The white, pink and light blue were used to represent Trans men, Trans women and nonbinary, non-gender conforming individuals. The flag added a black stripe to the bottom of the original pride flag to represent those lost to HIV/AIDS and the stigma that still surrounds those living with HIV today.īy 1999, the Trans Pride flag originally created by Monica Helms, incorporated three additional colors. Here we take a look at the flag’s continued evolution from Baker’s original influence and ways in which designers worked to be inclusive of all people within the LGBTQIA+ community.įrom the original Pride flag created by Gilbert Baker, here are the meaning of the varied colors:īy the 1980s, the Victory Over AIDS flag appeared at the height of the AIDS epidemic. Over time, additional colors and their symbolism have been added to the flag with the Progress flag designed by Daniel Quasar in 2018 becoming popularized and widely used in recent years.
This led to the creation of the Pride flag, originally designed in 1978 by Gilbert Baker. The intended idea was to own the symbol, but the community felt as though they needed something new and vibrant to reflect positivity and inspiration.
Prior to the rainbow flag, a pink triangle was used as a symbol which honored the same representation used to identify homosexual men in Jewish concentration camps. With our continued pursuit of diversity, equity and inclusion, we wanted to dig deeper and focus on the symbolism of the rainbow within the Pride flag - and what the colors mean to the larger LGBTQIA+ community. Over the years, brands and corporations have adapted the Pride flag colors across product, marketing and more to show rallying support during Pride month.
The month of June has been recognized as Pride Month for over twenty years, commemorating the Stonewall Riots that occurred in June of 1969.