Red states are destroying their rainbow crosswalks. Here's what you should know
Here's what you need to know about the rainbow crosswalks: who funds them, if they're safe, and why they're really being removed.
October 14, 2025
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Atlanta Approves Rainbow Crosswalks at Major Midtown Intersection
Hotlanta is about to get a lot more gay.
August 20, 2015
Suspect Arrested For Painting Swastikas on Rainbow Crosswalks
(CNN) The crosswalks are located in front of Atlanta's first LGBTQ+ bookstore.
August 22, 2022
Swastika Painted on Atlanta’s Iconic Rainbow Crosswalk
It's not the first time the crosswalk has been defaced.
August 19, 2022
Manchester's Crosswalk Signals Go Queer for Pride
The English city now has 34 blinking lights celebrating diversity in sexuality and gender.
August 21, 2018
New Rainbow Crosswalk Defaced With Swastikas, Slurs
Toronto police have asked for help in identifying two people who committed the hate crime.
August 6, 2018
Pride Flag Crosswalk at Canadian School Vandalized With Slurs
The crosswalk was vandalized just days after it was painted.
May 18, 2021
Beyond Pride Month: Make Rainbow Crosswalks Permanent
Visible representations of LGBT lives tell the world that we matter.
July 11, 2017
PHOTO: Rainbow Crosswalk by Russian Embassy
The rainbow crosswalk is the second to appear near a Russian embassy in the last few weeks.
August 21, 2013
Overnight standoff over Houston’s rainbow crosswalks ends with arrests
Texas authorities destroyed a city Pride crosswalk in the middle of the night.
October 20, 2025
Ron DeSantis defends repainting crosswalks, including the Pulse memorial
His administration ordered the erasure of more than 400 decorated roadways, including ones with pro-cop messaging that won awards from the state for pedestrian safety.
August 28, 2025
Democratic prosecutor to review arrests of protesters restoring Pulse crosswalk
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis maintains protesters tried to "commandeer" a state roadway. Monique Worrell promises to consider the memorial's meaning to survivors..
September 3, 2025
West Hollywood to Add Black, Brown Stripes, Trans Flag to Crosswalks
City officials voted this week to make their rainbow crosswalks more inclusive.
December 22, 2020
Stop at Rainbow Crosswalks Honors John Lewis's LGBTQ+ Rights Legacy
The funeral procession for Lewis stopped at the crosswalks in a heavily LGBTQ+ Atlanta neighborhood.
July 30, 2020
Iowa Town Defies Trump Admin. Plea to Remove Rainbow Crosswalk
A federal agency asked the university town to remove colored stripes from crosswalks for safety reasons -- but the feds can't explain why they should have any say in the matter.
October 1, 2019
Austrian City Has No Love For Gay Signals
The streets of Austria's third-largest city are becoming less gay.
December 7, 2015
Texas follows Florida's lead in demanding end to rainbow crosswalks and street art
Gov. Greg Abbott's administration gave cities 30 days to eliminate decorations from crosswalks. Meanwhile, Gov. Ron DeSantis just erased an iconic Ocean Drive walkway in Miami Beach.
October 9, 2025
Florida deploys police to stop crosswalks from being painted rainbow colors
The move comes after citizens repainted the Pulse memorial sidewalk in Pride colors.
August 27, 2025
New Jersey Town Unveils First Permanent Rainbow Flag Crosswalk in the State
The Maplewood flag was designed in honor of Gilbert Baker's original 1978 rainbow flag.
June 9, 2018
Meet the lesbian minister whose church clapped back at Texas's ban on rainbow crosswalks
Volunteers at Oak Lawn United Methodist Church in Dallas have painted the steps in rainbow colors as a sign of welcome to all.
November 11, 2025