G Philly covered a leaked video last year that showed a White local club owner repeatedly describing Black patrons as n-words. Philadelphia Magazine’s LGBTQ-focused G Philly reports that the flag is a response to local groups, including the Black & Brown Workers Collective, protesting long-standing racism in the city’s downtown Gayborhood and within nonprofits that serve the LGBTQ community. Watching the life stream on our Facebook page at… Y1SDPvkFje / WNucG3bN3Zĭesigned by local firm Tierney with the city’s Office of LGBT Affairs, the new flag is part of the “ More Color, More Pride“ initiative described in this video: Getting ready to raise the new Philly Gay Pride flag. At the ceremony, they unveiled what is being hailed as the first-ever Pride Flag with black and brown stripes backed by an American city. The City of Brotherly Love’s LGBTQ residents and community organizations gathered with city officials at Philadelphia City Hall today (June 8) for the city’s inaugural official Pride Month kick-off event.
