The Pride Flag first appeared in 1978, ... when Gilbert Baker created a custom-made, eight-striped rainbow banner as a symbol of liberation and hope for queer people around the world.

After international attention in recent days and two hours of comments Monday night, the Solvang City Council narrowly voted to allow Pride Month banners on street lights for two weeks in June ...

An Oregon library window was shot after it displayed a Pride flag on June 6, and in Washington state, 14 Pride banners were slashed on June 1. For more from NBC Out, sign up for our weekly newsletter.

Pride banners have been slashed, defaced and then, once cleaned, cut in half, a spokesman said. Ronan Clayton, organiser of Congleton Pride, said the first banner put up in June was cut into ...