We are a community that has, and is, making exceptional progress. The significance behind the Pride Progresses flag’s design is an excellent encapsulation of where the LGBT community stands. And the progress that is still to come for the fabulous expanse of gender identities, romantic and sexual orientations we don’t talk about enough yet. Hopefully, in doing so, we can start or continue a conversation not only about trans and POC representation within our community–but about bisexual, pansexual, and asexual people. The intention behind this change is not to replace or erase what the Pride flag was, but rather to recognize the value of all parts of our modern queer community, which the Progress flag does a better job of.Īnd considering the current Black Lives Matter movement and specifically the focus on issues faced by queer trans people of color (QTPOC) with our community – this shift towards the use of the more inclusive Pride Progress symbol is one should all fully support and encourage. The rainbow flag, which has become a universal symbol of hope for LGBTQ people around the world, first flew in San Francisco's United Nations Plaza for Gay Pride Day, on June 25, 1978. Milk was an openly gay man who was holding an elected office in San Francisco. The flag was created by Gilbert Baker in the late 1970s following the assassination of Harvey Milk. Hot pink stood for sex and turquoise stood for magic/art. And it’s all part of a journey to be more inclusive of the expansive breadth of identities within our community. The first gay pride flag had eight colors: hot pink, red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, indigo, and purple.
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The top lavender stripe carries a double meaning. The arrow leads to the right to confer forward movement while purposely being along the left edge, pointing to the fact that much progress still needs to be made.įrom the London Mayor’s office to Fort Lauderdale Pride and various cultural institutions worldwide–the symbol being used to serve LGBT people is evolving. Marilyn Roxie designed the Genderqueer Pride Flag in June 2011, updating previous designs from the year before. For the last 40+ years, the iconic LGBT Pride flag produced by Gilbert Baker’ with its six distinguished colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet) has been the globally recognized symbol of the LGBT community.īut in the past few years, Pride festivals, companies, and activists worldwide have concurrently and without any coordination been embracing ‘The Progress Flag’ as their emblem for the queer community instead.Ĭreated by Daniel Quasar in 2018, the Pride Progress Flag features black and brown stripes to portray marginalized LGBTQ+ communities of color and baby blue, pink and white to incorporate the trans flag in its design.ĭaniel displaced the trans flag stripes and marginalized community stripes to the flag’s hoist, where they form a new arrow shape.