Every year in June, cities around the world celebrate LGBTQ+ pride in commemoration of theStonewall Riots of 1969.
The traditional rainbow flag has represented the pride of the LGBTQ+ community for over 40 years.
The rainbow has become a symbol for LGBTQ+ pride and support.
The designer, Gilbert Baker, knew that a rainbow was the natural choice.
In the Book of Genesis, it appeared as proof of a covenant between God and all living creatures.
It was also found in Chinese, Egyptian and Native American history."
Groups around the world continue to battle over the right to fly the flag.
Let’s look at the truth about the rainbow flag.
Baker said Milk conveyed a very strong message of visibility.
“A flag is different than any other form of art.
The flags were first used in a San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade on June 25, 1978.
There aresix colorson the traditional rainbow flag, and each color has a deeper meaning, according toVeryWell Mind.
The top stripe of the rainbow flag is red and symbolizes vitality.
The red color can be tied to the ideas of our blood and passion.
The second stripe is orange, which symbolizes healing.
The third stripe is yellow to represent sunlight.
Green can also represent prosperity in newer flag descriptions.
The fifth stripe is indigo, sometimes described as blue, and the color symbolizes harmony and serenity.
Blue is often thought of as a calming color.
The sixth stripe is violet, which represents spirit.
This iteration of the flag is known as the “Victory Over AIDS Flag” (viaEnding HIV).
In 2017, the city of Philadelphia redesigned a new pride flag with eight stripes.
The black stripe symbolizes diversity and the brown stripe represents inclusivity.
The Progress Pride flag has quickly become thepopular choicebecause of its inclusive style.
The lawsuit news put the rainbow flag on the world stage as a symbol for queer pride and power.
Flying the flag on private property has been a source of dispute in multiple instances.
Private property owners have battled against neighborhood associations, religious groups, and the media, according toGLBTQ.
Some municipalities, towns, and school districts display the rainbow flag, but not all.
Some elected officials feel the flag is apolitical symboland continue to side with outspoken opponents of the flag.
Michael Page was the first to do so by designing the three-striped bisexual flag in 1998.
Baker kept a fragment of the original flag safe until he passed away in 2017.
Baker’s sister then gave the 10- by 28-foot fragment to Gilbert Baker Foundation President Charley Beal.
Beal kept the flag safe but eventually had it analyzed in 2020.
“It creates safe space, and it is a political statement,” he explained.
Inverted pink and black triangles are also sometimes used as symbols in the LGBTQ+ community.
However, Nazis used the inverted triangles as a means of identification to persecute or exterminate them.
“It came from such a horrible place of murder and holocaust and Hitler.
Pride flags have also been banned as a political symbol in four other states (viaThe 19th).
Writer Lena Waithe showed up to the 2018 Met Gala red carpet draped in a rainbow flag cape.
“When faced with a chaotic political and social landscape, escapism and play is the logical response.
Nothing symbolises this better than the rainbow flag,” said Craggs.
The rainbow flag is making its way to retail, too.
Underthe Trump administration, U.S. embassies and consulates were banned from flying anything other than the American flag.
In 2021, the city of San Diego raised the pride flag at City Hall.
