Amaphuzu Abalulekile
- Ifulege le-rainbow liwuphawu lomphakathi we-LGBTIQ+, elimelela ukuziqhenya, ukusekela, kanye nobunikazi.
- Amafulegi okuqala okuziqhenya kwezitabane andiza ngo-1978 emcimbini owawuseSan Francisco.
- Kube nezibuyekezo ezimbalwa phakathi neminyaka ukwenza ifulegi libandakanye kakhudlwana.
“Njengoba siphila, siphefumula futhi sithuthuka, kufanele kube njalo nefulegi lethu, futhi lidinga ukukhombisa imizwa yethu ehlukahlukene yobuthi, izinhlobonhlobo zethu zobulili kanye nokwehluka esinakho ezicini zethu zobulili nangale kwalokho,” kusho yena.
“Futhi ngicabanga ukuthi kuyinto enhle leyo; kuyinto yomuntu kakhulu ukuyenza, ukuqhubeka nokuthuthuka futhi uthuthuka, ngakho ifulegi lethu kufanele likumelele lokho.”
Ifulegi lokuqala lokuziqhenya
UMnu Milk kubikwa ukuthi wanxusa u-Baker ukuthi enze uphawu lokuziqhenya komphakathi wezitabane, futhi ifulegi lothingo laqala ukubonakala embukisweni we-San Francisco Gay Freedom Day ngo-1978.

Umdwebi waseMelika kanye nesishoshovu samalungelo omphakathi u-Gilbert Baker udale ifulegi lokuqala elaziwayo lothingo njengophawu lokuziqhenya komphakathi wezitabane. Umthombo: I-AAP / FREDRIK PERSSON/EPA
Ifulegi beliqukethe imithende evundlile enombala ogqamile eyisishiyagalombili, umugqa ngamunye unencazelo ehlukile, futhi idizayini yashintsha yaba imibala eyisithupha.
Sekuyinkomba yokuhlonza ubuwena kanye nobudlelwano, kuvame ukuvezwa kuma-parade nasezindaweni zezitolo, futhi kuze kube yi-emoji ngo-2016.
Ukuhlukahluka nokufakwa
Ifulegi labo elisha lengeze imigqa emnyama nensundu efulegini lothingo ukuze limele abantu abanebala elimhlophe emphakathini we-LGBTIQ+ futhi ligqamise izinkinga ababhekene nazo.
Ngonyaka olandelayo, umkhosi wase-Brazil wethula inguqulo enomugqa omhlophe phakathi, obonisa ukuhlukahluka kobulili, inkolo kanye nobuhlanga.
Ifulegi lokuziqhenya kwenqubekelaphambili kanye nokubandakanywa kobulili obuhlukile
Ngo-2021, uNkz Vecchietti – owasungula i-Intersez Equality Rights UK – waphinda waliklama kabusha ifulegi, wengeza unxantathu ophuzi onomjikelezo onsomi kuwo.

U-Valentino Vecchietti uklame ifulegi lokuziqhenya elibandakanya ubulili obuhlukile. Umthombo: Kunikeziwe / Valentino Vecchietti
UNkz Vecchietti utshele i-SBS News ukuthi ubefuna ukufaka umphakathi wabantu abathandana nabobulili obuhlukile ngaphandle kokushintsha kakhulu ukwakheka kwefulegi.
“Bengifuna ukudala ukubandakanywa kobulili obuhlukile, kodwa futhi ngenhlonipho enkulu ngokuphindaphinda kwefulegi kwangaphambilini kanye nenhlonipho enkulu yabantu ababebambe iqhaza ekudaleni indawo yemiphakathi yabo kulelo fulegi.”