“Highland Park is a community vested in inclusivity. We stand together against prejudice and hate,” stated Mayor Nancy Rotering. “We stand as allies to the LGBTQ+ community, highlighting their voice as we fly the rainbow flag. It is but one way to demonstrate our city’s values and act as champions for this community within a community.”
The City chose the new rainbow flag with black and brown stripes as seen in Philadelphia, PA for its Pride campaign. This flag was developed as part of the More Color More Pride campaign, which aims to make non-white LGBTQ+ people more visible. In 1978, artist Gilbert Baker designed the original rainbow flag. It is an iconic symbol of LGBTQ+ unity. The campaign states “the stripes were not chosen for skin color but rather to reflect the spectrum of color in nature.”