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. 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. 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.” 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.