(Editor’s note: This article contains profanity)A photo of a mile-long rainbow Pride flag in Key West, Florida, was taken in 2003 during a Pride event and not, as online posts sharing the photo suggest, during Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ term.
A June 7 tweet reads: “Key West says FUUUUUCK DeSantis!” (here).
A search for the photo results in a higher-quality image on Getty Images taken on June 15, 2003, in Key West (here).
It says the 8,000-foot flag, dubbed the “world’s longest rainbow flag,” was created by Gilbert Baker for a Pride event.
Baker is known for creating the rainbow flag that signifies LGBTQ Pride in 1978 (gilbertbaker.com/biography/), (here).
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