Designed in 1998 by Michael Page with the aim of increasing bisexual visibility within society as a whole and the LGBT community. "It was really important for me to have a historic one," Meyer said. "It was more accurate to what was designed back then. Each of the six colors has a meaning red means life, orange means healing, yellow means sunshine, green means nature, blue means harmony, and purple means spirit. While Meyer said she has multiple rainbow-themed items in her house and office, she wants the flag she flies outside her home to be the original design. Daniel displaced the trans flag stripes and marginalized community stripes to the flag’s hoist, where they form a new arrow shape. Tracie Meyer works on the board of directors of C-FAIR, the Political Action Committee of the Fairness Campaign. Created by Daniel Quasar in 2018, the Pride Progress Flag features black and brown stripes to portray marginalized LGBTQ+ communities of color and baby blue, pink and white to incorporate the trans flag in its design. In 1979 it was modified again, removing the turquoise stripe, according to Baker's website. The rainbow flag is a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer ( LGBT) pride and LGBT social movements in use since the 1970s. So, as you can see the rainbow flag means.
Baker did the same to his production of the flag. The white, pink, and light blue chevron design on the Progress Pride Flag reflects the colors of the Transgender Flag, while the brown and black stripes represent marginalized people of color. Six colored striped flag (from top to bottom): red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. The rainbow flag is also known as the gay flag and is also used by members of the community who are not heterosexual. Pride Month: What does LGBTQIA mean? And more answers to your Pride questions Historic pride flagĪrtist and veteran Gilbert Baker was asked by activist Harvey Milk to create an emblem for the empowerment of LGBTQ people, 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.įollowing the assassination of Milk 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, according to Baker's website. The rainbow flag is a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and queer pride and LGBT social movements.