Fags with flags.



hot pink: sexuality
red: life
orange: healing
yellow: sunlight
green: nature
turquoise: magic/art
indigo/blue: serenity/harmony
violet: spirit

Above is the first design of the LGBTI flag as created and presented by Gilbert Baker on June 15th 1978 at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade, while his inspiration towards the design is still debated and sensationalized in myths that all undermine the beauty of the thoughts he attached to the colors as you see above.

A sweeter yet darker story emerges after the first parading that lead to its evolution. It starts with the assassination of Harvey Milk an openly gay City Supervisor that ripples out into an enormous demand of rainbow flags. There happens to be a scarce supply of the hot pink fabric that led to its deduction from the colorful family. Minus one.

Just to impress me further, comes the next one that was ignited by the realization that when the flags were hanged vertically on the street markets in San Francisco the middle color was obscured so they revised it to the now accepted 6 color flag below.

There you go, short and easy to understand. So simply refrain from the miscommunication when you embrace the 7 colored weather rainbow in your queer expressions and organizational logos. Google is a helping hand to embrace, goodnight friends.


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