Less than a year after the release of the Philadelphia pride flag, Daniel Quasar introduced a reworked version to be more inclusive. The Progress Pride Flag Daniel Quasar, 2018 The Philadelphia Pride Flag represents LGBTQ people of color, who historically were not always included in aspects of the mainstream gay rights movement. ![]() In 2017, Philadelphia took a bold step toward LGBTQ representation with the introduction of the Philly Pride flag which included two new stripes of brown and black. The six-color flag is the most common pride flag and symbol used worldwide. The flags utilization became popular following the assassination of Harvey Milk. The flag first flew during the Gay Freedom Day Parade in San Francisco.ĭue to the difficulty in obtaining pink fabric and the odd number of colors during production, both of the pink and turquoise stripes were dropped from the flag. Pink stood for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sunlight, green for nature, turquoise for magic/art, indigo for serenity, and violet for spirit. It was inspired by Judy Garland’s “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and consists of eight stripes each pertaining to a different meaning. The first rainbow pride flag was designed by Gilbert Baker, a close friend of Harvey Milk in 1978. ![]() The Original Pride Flag Gilbert Baker, 1978
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