Jaboukie Young-White
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 7 Jun
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No, not your grandparents googling what is scissoring.
I'm talking about the rainbow flag, which was designed in 1978 by Gilbert Baker.
He called himself the Gay Betsy Ross, which makes sense.
Not only did they both design iconic flags, but they also belonged to communities where wigs were very popular.
One of the coolest things about Gilbert Baker was that he refused to trademark the Pride flag.
He wanted everyone to be able to share it and reinterpret it, which is why today, the flag has become as fluid as sexuality itself.
By the time we reached the 80s, the AIDS crisis came to the forefront, and Pride took on a new mission.
It wasn't just about visibility and acceptance.
It was about destigmatizing and promoting public health, which was especially important because the federal government pretty much just pretended AIDS didn't exist, like what Tom Hanks does with Chet.
Once we made it to the 90s, Pride was even more mainstream than ever before.
And in 1999, President Bill Clinton signed the executive order officially recognizing June as Pride Month for the first time.
Yeah, if two people of the same gender wanted to have sexual relations, that was fine with him.
Even if he didn't totally understand the definition of sexual relations.
I did not have... Clinton's executive order referred to June as Gay and Lesbian Pride Month.
Then in 2009, President Obama changed it to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month.
Then President Trump dialed it back a little and just called it LGBT Pride Month.
Which makes sense.
No big words and it's less scary for Mike Pence.
But these days, the Biden administration extended the name again to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Pride Month, making it, as of now, the only thing that's been built back better.
But whatever you call it, Pride has truly become a global phenomenon.
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