'(I) certainly embrace everyone being able to celebrate with pride and dignity a show of their identity, which is what I think the flags are all about,' Hartman said. Some of the flags that represent visibility for transgender and bisexual people are becoming almost as widely known as the original pride flag, Hartman said. In the years following the pride flag's creation, several others have been created to represent identities that fall under the LGBTQ umbrella. It's Pride Month!: Here are 7+ things to do around Louisville to support the LGBTQ community 'We know that visibility is key to acceptance and legal rights and to changing hearts and minds,' Hartman said. Hartman credited the success of civil rights movements to a group's visibility within a community. Since the pride flag's creation in 1978, it has been altered to include references to other underrepresented communities.įlying flags that celebrate each of the LGBTQ communities is primarily an act of visibility, said Chris Hartman, the director of the Kentucky Fairness Campaign. This includes, of course, the iconic rainbow flag that has represented pride in the LGBTQ community for more than 40 years. You may see a variety of flags around during Pride month, celebrated each June.
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