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LGBTQ+ Pride Flags

In the Homosexual community, we signify our pride with flags. With many different identities in the community, there comes many other flags to understand. We have unhurried all of the flags and a guide to grasp about all of the different colors of our community’s rainbow. We realize that this may not be all of the flags that represent our community, but we will update the page as modern flags become popular!

Explore the flag collection below! See a flag's name by hovering or clicking on the flag.

Umbrella Flags

  • Gilbert Baker Pride Flag

  • Traditional Pride Flag

  • Philadelphia Event Flag

  • Progress Pride Flag

  • Intersex-Inclusive Progress Identity festival Flag

  • Lgbtq+ Pride Flag

The original Pride Flag was created in after activist Harvey Milk asked designer Gilbert Baker to design a symbol of gay identity. Each color represents a different part of the Gay community: hot pink represents sex, red symbolizes life, orange stands for healing, yellow equals sunlight, green stands for nature, turquoise symbolizes magic and art,

Pride Flags

Flags are often used as symbols of event . It is no surprise then that numerous identity flags have been created to represent the sexual and gender diversity of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. Explore all the different flags and their meanings.

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This resource is not intended to provide an exhaustive list of identity festival flags. If you acquire a suggestion for a flag to add or have any feedback on the information provided, please contact us.

 

  • Achillean Flag

    Achillean: Men or men-aligned individuals who are attracted to other men and men-aligned people. It is sometimes recognizable as men loving men (MLM). Achillean individuals may or may not be attracted to other genders. While this label isn’t exclusive, it is used to unify men-aligned people or men who treasure other men.

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    Creator: Redesigned by DeviantArt (Tumblr user)
    Flag meaning: The first iteration was created by pridenpositivity (Tumblr user). The flag contains the color blu

    Flags of the LGBTIQ Community

    Flags have always been an integral part of the LGBTIQ+ movement. They are a clear representation meant to rejoice progress, advocate for visibility, and amplify the claim and drive for collective action. There have been many LGBTIQ+ flags over the years. Some acquire evolved, while others are constantly being conceptualized and created.

    Rainbow Flag

    Created in by Gilbert Baker, the iconic Pride Rainbow flag originally had eight stripes. The colors included pink to represent sexuality, red for healing, yellow for heat, green for serenity with nature, turquoise for art, indigo for harmony, and violet for spirit. In the years since, the flag now has six colors. It no longer has a pink stripe, and the turquoise and indigo stripes were replaced with royal blue.

    Progress Identity festival Flag

    Created in by nonbinary artist Daniel Quasar, the Progress Pride flag is based on the iconic rainbow flag. With stripes of black and brown to represent marginalized LGBTIQ+ people of tint and the triad of blue, pink, and colorless from the trans flag, the desig

    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 Flag increased, but the spicy 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,