pride flag
noun1
The rainbow flag or variants of it.
- Later that week, a group of smiling Czechs appeared on the cover of the Prague Post, with one of the supporters waving a pride flag over his head.1999, David Andrusia, Frommer's Gay & Lesbian Europe, page 18:
- Eve thought her church should fly a pride flag, the rainbow flag that has been a symbol of gay pride for decades.2008, Sarah Sentilles, A Church of Her Own: What Happens When a Woman Takes the Pulpit, page 203:
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- Premier Brad Wall confirmed on Saturday that the pride flag would fly at the [Saskatchewan] legislature in a show of solidarity with LGBT activists in Russia.2014 February 10, Marco Vigliotti, “Province shows its Olympic pride”, in Metro Saskatoon, page 1:
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Any flag intended to represent a specific subset of the LGBT+ community.
- "It will be such an honor to ride with Woody [Glen] through the streets of Boston — wearing tiaras, of course — with the 45-foot bi pride flag and dozens of bi community members behind us,” [Ellyn] Ruthstrom says.2016, Faith Cheltenham, "The Case for Bisexuals at Pride", Mirror, Summer 2015, page 26
- The Trans Equality Society of Alberta (TESA) celebrated Alberta's first-ever formal raising of a trans pride flag at the Alberta Legislature […]2016, Trent Wilkie, "Trans Flag Raised At Leg", in "News Roundup", Vue Weekly, 24 November 2016 - 30 November 2016, page 5
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- During the halftime show, students carried eight different pride flags onto the field, representing the asexual, transgender, nonbinary, intersex, gay, lesbian, bisexual and pansexual communities […]2019 September 25, Amy Qin, “Mob Lets Pride Fly In Baylor Show”, in The Rice Thresher, Rice University, Houston, TX, page 1:
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