The UWP flag was produced by the rainbow flag ’s originator Gilbert Baker , and measures 1,410 square feet . The UWP project is a joint venture of Venice Pride , and “ an official healthcare partner ” , the AIDS Healthcare Foundation , which is financing the venture . The previously largest flying rainbow flag is also a six-stripe one that was first flown in 2014 to mark the fourth Nelson Mandela Bay ( NMB ) Pride , held in the Eastern Cape province city of South Africa , Port Elizabeth . It measures twelve by eight meters ( 1,033 square feet ) , and flies on the country ’s tallest flag pole , which is sixty meters high , and is in Donkin Reserve , in Port Elizabeth ’s central business district . In contrast to the UWP flag , it is regularly flown for NMB Pride as well as on March 21 which is Human Rights Day in South Africa , and International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination , both commemorating the 1960 Sharpeville massacre
Sharpeville massacre
Sharpeville massacre
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