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Seattle Will Not Fly Gay Pride Rainbow Flag Over Space Needle This Year

Will Kohler June 21, 2012

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In a year when marriage equality activists are fighting with a public vote on legalizing same-sex marriage in the state of Washington.

Officials at the Seattle Space Needle say that they have no plans to fly the rainbow flag for Pride this year despite the fact that it has been flown in the past.

“As we don’t raise any flag but the American flag on a regular basis, there are no plans to raise the Rainbow flag again this year. We will continue to support equal rights and actively foster these causes as we have in the past,” a needle spokesman told Seattle’s a Fox News affiliate.

Will Kohler

Will Kohler is one of America's best known LGBT historians, He is also a a accredited journalist and the owner of Back2Stonewall.com. A longtime gay activist Will fought on the front lines of the AIDS epidemic with ACT-UP and continues fighting today for LGBT acceptance and full equality. Will’s work has been referenced on such notable media venues as BBC News, CNN, MSNBC, The Washington Post, The Daily Wall Street Journal, Hollywood Reporter, and Raw Story. Back2Stonewall has been recently added to the Library of Congress' LGBTQ+ Studies Web Archive. Mr. Kohler is available for comment, interviews and lectures on LGBT History. Contact: Will@Back2Stonewall.com