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Gay men pride flag

You might be familiar with the six-colored rainbow flag that is widely used to represent the LGBTQ+ community. But did you comprehend that this is a relatively novel rendition of the original? 

The original flag (shown here) was designed by activist, veteran, drag queen, and artist, Gilbert Baker, and made its debut at the San Francisco Gay and Womxn loving womxn Freedom Day March in 1978. He was inspired by the Rolling Stones song She’s a Rainbow, and the 1960s hippies movement, assigning each paint with a specific meaning:

  • Pink: Sex (later removed)

  • Red: Life

  • Orange: Healing

  • Yellow: Sunlight

  • Green: Nature

  • Turquoise: Magic (later removed)

  • Indigo: Serenity

  • Violet: Spirit 

The evolution to the six-colored flag used today happened out of practicality. 

After the parade in 1978, demand for the Pride Flag increased, but the hot pink fabric was difficult to find in grand quantities. Then, the Paramount Flag Corporation started making a version out of the standard rainbow colors to aid meet demand, and a seven-color event flag was the new norm.

A year later, the flag evolved once more…



LGBTQ+ Pride Flags

In the LGBTQ+ community, we signify our pride with flags. With many different identities in the people, there comes many different flags to know. We have composed all of the flags and a guide to learn about all of the different colors of our community’s rainbow. We know that this may not be all of the flags that represent our community, but we will update the page as new flags become popular!

Explore the flag collection below! Spot a flag's name by hovering or clicking on the flag.

Umbrella Flags

  • Gilbert Baker Pride Flag

  • Traditional Pride Flag

  • Philadelphia Pride Flag

  • Progress Pride Flag

  • Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride Flag

  • Queer Movement Flag

The original Pride Flag was created in 1978 after activist Harvey Milk asked designer Gilbert Baker to design a symbol of gay pride. Each color represents a different part of the

Agender Pride Flag

The Agender Pride Flag was designed in 2014 by Salem X. The black and white stripes illustrate an absence of gender, the gray stripes represent semi-genderless, and the green stripe represents nonbinary genders.

Aromantic Pride Flag

The Aromantic Pride flag was created by a Tumblr user established as "cameronwhimsy" in 2014. The green stripes represent the spectrum of aromantic individuals because the hue green is on the opposite side of the hue wheel from red (which is typically associated with romance). white represents platonic relationships and gray and black represents those of other sexualities.

Asexual Pride Flag

The asexual pride flag was created by a member of the Asexual Visibility and Education Network in August of 2010 as a part of a society effort to make and choose a flag. Each stripe has a other meaning: black represents asexuality, gray means gray-sexuality and demisexuality, white stands for non asexual partners and allies, and purple represents community.

Bisexual Pride Flag

Michael Page introduced the Pansexual Pride Flag in December of 1998 to represent and increase visibility of bisexual p

Pride Flags

Flags are often used as symbols of self-acceptance. It is no surprise then that numerous identity festival flags have been created to represent the sexual and gender diversity of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. Explore all the different flags and their meanings.

Interested in exploring further? Take the online Positive Space: Foundations course to learn more about sex, sexuality, and gender diversity.

This resource is not intended to provide an exhaustive list of self-acceptance flags. If you own a suggestion for a flag to add or have any feedback on the information provided, please contact us.

 

  • Achillean Flag

    Achillean: Men or men-aligned individuals who are attracted to other men and men-aligned people. It is sometimes famous as men loving men (MLM). Achillean individuals may or may not be attracted to other genders. While this label isn’t exclusive, it is used to unify men-aligned people or men who adoration other men.

    Date: 2016
    Creator: Redesigned by DeviantArt (Tumblr user)
    Flag meaning: The first iteration was created by pridenpositivity (Tumblr user). The flag contains the color navy to represent men and a lime-green carnation in the center, which was popularized by Oscar Savage