The flag dates back farther than many know. It was first stitched together by its designer, Gilbert Baker, and a group of thirty volunteers who hand-dyed and assembled two large flags for the 1978 San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Freedom Day Parade.
The rainbow flag had eight stripes then, and each had a meaning: hot pink for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sun, green for nature, turquoise for art, indigo for harmony and violet for spirit.
When Baker tried to get the flags mass-produced, he was informed that hot pink fabric was not commercially available, so Baker's flag became seven-striped. In 1979, turquoise was removed and today's six-stripe version was born. The flag is now recognized by the International Congress of Flag Makers.
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Date: 2004-02-14 02:33 pm (UTC)The flag dates back farther than many know. It was first stitched together by its designer, Gilbert Baker, and a group of thirty volunteers who hand-dyed and assembled two large flags for the 1978 San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Freedom Day Parade.
The rainbow flag had eight stripes then, and each had a meaning: hot pink for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sun, green for nature, turquoise for art, indigo for harmony and violet for spirit.
When Baker tried to get the flags mass-produced, he was informed that hot pink fabric was not commercially available, so Baker's flag became seven-striped. In 1979, turquoise was removed and today's six-stripe version was born. The flag is now recognized by the International Congress of Flag Makers.
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Date: 2004-02-14 02:34 pm (UTC)