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image by Tomislav Todorovic, 3 July 2016
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The St Louis Pride Flag was introduced in 2012. It was designed by
replacing the red field of the city flag with the rainbow stripes. The report
about its introduction can be read at
http://www.thevitalvoice.com/stl-pride-flag-introduced. To make them
more distinctive, especially against the yellow stripe, yellow disc and white
wavy bars usually have black fimbriations, as shown at
https://regenaxe.com/2012/10/20/the-laramie-project/. This is also
visible in the photos dating from 2012-06-24 which can be
found here:
http://www.stltoday.com/news/multimedia/pride-parade--st-louis-pride-flag/image_dc0ee7a1-ae5f-5514-a54d-22800403adae.html
http://www.stltoday.com/news/multimedia/pride-parade---st-louis-pride-flag/image_0a299b18-702b-5628-8abe-3721217940e9.html
as well as in those taken on 2013-06-29:
http://www.hipforums.com/forum/topic/445912-st-louis-pride-fest-2013/
and on 2014-06-29:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/c_r_i_s/14523047016/
Tomislav Todorovic,
3 July 2016
image by Tomislav Todorovic, 3 July 2016
More frequently, the wavy bars at the
hoist emerge from the edges, at a larger distance from the corners; this flag
variant is also more oblong, just like the city flag variant which seems not
to be quite correct (see above). A photo of such flag was actually used to
illustrate the report about its adoption (see above). The photos of this flag
dating from 2012-06-24 can be found here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mbk/7436571652/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mbk/7436575542/
and one from
2013-06-29, here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tempesttea/9179026125/
The flag was also photographed on 2014-06-29, with the photos available
here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/c_r_i_s/14566243953/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/19920753@N06/14388482358/
and on 2015-06-21, the photo being available here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tempesttea/18851875958/
All of these
photos reveal that the shade of red is generally the same one as used in the
city, state and national flags, while the shade of blue is lighter here,
while the disc is in the same shade of yellow as the rainbow stripe. The best
photo for the color comparison is the one taken on 2013-06-30, which is
available here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/marschik/9181199604/
Tomislav Todorovic,
3 July 2016
image by Tomislav Todorovic, 3 July 2016
Very rarely, the flag may have no black
fimbriations, which makes the yellow disc conjoin into a single shape with
the yellow stripe. On this variant, the wavy bars emerge from the corners or
the points set very close to them. The photo of such flag, taken on
2015-06-28, can be found here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/19920753@N06/18767897863/
Tomislav Todorovic,
3 July 2016