Femininity = pink, Lack of gender = white, Both masculinity & femininity = purple, All genders = black, Masculinity = blue. The Genderfluid Pride Flag, created by JJ Poole in in 2013 consists of five horizontal strips to represent gender. Black and brown stripes represent both people of color and those who are lost due to AIDS.įlags such as the Bisexual Flag, Pansexual Pride Flag, Asexual Flag, Polyamory Flag, and Intersex Flags were created to increase visibility of bisexual, pansexual, asexual, polyamorous, and intersex individuals. Pink and light blue represent the traditional colors associated with baby girls and boys while white represents those who are intersex, transitioning, or non-binary. A more inclusive version, the Progress Pride Flag, designed by Daniel Quasar in 2018 included white, pink, and light blue striped chevron design. This flag made its first appearance June 8, 2017. The Philadelphia Pride Flag included black and brown stripes to the Traditional Gay Pride Flag to symbolize people of color. Over the years, various flags were designed to represent LGBTQ people as symbols of pride that helped provide visibility within social movement, with the June 1969 Stonewall-Riots as a catalyst to social change in the fight against discrimination. The Traditional Gay Pride Flag include six stripes (minus the pink and turquoise) Yellow = sunlight, Green = nature, Turquoise = magic/art, Indigo = serenity, Violet = spirit.
The first rainbow flag had eight colors, with each having a special meaning. The Gilbert Baker Pride Flag made its first appearance at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade on June 25, 1978. Milk’s time in office was tragically cut short after being assignation only one year later, November 27, 1978. Milk become the first openly gay elected official to hold a visible position in a major US city, San Francisco. Baker was challenged to create a symbol of pride for the gay community after meeting Harvey-Milk, politician and gay rights activist.
The Gilbert Baker Pride Flag is the first rainbow flag designed by activist and artist, Gilbert Baker. But others, including Daniel Quasar, said that the Progress Pride flag wasn't intended to replace the original, and argued that it was important to represent marginalised communities.Did you know that there are over 20 different LGBTQ flags?Įach has their own meaning and tell a story of individuals and groups within the LGBTQIA+ community, represented by the various colors in stripes, shapes, and symbols. Some people within LGBTQ+ communities said that Gilbert Baker's Pride flag didn't need to be changed, arguing that it was originally designed to be representative of everyone. "The arrow points to the right to show forward movement, while being along the left edge shows that progress still needs to be made." explained Daniel Quasar. It included black, brown, pink, pale blue and white stripes, to represent marginalised people of colour in the LGBTQ+ community, as well as the trans community, and those living with HIV/AIDS.
One year later, an artist called Daniel Quasar released a redesign of the Pride flag, called the Progress Pride flag, which was widely shared on social media. In 2017, Philadelphia's Office of LGBT Affairs added black and brown stripes to the Pride flag to recognise people of colour. Over the years the original rainbow flag has been redesigned, with some within LGBTQ+ movements arguing it needed to better represent and reflect more communities.