The Castro Merchants Association is seeking to install a second flagpole in the Castro neighborhood to fly another design of the Pride flag, the group announced in a late-night news release June 23.
The move comes after the Castro LGBTQ Cultural District Board of Directors voted that the Gilbert Baker-designed rainbow Pride flag that currently stands above the intersection of Market and Castro streets should be replaced with the Progress Pride flag, the merchants stated in the release.
The vote is unenforceable, the merchants stated, since it is the merchants association and not the district that "does pay for and maintain" the flag, but the merchants suggested the second flagpole as a "counterproposal." "We propose to leave the