{"id":460333,"date":"2026-09-11T08:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/460333\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T08:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:28:10","slug":"the-rainbow-flag-crosses-the-atlantic-san-francisco-bay-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/460333\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rainbow Flag Crosses the Atlantic &#8211; San Francisco Bay Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-87.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56624\"   \/>Photos courtesy of the GLBT Historical Society Museum<\/p>\n<p>The original 1978 Rainbow Flag is now on view in Cork, Ireland. Our team traveled across the pond this month to personally courier and carefully install this historic artifact, as part of a four-month loan to coincide with the opening of the Cork Public Museum\u2019s first permanent exhibition uplifting LGBTQ+ history, which we are immensely proud to be supporting. During the flag\u2019s stay, it will be visited by thousands from across Europe who will be able to experience this piece of history firsthand.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first international loan and exhibition of the original Rainbow Flag outside of the United States\u2014a partnership between the GLBT Historical Society, the Cork Public Museum, and the city of Cork, San Francisco\u2019s sister city separated by an ocean and joined by a shared commitment to LGBTQ+ history.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-88.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56625\" width=\"417\" height=\"318\"   \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs stewards of the original Rainbow Flag, created in 1978, we are entrusted with preserving its history and promoting greater awareness of its legacy,\u201d said GLBT Historical Society Executive Director Roberto Orde\u00f1ana. \u201cThe Rainbow Flag\u2019s importance extends far beyond any one museum, city, or nation\u2014our shared history belongs to all of us, regardless of borders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the Rainbow Flag is visiting Ireland, you can still learn about the history of the rainbow at our museum in the Castro. A new temporary exhibition has been installed to showcase materials from the Gilbert Baker Collection, including a reproduction of the original eight-striped flag created and signed by Baker in 1998 and a sewing machine listed among his supplies, alongside a medallion gifted to us by the city of Cork during its delegation\u2019s visit to San Francisco earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-89.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56626\"   \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-90.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56627\"   \/><\/p>\n<p>Plan your visit to the GLBT Historical Society Museum at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glbthistory.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.glbthistory.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-86.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56623\"   \/><\/p>\n<p>Community Treasures From the GLBT Historical Society Archives<br \/>Published on September 10, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photos courtesy of the GLBT Historical Society Museum The original 1978 Rainbow Flag is now on view in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-460333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}