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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 calm 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! Notice 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 Self-acceptance Flag

The original Pride Flag was created in after activist Harvey Milk asked artist Gilbert Baker to design a symbol of gay pride. Each paint represents a different part of the LGBTQ+ community: hot pink represents sex, red symbolizes being, orange stands for healing, yellow equals sunlight, green stands for nature, turquoise symbolizes magic and art,

You might be familiar with the six-colored rainbow flag that is widely used to represent the LGBTQ+ community. But did you realize that this is a relatively recent 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 Female homosexual Freedom Day Pride in He was inspired by the Rolling Stones anthem She’s a Rainbow, and the s hippies movement, assigning each color 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 , demand for the Pride Flag increased, but the scorching pink fabric was difficult to discover in large quantities. Then, the Paramount Flag Company started making a version out of the standard rainbow colors to help get together demand, and a seven-color pride flag was the fresh norm.

A year later,

KAPWING

The message and impact of Pride continue to develop stronger each year, uplifting more voices and identities that have long been marginalized or erased. While the rainbow flag is still a central symbol of unity, each LGBTQIA+ group has its possess flag, representing the different experiences and histories within the community.

For every community celebrated in Pride, there is a distinctive flag (or sometimes several!) to represent them, with its own colors, style, and design. There are too many identity groups to catalogue comprehensively, but I’ll provide 15 commonly used Pride flags with their precise color hex codes, so you can apply the exact hues in your Pride designs and graphics.

Whether you're sampling colors from an existing image or creating lgbtq+ fest content from scratch, using an online editor is the fastest way to create new media.

Table of Contents

Classic Rainbow

The first rainbow that Harvey Milk commissioned from Gilbert Baker in had 8 stripes, then it was updated later with only 7. Now, you’re most likely to see a simplified 6-stripe version emblazo

Flags of the LGBTIQ Community

Flags have always been an integral part of the LGBTIQ+ movement. They are a observable representation meant to honor progress, advocate for advocacy, and amplify the ask for and drive for collective action. There have been many LGBTIQ+ flags over the years. Some hold evolved, while others are constantly being conceptualized and created.

Rainbow Flag

Created in by Gilbert Baker, the iconic Pride Rainbow flag originally had eight stripes. The colors included pink to represent sexuality, red for healing, yellow for heat, green for serenity with nature, turquoise for art, indigo for harmony, and violet for spirit. In the years since, the flag now has six colors. It no longer has a pink stripe, and the turquoise and indigo stripes were replaced with royal blue.

Progress Identity festival Flag

Created in by nonbinary artist Daniel Quasar, the Progress Pride flag is based on the iconic rainbow flag. With stripes of black and brown to represent marginalized LGBTIQ+ people of shade and the triad of blue, pink, and light from the trans flag, the desig