| Title: | No, the Ukrainian colors were not added to an official pride flag |
| URL: | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/10/tweets/no-ukrainian-colors-were-not-added-official-pride-/ |
| Publisher: | PolitiFact |
| Date published: | June 10, 2022 |
| Description: | An image of a flag that incorporated the Ukrainian colors originated as satire. This particular image isn’t affiliated with any official LGBTQ organizations. Snopes reported that Dublin’s LGBTQ Pride Festival designed a flyer that used a different image of a flag that incorporated Ukrainian colors as a signal of welcome displaced Ukrainian refugees. Our ruling This isn’t a genuine flag used by the LGBTQ community. It originated as satire. We rate this False |
No, the Ukrainian colors were not added to an official pride flag
An image of a flag that incorporated the Ukrainian colors originated as satire. This particular image isn't affiliated with any official LGBTQ organizations.
Snopes reported that Dublin's LGBTQ Pride Festival designed a flyer that used a different image of a flag that incorporated Ukrainian colors as a signal of welcome displaced Ukrainian refugees.
Our ruling
Greene and others shared an image that showed the pride flag altered to incorporate the colors of the Ukrainian flag as if it were real.
This isn't a genuine flag used by the LGBTQ community. It originated as satire.
We rate this False
