We need to do more to address it here in Philadelphia." "It’s a real issue in our entire society, not only just in the LGBTQ area or in the Gayborhood. “Racism in the LGBTQ community is a real issue," Kenney said in January. I really felt less than," Owens told WCAU in January.įollowing the release of the damming report, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney vowed to stand up against further discrimination in his city. That kind of discrimination is very inhumane and derogatory. "ll around while I can see other people in front of me get in with no problem. Gay Philadelphia resident Ernest Owens said he was patted down while entering a bar while white patrons were not patted down. Since the sixteenth century, when German peasants waved it to wish the end of social injustices, the rainbow flag has been a symbol of hope and social. The bars also reportedly required minority patrons to show multiple forms of identification to get in, WCAU-TV reported. It consists of seven stripes colored (top to bottom) yellow, light red, violet, white, violet, light red, yellow. thanks for inviting gv! ?❤️ /bSk4TJ9y5kĪccording to a January report by the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations, bars in Philadelphia's historically gay neighborhood, called the "Gayborhood," turned away a number of black customers for not complying with the dress code. Shout out to alex velez for reppin' gran varones today at the philadelphia pride kick-off event. And 66 percent of respondents in the same survey identified as white. individuals who actually identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. According to a 2013 Pew Research survey, 34 percent of the surveyed 1,197 LGBT adults in the U.S. One color that was noticeably missing from the newly redesigned "inclusive" pride flag, however, was white, the same color as the majority of U.S.
The raising of the redesigned flag came at the beginning of June, which LGBT activists celebrate as Pride Month.Īmber Hikes, who CNN identified as a "black queer woman" and who is the director of Philadelphia's Office of LGBT Affairs, called the raising of the new flag a "profound statement." She said that "white people do not know what racism looks like, because that's the definition of racism." Philadelphia's Office of LGBT Affairs, together with the Philadelphia ad agency Tierney, unveiled a new pride flag as part of a broader campaign called More Color More Pride, aimed at recognizing non-white members of the LGBT community. The addition of one black stripe and one brown stripe to the rainbow flag came in the wake of a number of reported racial discrimination instances in the City of Brotherly Love in recent months, CNN reported. The top lavender stripe carries a double meaning. LGBT activists raised a redesigned rainbow flag outside Philadelphia City Hall earlier this month to show their support for people of color who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender. Marilyn Roxie designed the Genderqueer Pride Flag in June 2011, updating previous designs from the year before.