The first rainbow flag had eight colours – hot pink, red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, indigo, violet.Īs the flag has evolved, some of the colours have changed. The most recognizable Pride flag is the rainbow one and it's got a fascinating history. The flag was created by Gilbert Baker of San Francisco, California in 1978. Once inspiration struck, Baker wanted to give this new rainbow meaning. The Rainbow flag has been the symbol of the LGBT ( lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community since its creation in 1978. It was like a rainbow.’ What do the colours in the Rainbow Flag mean? North beach beatniks… bored bikers in black leather, lithe girls in belly-dance get-ups, pink haired punks… muscle gayboys… butch dykes in blue jeans and fairies of all genders… we were all in a swirl of colour and light. Agender Pride Flag color meanings: Black and white: absence of gender. In 2014, Salem Fontana designed the agender Pride Flag, which has seven horizontal stripes. In Baker’s memoir, Rainbow Warrior, he wrote: ‘The crowd was as much a part of the show as the band. Unlike genderqueer people that bend the rules of gender, agender people reject a gender completely. Red, orange, yellow, green, indigo and violet, the six colors in the Pride (Rainbow) flag, stand for life, healing, sunlight, nature, serenity and spirit. In Baker’s original vision, the red, orange, and yellow stripes represent life, healing, and sunlight. Initially, the flag featured eight colors but due to production purposes and commercialization, it was whittled down to six. Homosexual prisoners at the concentration camp at Sachsenhausen, Germany, wearing pink triangles on their uniforms, are marched outdoors by Nazi guards on Decem(Picture: © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)įor the new emblem of the community, the idea came to Gilbert Baker at a party. The first iteration of the Pride flag emerged in San Francisco in 1978 when artist and activist Gilbert Baker debuted it at the Gay Community Center.