Made from nylon, this wind sock is durable and great for adding colour and fun to outdoor celebrations. To add a cool and unusual decoration to your party, check out the Rainbow Turbo 60cm Spin Sock. This enjoys the vibrant colours of the much-loved rainbow flag with a white outline of the Union Flag on top. If you would like to display the rainbow flag on a Union Jack, we also supply a Union Jack Rainbow Budget Table Flag. In addition, this rainbow flag can also be used without the base to create your own display. It features a polyester six inch by four inch rainbow flag, which can be attached to the black 12 inch plastic stick and base that is supplied. This makes a great table marker at events and meetings, as well as for creating your own colourful display at your desk. The dye that is used to create this colourful display will not fade or wash out, even after plenty of use.įor a fun and representative table decoration, have a look at the Rainbow Gay Pride Budget Table Flag. This is made from 210 denier nylon fabric and is double stitched all around, with four rows of stitching on the fly. In addition, there is also the Gay Pride Rainbow Nylon Flag. This will make sure you have the right size flag for every occasion. This flag is also available in different sizes, such as five feet by three feet and a smaller three feet by two feet. It is sure to take pride of place at any event! There are also two eyelets on the flag for hanging conveniently on a flag pole. This flag is made from polyester and features the vivid freedom flag colours. If you want to have fun and join in the Pride celebrations, we recommend the Rainbow Gay Pride 8ft x 5ft Flag.
The story at least had somewhat of a happy ending when the school reached a compromise by erecting a second flagpole to hang a Pride flag.Buy Rainbow flags available at The Flag Shop "It's not the kids in Mount Forest that don't want to be more inclusive, but the parents and church groups." "When I learned about the Pride flag having to be taken down after adults in Mount Forest called to complain, me and many other LGBT students were devastated," Wellington Heights student Emma Arsenault wrote in a Facebook post. A high school in Ontario that had flown a rainbow flag for Pride month felt compelled to take it down this week after complaints from several adults in the community that it violated an obscure federal rule that prevents flags being flown on the same flag pole as the Canadian one. "We thought it was a more powerful statement to the youth in the town to have it hung in front of the school by the administration, to know they are supported in the school and by their classmates and peers," student Charlotte Simpson, a member of the Gay-Straight Alliance school club, told of this week's ceremony.īut recent news about the rainbow flag has been far from uniformly positive. You are us.' "Ī short distance away in New Jersey, Ridgewood High School raised the original gay pride flag in a ceremony this month attended by students, teachers and residents of the town. "The new design is a symbolic representation of Philadelphia's commitment to centering the experiences, contributions, activism and dedication of black and brown members of our community.
"When I see the flag, I see myself," said Amber Hikes, Philadelphia's director of LGBT Affairs. Added to the original six-stripe design of Gilbert Baker were a black and a brown stripe in an effort to be more inclusive of the racial diversity of the LGBT community. In Philadelphia, the city kicked off its Pride celebrations earlier this month by unveiling a new rainbow flag complete with two extra stripes. Related: Rex Tillerson and Ivanka Trump recognize Pride Month, but Trump still won't This Pride Month, a celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and a commemoration of the Stonewall riots in 1969 that signaled a turning point for LGBT rights, the flag has been front and center across the world-but it's not all good news. Almost 40 years after it first flew, the rainbow flag is continuing to evolve and be both celebrated and desecrated.