The Pride flag has been raised at Conestoga’s Doon campus in Kitchener in honour of Pride month.
June is internationally recognized as Pride Month and a time to celebrate, acknowledge and support the diversity, experiences and contributions made by 2SLGBTQ+ students, employees and community members at the college. 2SLGBTQ+ represents two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning and the other identities that fall outside of heterosexual and cisgender paradigms. Pride is about celebration and the perseverance of inclusion.
Flying the Pride flag is one expression of our commitment to support and celebrate the 2SLGBTQ+ members of our community.
The traditional LGBTQ Pride flag, designed in 1978 by San Francisco artist Gilbert Baker, included six colors representing the expression of the joy, beauty and power of the LGBTQ community.
Conestoga has raised the Progress Pride flag designed in 2018, a modernized version which includes additional colours. The half size stripes represent trans people (light blue, light pink and white), marginalized people of colour (brown, black) as well as those affected by AIDS (black). This version of the Pride Flag emphasizes both inclusion and progression.
The Progress Pride flag will fly at the Doon campus from now until June 30.