These flags often represent countries that value unity ... the revolutionary spirit of the movement, while the blue sky and yellow star represented the hope for independence and unity.

Gilbert Baker created the original pride flag in 1978. Baker was urged by Harvey Milk to create a symbol for the LGBT community and he chose a flag, which he saw as the most powerful symbol of pride.

At noon on January 22, several dozen Kharkiv residents unfurled a blue-and-yellow flag near the Derzhprom building, which was damaged twice by Russia ...