The flag was used ( photo) at Guatemala Pride 2011 ( Orgullo Guatemala 2011). Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a much-decorated Vietnam Veteran dying of AIDS, proposed that when a cure is eventually found the black stripes should be removed from all the flags and ceremoniously burned in Washington, D.C. Suggested by a San Francisco group, the black stripe commemorates those we have lost to AIDS. The Victory Over AIDS Flag modifies the rainbow flag by adding a black stripe at the bottom. Schmöger, 26 August 2001, (translating from ) See, for example, here and here.īlack: AIDS awareness this stripe will be removed, as soon as a cure is found against AIDS. This is the rainbow flag with an added black stripe to be aware of AIDS called 'Victory over AIDS' flag. Keywords: rainbow flag | stripe: black | mourning | protest | minorities | This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website Black-Striped Variations of the Gay Pride Rainbow Flag Sexual Orientation Flags Black-Striped Variations of the Gay Pride Rainbow Flag
