![]() Transgender flagĭesigned in 1998 by Monica Helms, the transgender flag includes blue, pink and white stripes. A smaller purple stripe is between them representing sexual attraction to both men and women. The flag contains two wider stripes, pink and blue, to represent the male and female genders. Bisexual flagĪbout 20 years after the creation of the pride flag, Michael Page designed the bisexual flag, which was meant to bring visibility to the bisexual community, according to. In 2017, for the city of Philadelphia's pride kick off, two additional stripes were added to the traditional design, black and brown, intended as an inclusive message for LGBTQ people of color. Here are 10 other Pride flags and their meanings: Rainbow flag with black and brown stripes Pride Month: What does LGBTQIA mean? And more answers to your Pride questions "(I) certainly embrace everyone being able to celebrate with pride and dignity a show of their identity, which is what I think the flags are all about," Hartman said. Some of the flags that represent visibility for transgender and bisexual people are becoming almost as widely known as the original pride flag, Hartman said. "We know that visibility is key to acceptance and legal rights and to changing hearts and minds," Hartman said. ![]() In the years following the pride flag's creation, others have been created to represent identities that fall under the LGBTQ umbrella.įlying flags that celebrate each of the LGBTQ communities is an act of visibility, said Chris Hartman, director of the Kentucky Fairness Campaign in Louisville. LGBTQ activists say it couldn't be more timely. Stonewall Forever: 50 years later, digital monument debuts. He never placed a copyright on the flag because he wanted it to "owned by everyone," Baker's friend Charles Beal told The Huffington Post in 2018. ![]() "I think the flag allowed individuals historically to come together and identify as a group and to bring that power together and to protest together," Meyer said.įollowing Milk's assassination in 1978, the demand for pride flags went up, and the Paramount Flag Company removed hot pink from the fabric because it was too expensive and a year later removed the turquoise stripe, according to Baker's website. More: 'Wrong, plain and simple': 50 years later, NYPD apologizes for Stonewall riots More: Kiss! Kiss!: London bus attack began in a way familiar to many LGBTQ women ![]() Tracie Meyer, a board member of the Political Action Committee of the Fairness Campaign, said the flag represents intersectionality, or the overlapping of groups within the LGBTQ community, and highlights the differences between such groups. The iconic six-striped rainbow flag was created by artist and veteran Gilbert Baker in 1978 at the request of activist Harvey Milk, according to Baker's website.īaker's original flag included eight colored stripes, each with a different meaning: pink for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sunlight, green for nature, turquoise for magic, blue for serenity and purple for spirit. You might also see other flags flying next to them, meant to include the diversity of the LGBTQ community - here's what they all mean. June is Pride month, which means you may be seeing a lot of those iconic rainbow flags, depending on where you live. ![]()
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