While this groups has felt countless hardships and open discrimination, a shared soul supported by family, friends, and allies allows LGBTQ+ individuals to continue to thrive. Finally, the royal purple showcases the determined spirit of the queer community. These colors demonstrate the strong voices of the LGBTQ+rising up against hatred and bearing their hearts through music, theater, and traditional art. Baker assigned specific meaning to each of the colours. The blue or turquoise in this flag may represent the importance of art or signify growing harmony. LGBT community, and the flag is often used as a symbol of gay pride in LGBT rights marches. Same-sex attraction is found in over 1,000 animal species, highlighting the natural roots of the gay community ( Imperial). This area of the flag is meant to inspire us as the sun symbolizes light and hope for a better future. According to Baker, the yellow stripe depicts the warm rays of sunlight.
Whether rising up from internal struggles or assisting others with coming out, this experience is felt by many LGBTQ members. Orange stands for healing, a difficult process many queer individuals must go through due to widespread homophobia and discrimination.
Like the blood which flows through each of our veins, this color ties the community together and illustrates our similarities. Firstly, red symbolizes life for LGBTQ individuals. Each section stands for an integral part of the gay community. VISIT US AT VITUALPRIDE.COM to celebrate and come together as a community.Originally made with eight stripes, Baker soon modified the pride flag to showcase six brilliant colors of the rainbow. GayTravel will be hosting a VirtualPride on June 28th on Twitter #virtualpride. While coronavirus has certainly changed the way we will honor this month, it cannot stop the movement. It is an honor to don the flags and enjoy the freedom to be ourselves. Pride month is an opportunity to educate others about the community as well as celebrate how far we’ve come. At GayTravel, we love the many versions of the flags that continue to represent inclusivity and diversity!ĭaniel Quasar's Progress Pride Flag Created in 2018, the colors include the Transgender Pride and the PoC and those lost to AIDS. Photo by Pride flag via its designing company, Tierneyĭifferent parts of the community have also created their own flags to represent pride in their unique identities as trans, bisexual, asexual, gay, lesbian, etc. Including the brown and black stripes provides an excellent reminder that the term LGBTQ+ includes a beautiful and diverse community. People of Color are often left out of conversations when it comes to equal rights for the community. The previous pride flag, which was the hallmark symbol of LGBTQIA+ pride from the late 1970s until the early 2000s, and is still popular, was composed of six horizontal lines: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. With the current movement of #BlackLivesMatter, this inclusive representation of the flag is more pertinent now than ever. Over time, a number of additional flags including one that adds brown and black have been created to be more intersectional. In 1979, the most familiar and six-color version was established and adopted as the collective symbol of the community. And for 'gay' they didnt even use the real gay flag, but the 6-color pride flag. He said that each color represents something beautiful about the community: “pink is for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sun, green for nature, turquoise for magic, blue for serenity and purple for the spirit.” I mean, transgender and genderqueer are gender identities, so no sexuality either. The rainbow flag, which has become a universal symbol of hope for LGBTQ people around the world, first flew in San Francisco's United Nations Plaza for Gay Pride Day, on June 25, 1978. The original six stripe flag was created by artist Gilbert Baker in 1977. In honor of pride month, the rainbow flag will decorate parts of our cities as a representation of the LGBTQ+ community.