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Baker also removed the turquoise to maintain an even number of colours. In 1977, Harvey Milk challenged Gilbert Baker, an openly gay activist, to create a symbol for the gay community. What do the rainbow colours in the Pride flag mean Hot pink sex Red life Orange healing Yellow sunlight Green nature Turquoise magic/art. Initially, Baker’s had eight coloured stripes: pink for sexual liberation, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for the sun, green for serenity and nature, turquoise for art, blue for harmony and violet for the human spirit.īut in November 1978, when a march was organized to protest the assassination of Harvey Milk, Baker’s friend and the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, Baker worked with the Paramount Flag Company to produce a seven-striped version because the pink was not commercially available. Gay Pride celebrates dignity, equal rights, sexual diversity, and gender variance. Baker used the symbolism of the rainbow because, he said, “We are all of the colours. In 1979, the six-colored flag became a common version hung around San Francisco. Artist and activist Gilbert Baker is credited with creating the first pride flag, meant to represent the gay community.
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It began during the Pride Parade in San Francisco in 1978 when Gilbert Baker, American graphic artist and LGBTQ+ political activist, designed what is thought to be the first gay pride flag that would become a key symbol of Gay Pride for years to come. Today the rainbow flag is, for many cultures, a symbol of peace, diversity and harmony, but the flag with six stripes is specific to the LGBTQ+ community. Gilbert Baker (Photo : Spencer Platt -Getty Images)