McOsker and Bass Raise Progress Pride Flag at City Hall in Gesture of Inclusivity

LOS ANGELES —  Councilmember Tim McOsker will be joined by Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass at 2 p.m., June 6 to raise the Progress Pride Flag to fly for the first time over City Hall for the month of June.

On May 31, the city council approved an ordinance, signed by Mayor Karen Bass that day, allowing the city to raise the Progress Pride Flag in the civic center, which includes City Hall and other city-owned facilities where the U.S., state and city flags are flown.

The first known Pride flag debuted at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade in June 1978. At the encouragement of gay activist Harvey Milk, Gilbert Baker sewed the flag to symbolize the value and dignity of the gay community. In June 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom requested that the Pride flag be flown on the main flagpole at the State Capitol building in commemoration of LGBTQ Pride Month, marking the first time in state history that occurred. Last June, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors raised the Progress Pride Flag over the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration — the first time a Pride flag has flown over a county building.