It's part of the city's More Color More Pride campaign, which strives to create an even more inclusive community.
Philadelphia's downtown gay neighborhood, called the Gayborhood, has faced multiple instances of racial discrimination within the past year, including discriminatory dress-code policies at local bars and a leaked video of a nightclub owner using a racial slur.
Members of the LGBTQ equality organization joined the demonstration under the banner of "No Justice No Pride" to disrupt and reroute the parade, one of the biggest events of Pride weekend.
Now Hikes, a black queer woman, is excited about a new gay-rights symbol: a pride flag with additional black and brown stripes above the rest of the rainbow.
The latter Hikes said is vastly needed in every community; but it's up to LGBT members of those communities to continue to fuel the charge - without fear. She said that "white people do not know what racism looks like, because that's the definition of racism".
In addition, special Pride icons on the app will designate events outside of parades, and tapping those will provide more details on what to expect from those celebrations as well.
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'LGBTQ just got the All Lives Matter treatment smh, ' wrote another, referencing how the Black Lives Matter movement - which puts forward that black lives also matter in a world where the it is already a given that white lives matter - has been diminished by those who say All Lives Matter.
"Corporations that desecrate Native land, manufacture weapons and support private prisons - and law enforcement agencies that disproportionately harass, kill, and arrest queer and trans people of color - can not be considered LGBT 'allies'".
"We say that we're inclusive".
There are certainly several different ways to celebrate Pride, and if a parade or event isn't really your thing (maybe it's the Babadook?) or you're all partied out for the time being, Google Maps will help navigate you to your destination through reroutes that will limit how much traffic you'll have to endure.
"To broaden the horizons of our community. It's just a start, but it's a start".
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