If plans go through, it would be the first time the city of L.A. has flown a pride flag.
People wave Progress Pride Flags during the City of San Fernando’s Pride Month Flag raising ceremony at San Fernando City Hall, Thursday, June, 1, 2023. Los Angeles city officials are planning to fly a pride flag at Los Angeles City Hall – for the first time in the city’s history – in celebration of the LGBTQ+ community as part of the
The goal is to have that ordinance return to the council for a vote this Friday so that Pride flags can be flown on city properties as soon as Saturday, the first day of Pride Month, according to Council President Paul Krekorian’s office., said in an interview following Tuesday’s council vote that an existing city code limits the type of flags that can be flown over municipal buildings, which he said “unintentionally” prevents the city from flying the pride flag.
The first pride flag was waved in June 1978 during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Parade, at the encouragement of gay activist Harvey Milk who was then a San Francisco County supervisor. Last year, the Los Angeles Dodgers faced backlash, first for inviting the L.A. Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a charitable group known for drag depictions of Catholic nuns, to receive its Community Hero Award during the team’s Pride Night event.
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