A Florida Republican lawmaker's bill declares showing support for LGBTQ people is a "political viewpoint," despite the existence of LGBTQ Democrats, Republicans, independents, and entirely unaffiliated and non-political LGBTQ people.The goal of GOP State Rep. David Borrero's legislation is to ban al...
Okay, while this comes from Teen Vogue, it's not really about fashion. It's more about history and art. And I love it. This is a great article. There's a lot to learn here. 🏳️🌈
Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. announced Wed that he will not recuse himself from Jan. 6-related cases at #SCOTUS after Democratic lawmakers questioned whether he could be impartial following reports that an upside-down #flag flew at his home in the weeks after the… [#insurrection].
Being from the United Kingdom is hard sometimes. When scrolling through a list of countries, we might be found down the bottom as "UK" or near the top as "Great Britain". Occasionally someone files us under "England" - thus ignoring Wales, Scotland, NI etc. Once in a while, it'll be "The UK". Truly, no one has suffered as we have suffered⸮
A soaring mast in the mountains of southern Bulgaria has made the EU's poorest country the home of the bloc's highest flagpole, filling some with pride and drawing scorn from others.
Nationalism and populism are on the rise in the Balkan nation, where many remain strongly Russophile despite Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
An immense 1110m2 flag, meant to symbolise Bulgaria's territory of 111000km2, was hoisted up the record-breaking 111m pole last week.
UK democracy in action : Waving Palestinian flag may be a criminal offence, Braverman tells police
Home secretary also suggests clampdown on pro-Arab chants in letter that will concern free speech advocates
Waving a Palestinian #flag or singing a chant advocating freedom for Arabs in the region may be a criminal offence, Suella Braverman has told senior police officers.
In a letter to chief constables in #England and #Wales, the home secretary urged them to clamp down on any attempts to use flags, songs or swastikas to harass or intimidate members of the Jewish community.
Her words, which follow deadly attacks by #Hamas on Israelis and a #military response, will deeply concern #freedom of speech advocates and members of the #Muslim community.
In the letter, #Braverman said police should not restrict themselves to potential offences related to the promotion of Hamas, a proscribed organisation.
Digital pet-peeve - using flags to represent languages. Besides maybe a small island nation, no country in the world has just one #language. The #flag likely represents only the majoritarian or capital's language, often imposed, meaning you're erasing minority languages.
Bill banning Pride flag would make showing support for LGBTQ a ‘political viewpoint' (www.rawstory.com)
A Florida Republican lawmaker's bill declares showing support for LGBTQ people is a "political viewpoint," despite the existence of LGBTQ Democrats, Republicans, independents, and entirely unaffiliated and non-political LGBTQ people.The goal of GOP State Rep. David Borrero's legislation is to ban al...
Now that Minnesota's new flag has been finalized for a while, what are your thoughts?
Commission selects a final concept for the redesigned Minnesota state flag (www.twincities.com)
The design has a number of variations, and the panel will meet again [Tuesday, December 19] to settle the final details.
My own Maine flag redesign
OC My redesign for New Hampshire's flag!
What's your favorite national flag?
🎄 Grey Grades Canada's Flags! (And Merry Xmas!) 🎄 (iv.ggtyler.dev)
Let it fly: Minnesota officially has a new flag (www.mprnews.org)
The State Emblems Redesign Commission made its final edits to the new state flag. The banner will go up in May unless lawmakers intervene....
Flag of the Flag Society of Australia
OC My accidentally communist Kansas flag redesign
OC A Kbin flag
An interesting design for a 51-star US flag
OC My attempt at redesigning New York's flag