'We know that visibility is key to acceptance and legal rights and to changing hearts and minds,' Hartman said. Hartman credited the success of civil rights movements to a group's visibility within a community. Since the pride flag's creation in 1978, it has been altered to include references to other underrepresented communities.įlying flags that celebrate each of the LGBTQ communities is primarily an act of visibility, said Chris Hartman, the director of the Kentucky Fairness Campaign. This includes, of course, the iconic rainbow flag that has represented pride in the LGBTQ community for more than 40 years. You may see a variety of flags around during Pride month, celebrated each June. Watch Video: Stonewall Inn veteran Martin Boyce recalls riots 50 years later
