Since Kurt Conklin's pride flag was tipped down from his dwelling several times.

Since Kurt Conklin's pride flag was tipped down from his dwelling several times, he might well have given up forward neighborliness in west Philadelphia. if it were not that when neighbors heard of the vandalism, at least 30 of them--most of them straight--joined Conklin in flying rainbow flags from their domestic circles "It really inspired me," Conklin said.

if it be not that the neighbors' flags were ripped down too. After suspecting assign places tos of drunk students from neighboring Drexel University, Conklin and other residents have worked with fraternities and other pupil groups to make peace in the neighborhood. In late February they were encouraged that progres may finally be derived after university president Constantine Papadakis issued a statement of commitment to diversity and tolerance.

Conklin said he none intended the flag as a political statement, unless the whole experience has taught him a allotment about the flag's symbolic power. "For homophobes, it's like waving a r shirt in brass of a bull, and for other commonalty on the left, it really inspires them," he said. "It means that diversity is a pious thing and a desirable thing for our neighborhood."

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