A Scottish Greens councillor will bring a motion to a meeting next week calling for major changes.
Glasgow council could be set to stop flying the Union flag for the Royal Family's birthdays - including the birthday of the King - and add dates to display the Cuban, Transgender and Palestine flags among others.
His motion to be brought to full council next week also calls for the Pakistani flag to be raised as well as the French and Italian.And he called for the council to scrap its long-standing policy of flying the Union flag on dates such as the birthday of His Majesty the King, as well as the birthdays of Princess Anne and The Queen Consort, and Commonwealth Day.
It continued: "Council agrees that adopting flags such as the Transgender Flag and the Red Flag signifies support for both Glasgow's Transgender community and Workers, in a similar vein as the current protocol does with International Women's Day and International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia ."
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