Of these 5 added colors, light pink, blue and white represent transgender pride, while black and brown represent ethnic minorities and AIDS patients or victims. In this flag the shapes also change and to the 6 bands of the Traditional Pride Flag are added another 5 colors arranged to form a triangle. The “Progress Pride Flag” is a variant of the LGBT flag recently introduced to create an even more inclusive version. The LGBT flag therefore does not lose the meanings associated with it, but is simplified, also to facilitate recognizability. The Traditional Pride Flag was born in 1979, as a natural evolution of the Pride Flag, an evolution due above all to technical issues that push to eliminate pink (often complex to print and reproduce) and turquoise (for a better visual result). The LGBT flag for excellence as we know it today and perhaps the most famous of all. However, this is only the first LGBT flag that, over the years, will pass between many evolutions and variations.
In the very first LGBT flag, taking the meanings of each color we can understand the high symbolic value: pink represents sexuality, red is a symbol of life, orange symbolizes health, yellow the sunlight, green nature, turquoise art, blue is synonymous with serenity, while purple represents the spirit. In fact, the flag does not take up exactly the exact same colors as the rainbow, but adds pink in the first band at the top. It is a creation of the artist and activist Gilbert Baker who, on the occasion of the San Francisco Pride in 1978, is inspired by the rainbow to draw a flag to represent the gay community. The Pride Flag is the first LGBT flag to have seen the light. Let’s start with the first ever: the LGBT flag “Pride Flag”. It is therefore interesting to know all the variants of LGBT flags, to discover the meaning of each. In each LGBT flag each color has a specific meaning or represents a particular community. Today LGBT flags are an explosion of colors, some recurrent, some always different, but never random. Not only the now famous rainbow LGBT flag, therefore.
The world of LGBT flags is extremely varied and, over the years, has expanded more and more with the birth of new flags, each with the aim of being inclusive and representative for specific communities. We want to “celebrate” the month of Pride almost ended, in our own way, obviously focusing on the symbolism and therefore on the LGBT flags that are seen waving during the demonstrations.
Pride Month is therefore the month where first of all love is celebrated and where civil rights are claimed, through initiatives and events that help to increase sensitivity towards these issues, with the hope that one day anyone can feel really free and proud to be themselves. This month, for years now, the squares are filled with colors, music and flags in a festive atmosphere, to celebrate the pride of the LGBTQ+ community and, in a broader sense, to celebrate values such as love, freedom, equality between all people, regardless of their origin, gender or sexual orientation. June is coming to an end and we are about to end the month of Pride, or as it is better known internationally the Pride Month, with the World LGBT Pride Day on June 28 to crown it all.