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===Support for the NHS (2020)=== During the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|2020 coronavirus pandemic]] in the United Kingdom, the rainbow symbol has been used to signify support and gratitude for the [[National Health Service]] (NHS).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-52542923|title=Coronavirus: Rainbow portraits thank the NHS|website=[[BBC]]|date=10 May 2020|access-date=22 May 2020|archive-date=24 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524080425/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-52542923|url-status=live}}</ref> However, the increasing association of the six-color [[Rainbow flag (LGBT)|Pride rainbow flag]] with the NHS has caused concern among some members of the LGBT community that it is being disassociated "as a symbol of LGBT equality" and may lead to the erasure of identity.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52724818|title=Coronavirus: 'I was attacked for hanging my rainbow flag'|website=[[BBC]]|date=22 May 2020|access-date=22 May 2020|archive-date=22 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522002433/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52724818|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Wareham|first1=Jamie|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiewareham/2020/05/06/should-the-lgbt-community-call-out-nhs-appropriation-of-rainbow-flag/#3f3cefdad544|title=Why Some LGBT+ People Feel Uneasy At The Sight Of NHS Rainbow Flags|magazine=[[Forbes]]|date=May 6, 2020|access-date=22 May 2020|archive-date=20 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520040315/https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiewareham/2020/05/06/should-the-lgbt-community-call-out-nhs-appropriation-of-rainbow-flag/#3f3cefdad544|url-status=live}}</ref>
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