Editing Rainbow flag (section)

=== LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) Pride (1978) ===
{{Main article|Rainbow flag (LGBT)}}
[[File:Gay flag.svg|thumb|150px|Originally called the "[[Gay pride]]" flag, the six-band version became the most widely recognized since 1979, and now represents the [[LGBTQ]] movement.]]

The rainbow Pride flag was popularized as a symbol of the [[gay]] community by [[San Francisco]] artist [[Gilbert Baker (artist)|Gilbert Baker]] in 1978. The different colors are often associated with "diversity" in the [[gay community]], but actually have symbolic meanings. The flag is used predominantly at [[LGBT pride]] events and in [[gay village]]s worldwide in various forms including banners, clothing and jewelry.  Since the 1990s, its symbolism has been transferred to represent the extended "[[LGBTQ]]" ([[lesbian]], [[gay]], [[bisexual]] and [[transgender]]) community.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024|reason=Without reliable sources this statement is WP:VOICE.}} In 1994, for the 25th anniversary of the [[Stonewall riots]] in New York city, a mile-long rainbow flag was created by Baker which he later cut into sections that were distributed around the world.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Melendez|first1=Lyanne|title=LGBTQ Pride: Gilbert Baker, creator of rainbow flag, shares story of strength and pride|url=https://abc7news.com/pride-flag-rainbow-the-colors/1780322/|website=[[KGO-TV]]|date=March 1, 2017|access-date=15 April 2020|archive-date=4 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604070256/https://abc7news.com/pride-flag-rainbow-the-colors/1780322/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The flag was originally created with eight colors, but [[pink]] and [[turquoise (color)|turquoise]] were removed for production purposes, and since 1979 it has consisted of six colored stripes. It is most commonly flown with the red stripe on top, as the colors appear in a natural rainbow.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of the Gay Pride / Rainbow Flag|url=http://www.fotw.us/flags/qq-rb_h.html|website=[[Flags of the World (website)|Flags of the World]]|date=April 16, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927001539/http://www.fotw.us/flags/qq-rb_h.html|archive-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref> The colors were determined to symbolize: 
* red: life
* orange: healing
* yellow: sunlight
* green: nature
* blue: harmony/peace
* purple/violet: spirit<ref name=Haagobit />

The color pink stood for sexuality and turquoise stood for art/magic.<ref name="Haagobit">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/31/us/obituary-gilbert-baker-rainbow-flag.html|title=Gilbert Baker, Gay Activist Who Created the Rainbow Flag, Dies at 65|last=Haag|first=Matthew|date=March 31, 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=25 April 2017|archive-date=3 April 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170403051859/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/31/us/obituary-gilbert-baker-rainbow-flag.html?_r=0|url-status=live}}</ref>

During the 1980s, a black stripe representing [[AIDS]] victims was added to the bottom of a rainbow flag as a seventh color and named the [[:File:Victory over AIDS Flag.svg |"Victory Over AIDS"]] flag.<ref name="Cage2003">{{cite book|last1=Cage|first1=Ken|title=Gayle: The Language of Kinks and Queens: a History and Dictionary of Gay Language in South Africa|date=2003|page=45|publisher=Jacana Media|location=Houghton, South Africa|isbn=191993149X}}</ref>

In the late 2010s, the 1978 Pride flag by Gilbert Baker was annexed with separate flags containing additional colors representing individual segments of the LGBT community: in 2017, a collaboration between the Philadelphia Office of LGBT Affairs and the Tierney Agency added a brown and a black stripe at the top of the Pride flag to symbolize black and brown people of color, naming the design the "More Color, More Pride" (aka "Philly Pride") flag;<ref>{{Cite news|title=New pride flag divides Philly's gay community |url=https://nypost.com/2017/06/16/new-pride-flag-divides-phillys-gay-community/ |newspaper=[[New York Post]] |date=June 16, 2017 |access-date=10 January 2020 |archive-date=28 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128140139/https://nypost.com/2017/06/16/new-pride-flag-divides-phillys-gay-community/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=More Color More Pride |url=https://hellotierney.com/work/more-color-more-pride/ |website=Tierney |date=June 17, 2021 |access-date=15 September 2023}}</ref> and in 2018, the "Progress Pride" flag by [[Daniel Quasar]] incorporated the black and brown stripes of the Philly Pride flag, and colors of the 1999 [[transgender flag]] by [[Monica Helms]], as a [[Chevron (flag)|chevron]] on the Pride flag symbolizing queer, trans, and people of color.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Progress Pride flag |url=https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/the-progress-pride-flag |website=[[Victoria and Albert Museum]] |access-date=5 June 2023 |date=25 October 2021}}</ref> However, unlike the Gilbert Baker flag, transgender flag, and "More Color, More Pride" flag designs which are in the [[public domain]], the Progress Pride flag is copyrighted and fees are paid to Quasar for commercial duplication and sales of his design.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Foreman |first1=Matt |title=We need to walk away from the "Progress" Profit Flag |url=https://gaycitynews.com/we-need-walk-away-progress-profit-flag/ |newspaper=[[Gay City News]] |date=September 20, 2022 |access-date=15 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Boggs |first1=Jada |title=Copyright, Pride, and Progress: Navigating Ownership, Representation, and Cultural Rights |url=https://copyrightalliance.org/copyright-pride-progress/ |website=[[Copyright Alliance]] |date=June 13, 2023 |access-date=15 September 2023}}</ref>