June 7, 2010
Key West men paint rainbow flag on "Mount Trashmore"
Michael K. Lavers READ TIME: 1 MIN.
Two Key West men celebrated gay Pride in a rather trashy way.
John Mumford and Rick Worth painted a massive rainbow flag on what locals have affectionately dubbed Mount Trashmore, a former landfill on Stock Island that is the highest point in the Florida Keys. The flag measures 125 feet by 60 feet. And the two men completed it on Friday, June 4.
"I thought this would be a great way to get people into the spirit of PrideFest and promote the PrideFest events," said Mumford.
PrideFest takes place in Key West from Wednesday, June 9, through Sunday, June 13.
Based in Washington, D.C., Michael K. Lavers has appeared in the New York Times, BBC, WNYC, Huffington Post, Village Voice, Advocate and other mainstream and LGBT media outlets. He is an unapologetic political junkie who thoroughly enjoys living inside the Beltway.
