Gay flag color guide
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The Bisexual Pride Flag was created by activist Michael Page to give bisexual people a pride flag all their own. Corporate logos reflected the new flag this year and it gives more visibility to the need to support trans lives. The flag has been around for three years but grew in popularity during the 2021 pride season. The “Progress” Pride Flag as created in 2018 by artist Daniel Quasar and includes the colors of the Transgender Pride Flag. The Philadelphia People Of Color Inclusive Pride Flag added a brown and black stripe to the flag to represent Black and brown people in the LGBTQ+ community. Like in other rights movement, the Gay Rights Movement often centered and focused on gay white men and left gay men of color out of the conversation. In 2017, Philadelphia changed the pride flag to be more inclusive of people of color. Philadelphia’s People Of Color Inclusive Pride Flag Wikimedia Commons You see this flag pop up everywhere during Pride Month from corporate ads to pride event invitations. The meanings of the colors are the same as they were in the Gilbert Baker Pride Flag. Over time, the pride rainbow lost some colors and became the symbol we all recognize today with six colors.
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The colors all have meaning: Pink is sex, red is life, orange is healing, yellow is sunlight, green is nature, turquoise is magic, blue is harmony, and violet is spirit. Baker wanted to create something that celebrated the community’s love. The flag was created after Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official, was murdered in San Francisco.
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The Gilbert Baker Pride Flag was the original pride flag created in 1978 by Gilbert Baker.