“o matter which way you fly it, it is always correct, signifying us finding correctness in our lives,” Helms said of the flag.įollowing an outcry over racism in Philadelphia’s Gayborhood, the city commissioned the design of a new eight-color flag with black and brown stripes to recognize the contributions of LGBTQ+ people of color. The light pink and blue represent the colors traditionally associated with girls and boys, and the white represents transitioning, neutral or undefined genders, and intersexuality. Monica Helms, a transgender woman, creates the transgender pride flag. Page explained that the pink represents same-sex sttraction, the blue represents opposite-sex attraction, and the purple overlap represents attraction to both. Michael Page designs the bisexual pride flag, a three-color design. The six-color flag is the most common LGBTQ+ flag worldwide. With only seven colors, activists noticed it was impossible to split in half to be displayed more easily in public, and so the turquoise stripe was eliminated as well. The six-color flag enters popular use following the assassination of Harvey Milk.The hot pink stripe was eliminated over the difficulty obtaining the fabric. From top to bottom, the colors represent sex, life, healing, sunlight, nature, magic and art, serenity, and spirit. The eight-color flag first flew over the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade in June of 1978. Gilbert Baker, a friend of San Fancisco’s openly gay City Supervisor Harvey Milk, designs the first rainbow flag. Here’s a timeline of some of the major LGBTQ+ flags and what they stand for. The history of the Pride Flag goes back to the 1970s, and the design has changed numerous times over the years. "To achieve this, they needed an even number of stripes, so the turquoise stripe was dropped, which resulted in a six stripe version of the flag we know today - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet," the website adds.Colorful flags are flown at many LGBTQ+ events. The flag was modified in 1979 by the organizers of the 1979 San Francisco Pride parade, who wanted to "split the flag into two in order to decorate the two sides of the parade route," according to Virginia's Old Dominion University website. "In the original eight-color version, pink stood for sexuality, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for the sun, green for nature, turquoise for art, indigo for harmony and violet for the soul," the website of Amherst College in Massachusetts explains. The rainbow flag, seen first in the gallery above, was designed by Gilbert Baker for the 1978 San Francisco's Gay Freedom Celebration. Cameron Whimsey via Wikimedia Commons The demisexual pride flag. KiwiNeko14 via Wikimedia Commons The aromantic pride flag.
McLennonSon via Wikimedia Commons The pansexual pride flag. Calcavorix via Wikimedia Commons The polysexual pride flag. Marilyn Roxie, McLennonSon via Wikimedia Commons The gender fluid pride flag. Jim Evans via Wikimedia Commons The genderqueer pride flag. Kye Rowan via Wikimedia Commons The polyamorous pride flag. Britrek87 via Wikimedia Commons A non-binary pride flag.
Michael Page via Wikimedia Commons The asexual pride flag. Dlloyd based on Monica Helms design via Wikimedia Commons The bisexual pride flag.
L ke in Inkscape via Wikimedia Commons The transgender pride flag. Guanaco via Wikimedia Commons The lesbian pride flag designed in 2018.