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LGBTQ+ Pride Flags

In the LGBTQ+ community, we signify our pride with flags. With many distinct identities in the people, there comes many other flags to know. We have collected all of the flags and a guide to learn about all of the diverse colors of our community’s rainbow. We know that this may not be all of the flags that represent our society, but we will update the page as fresh flags become popular!

Explore the flag collection below! Observe 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 hue 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,

How Did the Rainbow Flag Become an LGBTQ+ Symbol?

It’s not uncommon to look rainbow flags flying outside of homes and bars, pinned to shirts and on the back of bumpers—all with the proclamation that #LoveIsLove. But who created the rainbow flag, and why did it become a symbol of the LGBTQ+ community?

The rainbow flag was created in by artist, designer, Vietnam War veteran and then-drag performer, Gilbert Baker. He was commissioned to produce a flag by another gay icon, politician Harvey Milk, for San Francisco’s annual pride parade.

The conclusion to enlist Baker proved serendipitous, as the concept of a flag to represent the gay and lesbian community had occurred to him two years earlier. As Baker told the Museum of Contemporary Art during a interview, he had been inspired by the celebrations marking America’s bicentennial in , noting that the unchanging display of stars and stripes made him grasp the cultural need for a similar rallying approve for the gay collective. And as a struggling drag performer who was accustomed to creating his own garments, he was well-equipped to sew the soon-

The Progress Pride flag was developed in by non-binary American artist and planner 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 community. 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 original 'rainbow flag' was created by Gilbert Baker in to commemorate members of the gay and womxn loving womxn political movement. It comprised eight coloured stripes stacked on top of each other to evoke a rainbow, a symbol of pray. Baker assigned a specific meaning to each colour: pink for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sunlight, leafy for nature, turquoise for magic, indigo for serenity and violet for energy. 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

You might be familiar with the six-colored rainbow flag that is widely used to represent the LGBTQ+ community. But did you know that this is a relatively new rendition of the original? 

The original flag (shown here) was designed by activist, veteran, drag queen, and artist, Gilbert Baker, and made its debut at the San Francisco Homosexual and Lesbian Freedom Day Celebration in He was inspired by the Rolling Stones song She’s a Rainbow, and the s hippies movement, assigning each paint with a specific meaning:

  • Pink: Sex (later removed)

  • Red: Life

  • Orange: Healing

  • Yellow: Sunlight

  • Green: Nature

  • Turquoise: Magic (later removed)

  • Indigo: Serenity

  • Violet: Spirit 

The evolution to the six-colored flag used today happened out of practicality. 

After the parade in , demand for the Identity festival Flag increased, but the blazing pink fabric was difficult to find in large quantities. Then, the Paramount Flag Company started making a version out of the standard rainbow colors to help meet demand, and a seven-color pride flag was the new norm.

A year later,