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25 LGBTQ+ Pride Flags and What They Mean
Original Celebration Flag
The late artist Gilbert Baker is credited with creating the first identity festival flag, which he crafted in for Gay Self-acceptance Day in San Francisco, per CNN.
Baker's iteration of the flag gives a unique meaning to each color: "hot pink for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sunlight, leafy for nature, turquoise for magic, blue for agreement, and violet for spirit," he explained.
"We needed something to express our joy, our beauty, our power. And the rainbow did that,” Baker told CNN in “We’re an ancient, wonderful tribe of people. We picked something from nature. We picked something beautiful."
Rainbow Pride Flag
This iteration of the flag, which omits the pink stripe, has been trendy since Per Old Dominion University, Pride flags were in high demand tracking the assassination of San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk, and Baker opted to omit the pink stripe because the fabric color was difficult to find.
For a time, the Paramount Flag Company sold a seven-stripe flag, that included one in turquoise.
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Here’s What the Different LGBTQIA+ Flags Represent
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When we ponder of Pride Month, the first image that typically comes to mind is the classic rainbow flag. However, many people don’t realize that along with the Rainbow Pride Flag, there are an array of different identifiers that represent the diverse gender non-conforming community. While many in the LGBTQIA+ community distinguish with the all-encompassing rainbow flag, each group has its own flag to represent its unique contributions and stories within the community. Here’s a rundown of the different flags and what they represent.
The Gilbert Baker Pride Flag
The original rainbow pride flag was designed by Gilbert Baker in at the request of Harvey Milk, the first openly homosexual elected official in California. Gilbert chose the rainbow as it represents a symbol of hope.
Original flag colors and meaning:
Pink: sex; Red: life; Orange: healing; Yellow: sunlight; Green: nature; Turquoise: magic; Blue: harmony; Violet: spirit.
Rainbow Pride Flag
This is the iteration of the Pride Flag that we all know today, used to symbolize the overall LGBTQIA+ community. In this version, the pink and turquoise were excluded
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This highly visible symbol of pride arose from an idea of hope and power more than 40 years ago at a site that could be worthy of national recognition.
On our streets, at our parades, even on our clothing, the rainbow flag has become a worldwide symbol of LGBTQ celebration. Yet few of us ask: Where did this flag come from?
The first rainbow flag was created by Gilbert Baker, a prominent figure among male lover political activists in San Francisco in the s. Baker was close friends with now-famous politician Harvey Milk. Milk was the first openly gay person to win a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and was tragically assassinated during his first term.
The first flag was hand-stitched and dyed with the assist of volunteers and friends, including Lynn Segerblom (Faerie Argyle Rainbow), James McNamara, Glenne McElhinney, Joe Duran and Paul Langlotz, for its debut at the San Francisco Gay Autonomy Day celebration.
Baker created the flag in , at a time when there were few symbols available to represent LGBTQ communities. Milk asked Baker to create a symbol for LGBTQ people that had a positive interpretation behind it. The most popular queer symbol at the time was the pink triangle — pre
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