Rainbow flags mark start of LGBTI+ awareness week across Cork City

The flag was first flown in Cork in 2014 and was a donation from the late San Francisco mayor Ed Lee. 

Siobhán O'Dowd, who chairs the city’s LGBT Inter-Agency Group, said she was delighted both Cork and San Francisco worked together to mark the start of the week. Picture: Jim Coughlan.

Progressive rainbow flags were flown from Cork’s City Hall, from Shandon steeple, and from San Francisco’s City Hall today in a joint ceremony to mark the start of LGBTI+ awareness week.

The progressive rainbow flag, known as the intersectional rainbow flag, includes black and brown stripes to represent marginalised LGBT communities of colour, as well as pink, light blue and white stripes to represent the transgender community.