For many growing up these days seeing a rainbow-coloured flag is nothing out of the ordinary.
But for Sean Robertson, a bisexual man from Walton, this wasn’t the case. The 58-year-old recalled only seeing his first pride flag in his 20s after two of his friends returned from America with it. However, now seeing it being universally recognised, fills Sean with a “huge sense of pride”.
The IT Analyst told the ECHO : “In 1984 you wouldn’t have a seen a single rainbow flag, it wasn’t seen in the UK until 1987. But, some of my friends had been to San Francisco Pride that year and brought back two flags which we carried on the London march. We kept being asked what it was, what it meant, and where did we get it? We even had to explain to the Police that it didn’t carry any sinister meaning. After that first event, the flag quickly started to be seen in increasing numbers and the design continued to evolve.”
