{"id":242718,"date":"2009-06-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-30T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/sdsu-flag-raising-kicks-off-lgbt-pride-month\/"},"modified":"2009-06-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-30T07:00:00","slug":"sdsu-flag-raising-kicks-off-lgbt-pride-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/sdsu-flag-raising-kicks-off-lgbt-pride-month\/","title":{"rendered":"SDSU flag raising kicks-off LGBT Pride month"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_362\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-362\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-362\" href=\"https:\/\/sduptownnews.com\/?attachment_id=362\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-362 lazyload\" title=\"rainbow flag sdsu\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sduptownnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/rainbow-flag-sdsu.jpg\" alt=\"rainbow flag sdsu\" width=\"420\" height=\"239\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420\/239;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Gina Jacobs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SDSU Rainbow Flag Raising Ceremony 7\/1\/09<\/p>\n<p>San Diego State University students, faculty and staff  joined local politicians, business leaders and other members of the community in hosting a Rainbow Flag Raising Ceremony on campus. The rainbow flag will be displayed from the Campanile Walkway flagpole in support of SDSU&#8217;s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students, staff, faculty and community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This ceremony reinforces our commitment to come together as one community celebrating our differences,&#8221; said SDSU President Stephen L. Weber.  &#8220;Our university is committed to fostering the academic development of all our students, to providing a safe and nurturing home and workplace for students and employees alike, and to encouraging respect and understanding regardless of one\u2019s sexual or gender orientation or identity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to Dr. Aaron Bruce, SDSU&#8217;s director of diversity, the rainbow flag has been a symbol of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community for 30 years. The colors of the rainbow are symbolic of both the unity and diversity of the LGBT community.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s ceremony served as the official kick-off of San Diego&#8217;s LGBT Pride Month celebrations.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SDSU Rainbow Flag Raising Ceremony 7\/1\/09 San Diego State University students, faculty and staff joined local politicians, business leaders and other members of the community in hosting a Rainbow Flag Raising Ceremony on campus. The rainbow flag will be displayed from the Campanile Walkway flagpole in support of SDSU&#8217;s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students, [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":242719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11555","_seopress_titles_title":"SDSU flag raising kicks-off LGBT Pride month","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11551,11555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-uptown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}