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How did my wonderful, loving neighbors respond? They built a wall of flags.
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Brenda Howard, a bisexual activist, is known as the 'Mother of Pride' for her work in coordinating the first Pride march in New York City, and she also originated the idea for a week-long series of events around Pride Day which became the genesis of the annual LGBT Pride. I had started flying the flag the day after the PULSE Orlando massacre. The term 'Gay Pride' was crafted by Thom Higgins, a gay rights activist in Minnesota (1969+). I believed it was someone close by who now felt emboldened to shame someone flying a flag in solidarity with LGBTQ sisters and brothers. Please know I didn’t think for a moment it was one of the people on my street.
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I also sent out a response to our neighborhood email list.
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Shaking and crying I shared the letter immediately with a few neighbors. A college town with a diverse population and my neighborhood reflects the diversity. I live in a very blue city in an even bluer neighborhood (unfortunately in a newly red state). The letter went on to “explain” that my rainbow flag was disrespectful to the American flag. It proceeded to explain that a “neighbor” had walked through my neighborhood and upon seeing my rainbow flag felt “uncomfortable”. The day after the election I received a letter in my mailbox without a return address. Pearlman wrote about receiving the letter and her neighbors’ response in a post to the secret pro-Hillary Facebook group Pantsuit Nation: Shaken by the experience, Pearlman shared the letter with her neighbors who responded by unfurling rainbow-emblazoned pride banners of their own to show their solidarity and support.