Have you seen âem? Those multi-colored flags waving in the breezes downtown and at City Hall? Do you know what they stand for? And how they got there?
Those flags, installed on June 1, are Selmaâs contribution to Pride Month, embraced nationwide by Americaâs LGBTQ community. By community, I mean Americans who identify as LGBTQ as well as their families, friends and supporters.
That was the spirit that led Selmaâs Leslie Nelson to approach the City Council in February to propose that the City of Selma officially recognize June as Pride Month and honor it by hanging the LGBTQ's traditional colorful flags.