Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. Every year in June, rainbow flags emerge on the façades of homes and businesses to celebrate Pride.

Rainbows have always had special significance, even if nobody has ever found a pot of gold at the end, as one legend suggests. When you spot a colorful rainbow arching across the sky, it may have a ...

We have all met someone like this at least once in our lives. The person who walks into a space and somehow makes it feel lighter. The friend who always seems to know what to say, who genuinely ...

June is the time to celebrate the festive Noahic Covenant Month—or so I’m told by legions of Christians on social media who want to “take back the rainbow” from LGBTQ people like me. “The rainbow ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rainbow-painted crosswalks in Florida have become flashpoints in a broader fight over visibility and authority. Once embraced as ...