Residents of Boise, Idaho, are coming together to display Pride flags across the city after a state law banned them from flying on government property.
A grassroots group called Pride North End has been distributing as many Pride flags and yard signs as possible to locals willing to display them outside their homes.
According to CBS2 Boise, the group has already handed out more than 250 flags and 900 yard signs.
Its GoFundMe campaign originally aimed to raise US$2,000, but has since brought in more than US$10,000. Any unused funds will be donated to LGBTQ+ nonprofits.
“We cannot just say something without doing something that proves that we mean what we say,” said North End resident Edna Schochat.
The city had traditionally flown Pride flags from lampposts along historic Harrison Boulevard during Pride Month, and from Boise City Hall for the past decade.
However, in April 2025, Idaho passed a law banning any flags other than official government flags from flying on government property.
Boise initially tried to work around the ban by designating the Pride flag an official city flag.
Republican lawmakers then responded with an updated law adding language and fines that the city could not avoid.
Now, residents are ensuring the rainbow remains visible anyway — not from government flagpoles, but from homes, gardens and neighbourhood streets.
For Pride North End and its supporters, the message is simple: if the state tries to remove LGBTQ+ visibility from public property, the community will make it even more visible everywhere else.
