Rainbows were commonplace on everything related to kids; always on their toys, one of the first things they learn to draw to help understand the colour spectrum. They've been strongly featured in both children's films and books, as well as usually found on some charities' logos.
The hijacking of the rainbow on behalf of the progressives has probably been done subliminally to psyop kids towards it.
Completely agree. I remember when I was a kid I loved drawing rainbows, or having rainbow things, it was all so pretty, and being a girl I loved pretty things. But then around the mid 00s I started to notice my mom and dad visibly upset whenever I wanted rainbow things or colored rainbows on things, and later I found out why. It was during this time that gay acceptance and gay agenda pushing was really taking over. Canada legalized gay marriages in 2005, Ellen Degenerate had the most popular show on TV, the whole Michael Jackson debacle, gay characters prominent in TV shows and movies, even kids shows.
Then in 2006 one of my friends mentioned to me that the rainbow was now a symbol for being gay. Back then amongst 12 year olds it was still funny to call someone "gay" as an insult, and nobody got offended but you wouldn't want to be called one. I pretty much had some idea of what gay meant and I didn't want to be associated with it or be labeled as one so I quickly abandoned all my pretty rainbow things. It pisses me off so much that they would overtake something so pretty to have it symbolize their anal cancer and hemorrhoids.
I had a similar experience in 1999 when I said that I liked the Rainbow Badge from Celedon City in Pokémon Blue, because I also liked Erika, the gym leader. My sister came over to me and told me to be careful with rainbows because it was associated with gays. It's like you can't even enjoy a rainbow now, and I have to be careful when buying clothing, toys, and accessories for my kids due to the perversion of the rainbow.