Monica Helms, who created the Trans Flag after Page encouraged her to do so, voiced criticism of BiNet USA’s claims in an interview with Gay City News, and a close friend of the late Gilbert Baker - who created the LGBTQ Pride Rainbow Flag - also pushed back against BiNet USA’s actions.īiNet USA, which is led by president Faith Cheltenham, did not respond to multiple questions from Gay City News about the organization’s ownership claims, its role in the origins of the flag, why the Twitter account was deleted, or why claims of ownership are only popping up now - in the middle of a coronavius pandemic that has crushed the economy.īut in a long statement on BiNet’s Facebook page on April 29, Cheltenham said her words have been miscontrued and asserted that the group is focusing its copyright gripes toward for-profit re-sellers that she believes have a resopnsiblity to raise money for bisexual individuals. cc: USA faced widespread criticism for the unprecedented assertion that it owns copyright of the Bisexual Pride Flag, which was created by Michael Page in 1998.
In another tweet, BiNet USA wrote, “So if you’re using the bi pride colors, or any work, please remove them from your website before we send a legal letter advising same.
