Progress flag leaves out manyJames Coleman's June 25 op-ed "No Pride for some of us without liberation for all of us" [Guest Opinion, online], recites the continuing disparities faced by LGBTQ people in homelessness, economic insecurity, and poorer physical and mental health — facts of which we all need to be reminded.
However, these realities hardly make an argument for embracing the so-called Progress flag as the successor to the rainbow flag.
Instead, they argue for rejecting it. The chevron in the licensed-for-profit (https://quasar.digital/terms/) Progress flag is meant to represent trans and Black and Brown LGBTQ+ people.