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The rainbow flag was created as a symbol of LGBTQIA+ identity and identity, and has since been used by millions of people around the world to signal safety, allyship and inclusion.
More recently, variations of the rainbow flag have become popular, it can be difficult to grasp when to use each one, or even which is the “correct” one to use. Our advice is to use the flag that most aligns with your expression or values. If you are part of a team or organisation, formulate this decision together as a team or with your community.
To support you work through this process, here’s a run down of the most popular flags and what they mean today.
Original Rainbow Pride Flag
You’ll recognise this flag as the “original” rainbow lgbtq+ fest flag. This rainbow flag serves to signal pride - or allyship - to represent the entire LGBTQIA+ community.
History of the Flag
The original rainbow pride flag was designed in by Gilbert Baker, an openly gay painter and activist. The flag originally featured eight stripes, each of which represented something different. From top to bottom, the stripes represented
LGBTQ+ Pride Flags
In the LGBTQ+ community, we signify our pride with flags. With many diverse identities in the society, there comes many diverse flags to know. We have collected all of the flags and a guide to learn about all of the unlike colors of our community’s rainbow. We know that this may not be all of the flags that represent our people, but we will update the page as fresh flags become popular!
Explore the flag collection below! Glimpse a flag's name by hovering or clicking on the flag.
Umbrella Flags
Gilbert Baker Pride Flag
Traditional Pride Flag
Philadelphia Pride Flag
Progress Pride Flag
Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride Flag
Queer Pride Flag
The original Pride Flag was created in after activist Harvey Milk asked artist Gilbert Baker to design a symbol of gay pride. Each dye represents a different part of the LGBTQ+ community: hot pink represents sex, red symbolizes life, orange stands for healing, yellow equals sunlight, green stands for nature, turquoise symbolizes magic and art,
Celebrating Pride and Progress: The Meaning Behind the Progress Identity festival Flag
As we observe Pride Month, we also take hour to reflect on the work still needed to assemble a more inclusive and equitable population. One way we honour that engagement is by using the Progress Event Flag in our celebrations.
The Progress Celebration Flag was crafted in by Daniel Quasar, a agender artist and graphic designer from Oregon. Quasar’s design builds on the traditional rainbow Pride Flag by incorporating the colours of the Transgender Flag, along with black and brown stripes. These additions represent Inky, Indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC) in the 2SLGBTQ+ community, as adv as individuals living with or disoriented to HIV/AIDS. The flag was created to emphasize the importance of inclusion and forward movement.
A Brief History of Pride
Pride has its roots in the Stonewall Riots of in New York City—a pivotal moment in the clash for 2SLGBTQ+ rights. At the hour, homosexuality and dressing in drag were criminalized. The riots marked the first stage of an organized movement advocating for decrimin
The Progress Pride flag was developed in by neutrois American artist and artist Daniel Quasar (who uses xe/xyr pronouns). Based on the iconic rainbow flag from , the redesign celebrates the diversity of the LGBTQ community and calls for a more inclusive society. In , the V&A acquired a bespoke applique version of the Progress Pride flag that can be seen on display in the Design – Now gallery.
'Progress' is a reinterpretation of multiple iterations of the pride flag. The unique 'rainbow flag' was created by Gilbert Baker in to celebrate members of the gay and female homosexual political movement. It comprised eight coloured stripes stacked on top of each other to evoke a rainbow, a symbol of hope. Baker assigned a specific meaning to each colour: pink for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sunlight, green for innateness, turquoise for magic, indigo for serenity and violet for spirit. A year later the pink and turquoise stripes were dropped owing to a shortage of pink fabric at the time and legibility concerns, resulting in the six-colour rainbow flag most commo