June is LGBT pride month in the United States, so you may be seeing rainbows everywhere. The original design had eight, not six colors, each with its own meaning. It immediately became a symbol of LGBT pride. The first LGBT rainbow flag was designed by Gilbert Baker in 1978. MORE : It’s vital that we distinguish between rainbows for LGBTQ Pride and for the NHS The rainbow is the most widely recognized LGBT symbol in the world. Pride flags or their design variations left off this list have not been done so intentionally. The lavender colour is meant to represent androgynes and androgyny, the white in the flag represents agender identity and the green is meant to represent those whose identities which are defined outside of and without reference to the binary. People who are genderqueer tend to be those who do not subscribe to conventional gender distinctions but identify with neither, both, or a combination of male and female genders. (Picture: Marilyn Roxie)Ĭreated by genderqueer writer and advocate Marilyn Roxie in 2010, this flag was created ‘to help create visibility for the genderqueer community and related identities’ according to Marilyn. The flag was first created in 2010 and the design was finalised in 2011. Now the rioters who claimed their freedom at the Stonewall Bar in 1969 would have their own symbol of liberation.’ ‘A Rainbow Flag would be our modern alternative to the pink triangle (the symbol for the gay movement up until the 70s). It was also found in Chinese, Egyptian and Native American history. In the Book of Genesis, it appeared as proof of a covenant between God and all living creatures. ‘The rainbow came from earliest recorded history as a symbol of hope. ‘…a Rainbow Flag was a conscious choice, natural and necessary. This was our new revolution: a tribal, individualistic, and collective vision. ‘As a community, both local and international, gay people were in the midst of an upheaval, a battle for equal rights, a shift in status where we were now demanding power, taking it. The pink color represents sexual attraction to the same sex only (gay and lesbian), the blue. Recalling the moment he came up with the idea of a rainbow flag, Gilbert explains in his book Stitching A Rainbow: is to maximize bisexual pride and visibility. The color purple (or, more accurately, lavender) became popularized as a. The colours of the flag each had a meaning assigned by Gilbert: In Victorian England, for example, the color green was associated with homosexuality. Encased in a bronze rectangular pendant with your choice of an 18 or 24 bronze chain.
Originally designed by American artist and gay rights activist Gilbert Baker in 1978, the rainbow flag was originally made up of eight stripes. A stained glass effect necklace in pride rainbow colors: purple, blue, green, yellow, orange and red. Artist Gilbert Baker with the original 8 stripe rainbow flag.