“In Ancient Greece, if you saw a rainbow you might think that the goddess Iris, who was a messenger deity, had come down to earth from Olympus,” LGBT+ Museum freelancer Sacha Coward explains. Over the years, the rainbow–ultimately a meteorological phenomenon caused by the refraction light in water droplets–has held different meanings. James's tweet took off–he shared that his mentions became flooded with people saying “it's fine if the LGBT flag gets repurposed, because it ‘can be anything we want it to be.’' Others asked–'why can't it just be a rainbow?' What is the history of the six colour LGBT+ Pride flag? And those people are definitely frustrating.' 'Those are the people who are actively trying to steal our flag, in my opinion. 'What I find frustrating are the people who know it's an LGBT flag but are taking the stance 'well it’s a symbol for the NHS now, we repurpose things all the time.' ' quite happy thinking it's for the NHS and doesn't want it any more complicated than that.'
This irony wasn’t missed by another James who shared the case of his grandad displaying the LGBT Pride Flag at his house 'for the NHS':
