In San Francisco in the 70s-80s, a hanky in the left back pocket was generally an indication that one was 'active' in the area signified by the color the same color in the right back pocket was supposed to indicate 'passive'. Other variations of the Pride flag include Genderfluid, Genderflexible and Genderqueer Pride flags for the Leather, Bear, and BDSM communities a Polysexual Pride flag Agender and Aromantic Pride flags and even a rarely-seen Straight Ally Pride Flag with a large rainbow triangle amidst black and white stripes. The 'hanky color code' is a regional phenomenon. The Asexual Pride flag, created in 2010, has four stripes: Black to represent asexuality, grey for demisexuality, white for allies, and purple for community. A variation on the Poly flag turns the black stripe into a triangle and replaces the Pi symbol with a yellow stripe. The Pansexual Pride flag is comprised of pink (representing attraction to femmes), yellow (attraction to nonbinary people), and blue (attraction to masc people) stripes.Ī less widely adopted Polyamory Pride flag has a blue (represention openness), red (passion), and black (solidarity) stripe with a gold (emotional attachment) Pi symbol in the middle. As designed, the pink represents same-sex attraction, the blue represents other-sex attraction, and the thin purple stripe stands for the breadth of the gender spectrum. It has a pink block at the top, a thinner purple stripe, and then a blue block at the bottom. The Bisexual Pride flag has also seen common use for many years.
Lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and even leather groups created symbols for their communities, and over time came into more widespread use. But over the years, groups within the queer community felt the need to assert their presence as well. Over the years, the rainbow-striped Pride flag came to be thought of as the sole icon of Pride. “Gay” as a catch-all term for anything gender-nonconforming is a fast-vanishing vestige of patriarchy. Today, Pride is much more inclusive of lesbians, bisexual people, and people who are trans or poly or asexual or queer. Though it was often called the “Gay Pride Flag” at first, it’s now come to represent a much broader community than just gay men. Baker and a friend named Lynn Segerblom, also known as Faerie Argyle Rainbow, developed a rainbow version that had eight colors, with a hot pink stripe later removed because it was difficult to dye. There, he befriended Milk, who challenged him to create a symbol for what was then more commonly called the gay community. Baker had served in the Army, and moved to San Francisco following his honorable discharge. The history of the Pride flag can be traced back to Harvey Milk, the famous San Francisco city Supervisor, and his friend Gilbert Baker in the 1970s. Large parades often involve floats, dancers, drag queens and amplified music but even such celebratory parades usually include political and educational contingents, such as local politicians and marching groups from LGBT institutions of various kinds.None of those symbols was particularly widespread in modern times, however. This rainbow flag was introduced to Peru in 1973 by Raúl Montesinos Espejo, in recognition of the 25th anniversary of his Tawantinsuyo Radio station. The official flag of Cusco has seven horizontal stripes of color: red, orange, yellow, green, sky blue, blue, and violet. According to Baker, pink is for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sun, green for nature, turquoise for magic, blue for serenity and purple for. Two light blue which is the traditional color for baby boys, two pink for girls, with a white stripe in the center for those who are transitioning, who feel they have a neutral gender or no gender, and those who are intersex. The flag represents the transgender community and consists of five horizontal stripes. The Anarchist black flag has been an anarchist symbol since the 1880s.
The Black Flag was flown by certain irregular Confederate Army units in the American Civil War of 1861–1865 to symbolize that they would neither give, nor accept quarter symbolizing the opposite of the white flag of surrender. Defense Department says the flag should only be flown upside down “to convey a sign of distress or great danger.”Jan 13, 2021. Is it disrespectful to fly the flag upside down?įlying the American flag upside down is considered by many, including those who have served our country in uniform, to be disrespectful.