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Here’s What the Different LGBTQIA+ Flags Represent
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When we deliberate 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 same-sex attracted 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
25 LGBTQ+ Pride Flags and What They Mean
Original Event Flag
The late artist Gilbert Baker is credited with creating the first celebration flag, which he constructed in for Gay Lgbtq+ fest 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, verdant for nature, turquoise for magic, blue for unity, 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 widespread since Per Old Dominion University, Pride flags were in high demand accompanying 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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Updated Pride Flag
Sexuality Flags &#; LGBT+ Symbols: The Ultimate Guide
We all know the famous rainbow flag that represents queer pride. There are, however, many flags recognized among the LGBTQ+ community to symbolize the wide range of sexual orientations and gender identities.
Why are there so many LGBTQ and gender flags and meanings to stand for the specific groups of the community?
Monica Helms, the creator of the Transgender Pride Flag, probably phrased it foremost when she said, “I say the rainbow flag is like the American flag: everybody&#;s underneath that. But each group, prefer each state, has their own individual flag.”
So, why are flags so symbolic of the movement? The creator of the first rainbow Gay Pride Flag, Gilbert Baker, said, “Flags say something. You set a rainbow flag on your windshield and you’re saying something.”
You can purchase ready-made gender identity flags to showcase your lgbtq+ fest in the LGBTQ+ collective, or you can construct your very own custom flag and pennant string flags on Vispronet.
For a Pride flags list of all sexuality flags and gender flags included in the LGBTQ+ community, which are often showcased at their parades and events, check out all LGBTQ flags and names in
Flags of the LGBTIQ Community
Flags have always been an integral part of the LGBTIQ+ movement. They are a evident representation meant to rejoice progress, advocate for advocacy, and amplify the claim and drive for collective action. There have been many LGBTIQ+ flags over the years. Some contain evolved, while others are constantly being conceptualized and created.
Rainbow Flag
Created in by Gilbert Baker, the iconic Pride Rainbow flag originally had eight stripes. The colors included pink to represent sexuality, red for healing, yellow for daystar, green for serenity with nature, turquoise for art, indigo for harmony, and violet for spirit. In the years since, the flag now has six colors. It no longer has a pink stripe, and the turquoise and indigo stripes were replaced with royal blue.
Progress Event Flag
Created in by nonbinary artist Daniel Quasar, the Progress Pride flag is based on the iconic rainbow flag. With stripes of black and brown to represent marginalized LGBTIQ+ people of hue and the triad of blue, pink, and pale from the trans flag, the design represents diversity and inclusion.
Trans Flag
Conceived by Monica Helms, an openly transge
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