This is about LGBT people in Philadelphia so if the people you know in Philadelphia while you are living in California don't have a problem with the flag, fine. Gay men should not be represented by a flag that celebrates masculinity, in direct contrast to femininity. The problem is that the message is wrong. It makes sense, and communicates a clear message. I just don't know of any Latinos that had a problem with the pride flag. Anyway, the blue-striped flag takes that idea, and replaces the femme feminine pink colors with masculine shades of blue. It's just another flag for people in Philadelphia who would like to use it. Glenne McElhinney was a fellow member of the 1978 parade committee that worked on the flags. When Langlotz appeared in a panel alongside Segerblom, he openly referred to her as the woman who came up with the idea of the rainbow flag. The flag in Philadelphia doesn't overrule the rainbow flag that we all use. Paul Langlotz is a fellow activist and was a friend of James McNamara. We just assume that the rainbow represents us too. There's a fracture in Philadelphia where you do not live so you may not know how the people of Philadelphia where this flag is feel as you do not live in Philadelphia.įinally, this is about Philadelphia people who live in Philadelphia who feel apart from the community in Philadelphia. You are in California.Īlso you live in a big gay Latino community in California. I live in California and live in a pretty big gay Latino community, and I have never known of any of us advocating for brown colors in the pride flag.Īgain.