List of rainbow crossings

This is a list of permanent rainbow crossings or rainbow crosswalks installed in major cities around the world as symbols of the LGBTQIA+ community.

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Many originally started in the 2010s in cities around the world, some began as temporary installments, but many rainbow crossings have since been adopted by cities as permanent installments to celebrate the LGBTQIA community.

Some rainbow crossings around the world have been subject to repeated attacks by people committing hate crimes and vandalism and had to be subsequently repaired.[1][2]

The list below does not include all rainbow crossings in existence and is limited to those of notability, such as the first installation in a country, first installation in the largest cities of a state of large countries or otherwise notable beyond its mere existence.

Permanent installations
City Country Date installed Location Image Notability Ref.
Los Angeles United States 2012 West Hollywood First permanent rainbow crossing in the world.

First in the United States and California.

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Sydney Australia 2013 Lackey Street Piazza, Summer Hill First permanent rainbow crossing in Australia [7]
Vancouver Canada 2013 Davie and Bute streets First permanent rainbow crossing in Canada [8]
San Francisco United States 2014 Castro District First permanent installation in California's second largest city [9]
Toronto Canada 2014 Church and Alexander Streets First permanent rainbow crossing in Ontario and largest city of Canada [10]
Seattle United States 2015 Broadway and Pine Street, Capitol Hill, Seattle First permanent rainbow crossing in Washington state [11]
Philadelphia United States 2015 13th & Locust streets First permanent rainbow crossing in Pensylvania [12]
Saskatoon Canada 2017 Third Avenue and 23rd Street and Fourth Avenue First permanent rainbow crossing in Saskatchewan's largest city [13]
Atlanta United States 2017 Pedestrian scramble at 10th Street and Piedmont Avenue First permanent rainbow crossing in Georgia, US [14]
Paris France 2018 Marais district First permanent rainbow crossing in France [15]
Canberra Australia 2018 Elouera and Lonsdale Streets, Braddon First permanent rainbow roundabout in the world.

First in the capitol of Australia.

 [16]
Milwaukee United States 2018 N. Jefferson St. First permanent rainbow crossing in Wisconsin [17]
London United Kingdom 2019 Herne Hill First permanent rainbow crossing in the United Kingdom and London [18][19]
Vienna Austria 2019 Burgtheater, Innere Stadt First permanent rainbow crossing in Austria [20]
Chicago United States 2019 North Halsted Street at West Buckingham Place First permanent rainbow crossing in Michigan [21]
Key West United States 2020 Duval and Petronia streets First permanent rainbow crossing in Florida [22]
Derry Northern Ireland 2021 Peace Bridge First permanent rainbow crossing in the country of Northern Ireland and the island of Ireland [23]
Arklow Ireland 2021 Main street First permanent rainbow crossing in Ireland [24][25]
Dublin Ireland 2022 Clondalkin First permanent rainbow crossing in Dublin, largest city and capital of Ireland [26]

See also

References
  1. "Rainbow Crosswalks Around the World Are Being Vandalized During LGBTQ Pride Month". 29 June 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  2. "Rainbow crosswalks were vandalized in 4 different cities recently". 28 June 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  3. "Rainbow Crosswalks to Span Boystown Intersection". 6 June 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  4. "West Hollywood's Permanent Rainbow Crosswalks to Color Streets Come October". 3 September 2012. Archived from the original on 16 November 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  5. "West Hollywood replaces crosswalk's rainbow flag design with Progress Pride flag". 9 July 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  6. "City of West Hollywood Installs New Inclusive Pride Crosswalks in the City's 'Rainbow District' at the Intersection of Santa Monica and N. San Vicente Boulevards". 23 March 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  7. "First permanent rainbow crossing gets the OK". The sydney Morning Herald. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  8. "Vancouver unveils Canada's first permanent rainbow crosswalks". straight. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  9. "LOCAL NEWS SF Castro District Streets Get Splash Of Color With Rainbow Crosswalks". CBS News. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  10. "Rainbow crosswalks come to the Gay Village". CBC. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  11. Raghavendran, Beena (23 June 2015). "Colorful crosswalks celebrate gay pride in Seattle". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  12. "'Philly Pride Presents' Held Formal Dedication Of Rainbow Crosswalk". CBS News. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  13. "Rainbow crosswalks installed in Saskatoon in time for Pride Festival". 4 June 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  14. "This Rainbow Crosswalk Is Now a Permanent Fixture of LGBTQ Pride". 17 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  15. "Paris responds to homophobic graffiti by making 'rainbow crossings' permanent". 28 June 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  16. "Braddon's rainbow junction named international roundabout of the year". 7 August 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  17. "Milwaukee Pride, City Debut Rainbow Crosswalks". 3 November 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  18. "The UK's first rainbow crossing". [BBC]]. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  19. "UK's first permanent LGBT rainbow road crossing unveiled in London". 20 August 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  20. "Regenbogen-Zebrastreifen vor dem Wiener Burgtheater". 6 June 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  21. "Rainbow crosswalks being installed in Boystown in time for Pride Fest". Chicago Tribune. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  22. "Key West Installs New Permanent Rainbow Crosswalks". 16 June 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  23. "Rainbow crossing: NI's first rainbow crossing unveiled in Londonderry". BBC News. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  24. "Arklow makes history with Republic of Ireland's first permanent rainbow crossing". 23 December 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  25. "Anniversary of Ireland's first Pride Crossing landing in Wicklow sparks calls for similiar initiatives". Independent. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  26. Schad, Saoirse (25 April 2022). "Clondalkin becomes home to South Dublin's first rainbow crossing". Gay Community News. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
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