Red represents life orange, healing yellow, sunlight green, nature blue, peace and harmony purple, spirit light blue, light pink and white, trans individuals black and brown, marginalized QPOC communities black, those living with HIV, those no longer living and those surrounded by stigma. Quasar also explains the colors of the flag. Though an enduring symbol for gay, lesbian and LGBTQ rights in the United States, here in Peru it means something very different. The arrow points to the right to show forward movement, while being along the left edge shows that progress still needs to be made.” The original flag was designed by Gilbert Baker and was flown for the first time on 25 June 1978 at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade. Flying high in the Plaza de Armas in Cusco is a brightly colored rainbow flag. Stroll across any number of cities throughout June, and you’ll find the near-ubiquitous presence of the rainbow pride flag, which has come to represent the LGBTQ community worldwide. The rainbow pride flag was the creation of San Francisco queer artist Gilbert Baker. Baker has said that designing the flag was the most important thing he ever did in his life. Over 40 years, the iconic, six-stripe flag has generated a mythology of its own. Quasar continues, “The trans flag and marginalized community stripes were shifted to the Hoist of the flag and given a new arrow shape. The flag that the Rainbow Flag emoji depicts was created in 1978 by Gilbert Baker, who was commissioned to design the flag by famous politician and iconic gay rights activist Harvey Milk. “The six-stripe LGBT flag should be separated from the newer stripes because of their difference in meaning, as well as to shift focus and emphasis to what is important in our current community climate.” On a Kickstarter looking to raise $14,000 to mass-produce the flag, Quasar explains the design.
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Subsequently, the lipstick mark was removed to be more inclusive to all within the lesbian community. However, some thought it only represented femme lesbians and it was given the name lipstick lesbian flag.
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The six-color rainbow flag shows up everywhere during LGBTQ+ pride month in June (sometimes with a few extra colors). Originally the first version of the lesbian flag had a lipstick mark on the top left corner.
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Quasar writes, “I felt there needed to be more thought put into the design and emphasis of the flag to give it more meaning.” Most people know what the LGBTQ+ pride flag looks like.