Marchers in the Key West Pride parade carry a 100-foot-long section of an iconic 1.25-mile-long rainbow flag Sunday, June 11, 2023, up Duval Street in Key West, Fla. The parade commemorated the ...

While the flag's image is well-recognized, its history may not be as well-known. Here is the history of how the Rainbow Pride Flag came to be and the meaning behind its colors. What is Pride Month?

Since its creation in 1978, the Rainbow Pride Flag has become a universal symbol for the LGBTQ community. While the flag's image is well-recognized, its history may not be as well-known.

The first gay-pride flag was created in 1978 when Harvey Milk, a member of San Francisco’s city council, asked Gilbert Baker, an artist, to design a banner for the gay community.

Video by Paul Bass. Peg Oliveira stood alongside the mayor and a crowd of New Haveners celebrating the start of Pride Month and watched a rainbow-colored flag rise above the Green. She thought back to ...

In 1990, Joseph Grabarz came out as CT's first openly gay lawmaker. On Monday, he watched the Pride flag fly over the state Capitol.

Mandy Rubin struts across the Acosta Bridge with a gay pride flag as Jacksonville's LGBTQ+ community and its supporters held two related events to kick off Pride Month Sunday June 1, 2025 in ...