Vallejo raises Pride Flag

Vallejo raises Pride Flag

It only takes a few seconds, but when Thomas Bilbo looks up each year at the Pride Flag being raised in Vallejo, he reflects quickly on his life. Bilbo, who is gay, grew up in Mississippi, where inclusion and acceptance were hard to come by. Vallejo is a different story. “Seeing this flag hoisted I think about myself being this kid from Mississippi that is a non-progressive state,” Bilbo said. “And then I think about this journey that has taken …