"It was really important for me to have a historic one," Meyer said. "It was more accurate to what was designed back then. While Meyer said she has multiple rainbow-themed items in her house and office, she wants the flag she flies outside her home to be the original design. ![]() Tracie Meyer works on the board of directors of C-FAIR, the Political Action Committee of the Fairness Campaign. When the Executive Director of the Mayors Office for LGBT Affairs in Philadelphia, Amber Hikes, and her team unveiled a new eight-stripe rainbow flag for Pride. In 1979 it was modified again, removing the turquoise stripe, according to Baker's website. Baker did the same to his production of the flag. ![]() Pride Month: What does LGBTQIA mean? And more answers to your Pride questions Historic pride flagĪrtist and veteran Gilbert Baker was asked by activist Harvey Milk to create an emblem for the empowerment of LGBTQ people, according to Baker's website.īaker's original flag included eight colored stripes, each with a different meaning: pink for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sunlight, green for nature, turquoise for magic, blue for serenity and purple for spirit.įollowing the assassination of Milk in 1978, the demand for pride flags went up, and the Paramount Flag Company removed hot pink from the fabric because it was too expensive, according to Baker's website. Members of the International Bear Brotherhoodcomprised of gay men with a specific set of physical traits, including facial hair and a sturdy buildgot their own flag in 1995.
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