The flag was my way of saying we as a community need to step back and listen. We cannot ignore that and must make space for them to be heard.
“Our world is so charged right now and the voices who have been screaming for years are getting louder and louder.
Red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sunlight, green for nature, blue for harmony and violet for. “The inclusion of the additional stripes means placing emphasis on voices that need to be heard, especially now even more so than two years ago when I originally made the flag,” Quasar said. Each colour of the pride flag has a different meaning. Baker’s flag was made with eight stripes rather than the six-stripe design that the community uses today. In an email to them., Quasar clarified that the Progress Pride Flag “was not meant as a replacement” for Baker’s iconic designs, but was intended “as a supplement to the many flags our community uses to represent us.” The original Gay Pride flag was designed in 1977 by Gilbert Baker after he was approached by gay icon, politician Harvey Milk, to create a symbol for the gay community. Those were phased out in a 1979 modification following the death of San Francisco assemblyman and LGBTQ+ rights activist Harvey Milk. The first flag unveiled 42 years ago had eight stripes, with hot pink representing sex and turquoise for magic. The six stripes in the widely popularized rainbow flag of today each represent an idea that resonates with LGBTQ+ people: red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sunlight, green for nature, blue for peace, and purple for spirit.īut Baker’s flag has changed numerous times throughout the years. Rather, the colors of the rainbow are displayed as horizontal stripes, with red at the top and violet at the bottom. The Progress Pride Flag and Philadelphia’s Pride banner made waves at the time, with critics claiming that Gilbert Baker’s 1978 design, which has since been included in the Museum of Modern Art’s permanent collection, didn’t need to be updated. Answer (1 of 3): The flag does not depict an actual rainbow. “We still have movement forward to make,” Quasar wrote at the time.
In a statement posted to the campaign’s Kickstarter page, Quasar said the goal was to emphasize “what is important in our current community climate,” namely the inclusion of Black, Brown, and trans people long marginalized by the mainstream LGBTQ+ movement.