When did rainbows become gay

Artist and activist Gilbert Baker is credited with creating the first pride flag, meant to represent the gay community. He was approached by Harvey Milk, the first openly gay person elected to public office in California, in to create a symbol of pride for the community.

Baker was inspired by the United States flag, with its series of stacked lines, and also by Pop Art of the time. Several communities at the time had reclaimed the Pink Triangle as a symbol of queer power. The Pink Triangle was used in Nazis concentration camps to identify men imprisoned for their homosexuality.

Something from us. The original LGBT pride flag contained the colors hot pink, meant to represent sexuality, and turquoise, meant to represent magic or art, depending on the source. Hot pink was removed from the original pride flag because fabric and dye in that color was difficult to find.

Turquoise was removed to make the flag appear more symmetrical when hanging vertically. The first transgender pride flag was designed by transgender woman and Navy veteran Monica Helms inand flew at a pride parade in Phoenix, Arizona the subsequent year. The stripes next to them are pink, the traditional color for baby girls.

The stripe in the middle is white, for those who are intersex, transitioning or consider themselves having a neutral or undefined gender. Grovier, K. The history of the rainbow flag. BBC — Culturep. San Francisco Travel Association.

How the rainbow became the symbol of LGBT pride

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