On the 40th anniversary of the LGBTQ pride symbol, artist wants her rainbow flag story told

It was the summer of 1978, and the Gay Community Center in San Francisco swarmed with dozens of young hippies flitting between ironing boards, sewing machines and trash cans filled with colorful dye. They had been tasked with making two enormous flags to fly above the city’s Gay Freedom Day Parade,... source: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-rainbow-flags-20180531-story.html #Headlines by: Hailey Branson-Potts

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