GOOGLE MARKS GAY PRIDE MONTH WITH RAINBOW BANNER

The menu bar in the six colors of the rainbow – a symbol of gay pride – will also show up when a user searches using key words such as same-sex marriage, marriage equality, New York Pride and Los Angeles Pride.

The company has notably taken a high-profile stance in support of gay rights.

On the first day of the Winter Olympics in Sochi in February this year, Google also took a public stand against Russian anti-gay laws with its homepage Doodle which depicted six different winter sport disciplines, each on a background of color to make up the colors of a gay pride flag.

In 2008, the company’s co-founder Sergey Brin announced that the company officially opposes Proposition 8, an anti-gay marriage measure that California voters ultimately approved before it was overturned by the Supreme Court in 2013.

In 2012, the company launched its Legalize Love campaign to support the decriminalization of homosexuality and elimination of homophobia worldwide.

SOURCE: GAY STAR NEWS