQ Pride...
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Petition asks for Transgender Pride-colored crosswalks in D.C.
A transgender woman in D.C. is asking the city to permanently install crosswalks featuring the pink, blue, and white colors of the transgender pride flag...
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Exclusive: Rep. Alan Lowenthal on why Congress must pass the Equality Act
Congressman Alan Lowenthal on one man's recent display of intolerance, and why Congress must pass the Equality Act
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Congressman says his LGBT Pride flag was stomped on in D.C.
Visitor to Alan Lowenthal's office objected to flying the Pride flag next to the American flag
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Ann Arbor neighbors mount rainbow flags in show of solidarity
A group of neighbors in Ann Arbor, Mich., are flying rainbow flags after one of their fellow neighbors got an anonymous letter from someone complaining...
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Rainbow flags popping up in Mike Pence’s D.C. neighborhood
Some Northwest D.C. residents in D.C.’s Chevy Chase neighborhood are hoisting rainbow flags as a symbolic sign of protest against Vice President-elect Mike Pence, who...
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Gay Florida couple receives harassing note from anonymous neighbor
In yet another sign of the heightened emotions stirred up by the most recent presidential campaign, a gay couple in St. Petersburg, Fla., says they...
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“Gay-in” Friday night at Adams Morgan bar where Pride flag was burned
Local LGBT residents are staging a “gay-in” at a predominantly straight bar and restaurant in Adams Morgan after the establishment had its rainbow flag burned...
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Burning with hate in Omaha
— Jess Meadows-Anderson, on Omaha man Cameron Mayfield, who stole the rainbow flag hanging from Meadows-Anderson’s porch and set it ablaze. Meadows-Anderson shares the home with her wife, Ariann Anderson,...
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Protester arrested while waving rainbow flag at Olympic torch relay
”Hosting the games here contradicts the basic principles of the Olympics, which is to cultivate tolerance.” — Pavel Lebedev, speaking with the Associated Press by...
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Pride-Flyin' Flag
My story is one of creation and conflict, courage and freedom. It is about the fabric that helped empower a community. Dramatic? Well, of course....
