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.Īccording to preliminary minutes from the cultural district board, the vote on the motion 'That the Castro LGBTQ Cultural District recommend that the flag be changed at Harvey Milk Plaza' was seven in favor with two opposed, with members Stephen Torres and Steven Bracco voting against, and members Cesar Cadabes, Ms. 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.
