A statue of astronomer Copernicus was decked out with a rainbow flag and an anarchist face mask (pic: Marta Bogdanowicz/@Spacerowiczka via Reuters) Three people ...

The raising of rainbow flags at the concert by the Lebanese band Mashrou' Leila - whose lead singer is openly gay - on 22 September was a rare public show of support for the LGBT community in the ...

Refusing the rainbow flag is a major departure from the past. Under the Obama administration, the State Department would actually encourage embassies to celebrate gay pride in some manner.

The rainbow flag, sometimes called 'the freedom flag', was popularized as a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) pride and diversity by San Francisco artist Gilbert Baker in 1978.

US Embassy sources told TASS that the rainbow flag had been designed by US painter and activist Gilbert Baker, and for the first time was raised during the Gay Freedom Parade on June 25 ...