Rainbow Pride Reaction Takes Over Facebook On Pride Month

Get ready for a Rainbow Pride reaction invasion on Facebook! June is the month when LGBTQ people celebrate Pride. Over the weekend, Facebook announced in a post that it would be giving users the opportunity to celebrate love and diversity through a special Rainbow Pride reaction which is made available until the end of June. The Rainbow Pride emoji becomes a more significant year compared to the others as this follows the death of the rainbow flag maker Gilbert Baker who passed away in March.

Gay Pride or LGBTQ Pride is a stance people all over the world take to fight discrimination and violence toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. It’s history dates back to June 28, 1969, in New York City when a group of LGBTQ rioted following a police raid at a gay bar on Christopher Street. That year, a resolution was made at the Eastern Regional Conference of Homophile Organizations (ERCH)) in Philadelphia to make the last Saturday of June a chance to commemorate the 1969 incident. It was called Christopher Street Liberation Day.

Numerous groups and individuals joined in on planning the march every year like Brenda Howard in 1970. Brenda is known as the Mother Of Pride. She is famous for her work in coordinating a week-long series of events around Pride Day. It was because of Brenda and other select individuals that “Pride Day” was born. They are also the reason why Pride celebrations are now held around the world every June.

How to get that Rainbow Pride Reaction on Facebook

On Friday, June 9, Facebook posted an announcement about a special reaction made available to celebrate Pride month. The usual emojis on Facebook are Like, Heart, Haha, Wow, Sad, and Angry. The special emoji is a rainbow which Facebook calls Happy pride.

Users are not able to see the Rainbow emoji at once. One has to follow certain steps to get the special emoji. Simply open and like the LGBTQ@Facebook page and the emoji will be ready to be used as a regular emoji. Since its posting, the LGBTQ page has already had 16M likes.

This year marks an extra special year for members of the LGBTQ community and its supporters. A report by Fortune says this is the year that Pride month is celebrated just after the death of Rainbow flag creator Gilbert Baker. Gilbert made the first hand-made rainbow flag with the help of a group of volunteers. The flag was debuted at San Fransisco Gay Pride on June 25, 1978.

Get that Rainbow Reaction On Facebook and spread the love.