NORRISTOWN — Officials came together on Monday to raise the Pride flag, Around 75 people were present for the morning ceremony outside the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown as elected officials, row officers, judges, and advocates collectively hoisted the Pride flag up the flagpole. “We are proud to raise this flag today and proud to show our support for the LGBTQ community,” said Montgomery County Commissioners’ Vice Chairman Neil Makhija. The 2024 ceremony was organized in conjunction with the Montgomery County Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusions.
Raising the Progress Pride flag on Monday, the colors represented symbolize the LGBTQ+ community. The flag, created in 2018 by Daniel Quasar, includes light blue, pink and white stripes to symbolize the transgender community, as well as brown and black stripes to represent “communities of color” and those “lost during the HIV/AIDS crisis in 1980s and 1990s,” according to the Human Rights Campaign website. Taking place each June, the Human Rights Campaign website categorizes Pride Month as a “joyful celebration of all of the beautiful identities of our LGBTQ+ community.
” It was made a federal designation in 1999 to broaden the reach of celebrating the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer communities. Locally, began holding a flag raising in 2019 in Norristown and officials have organized one each year since. “We are here today to say that despite the intolerance reflected in those wor.
