West Hollywood to Add Black, Brown Stripes, Trans Flag to Crosswalks
approved a plan to paint a crosswalk the colors of the transgender flag and add brown and black stripes to the rainbow crosswalks that currently exist.The city has decided to show support for trans members of the community by picking a crosswalk on Santa Monica Boulevard in the historic gay neighborhood and painting them the blue, pink, and white of the trans pride flag.The city currently has rainbow flag crosswalks at Santa Monica and San Vicente boulevards, and in order to show solidarity with Black and Brown LGBTQ+ people, black and brown stripes will be added to those.Councilmember John D’Amico said, “as a gay white male of a certain age in this city, I do strongly support this effort to bring new life and new awareness to all the kinds.
