Giardina, Henry (April 8, 2018). "Venice to Fly World's Largest Rainbow Flag". The Pride LA . Retrieved July 8, 2019. The largest rainbow flag in the Southern Hemisphere is a six-stripe one first flown to mark the fourth Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) Pride in 2014, [115] held in the city of Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape province, South Africa. [116] It measures twelve by eight metres (39 by 26ft), and flies on the country's tallest flag pole, which is sixty metres (200ft) high, [116] and is in Donkin Reserve, in Port Elizabeth's central business district. [117] NMB Pride had the flag manufactured, in part, as a symbol for LGBT youth to feel empowered even if they were not able to come out. [117] On the decision to fly the flag, a spokesperson for the municipality said, NMB "officially adds its voice to governments committing, firstly, to recognizing the LGBT community, and most importantly, to uphold the rights of the LGBT community". [118] It is regularly flown for NMB Pride as well as March 21 which is Human Rights Day in South Africa, and International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, both commemorating the 1960 Sharpeville massacre. Activists create "hidden" rainbow flag to get around Russia's LGBTQ flag ban". CBS News. July 10, 2018 . Retrieved December 7, 2021.

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What Is The Original Gilbert Baker Rainbow Pride Flag, And What Does It Stand For?". November 10, 2021 . Retrieved January 25, 2023. The rainbow flag has been repurposed to manifest a multitude of transnational and globalized ways of being queer. In a few scholarly articles, the rainbow flag is described as a " floating signifier". [50] [51] A floating signifier refers to the person giving the object its interpreted meaning and significance. [51] Flags are ambivalent symbols that hold different ideologies, meanings, and agendas depending on the beholder. Therefore, the rainbow flag is a boundary object that not only brings together queer communities locally and transnationally, but can also create debates and conflicts. [50] What Is The Transgender Pride Flag, And What Does It Stand For?". November 10, 2021 . Retrieved December 7, 2022. Goicichea, Julia (August 16, 2017). "Why New York City Is a Major Destination for LGBT Travelers". The Culture Trip . Retrieved February 2, 2019.Rainbow flags usually appear as stripes (bands) of at least five different colors. Rainbow flags have long represented groups championing diversity, respect, and inclusiveness.