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In 1978, politician Harvey Milk asked an artist named Gilbert Baker to design a flag symbolic of the LGBTQ+ community
The first pride flag
Pride flags:
a brief history
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Created in 2018 by Daniel Quasar, the Progress Pride flag is growing in popularity. It was this flag that once hung in the band classroom.

The progress pride flag

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In 1978, politician Harvey Milk asked an artist named Gilbert Baker to design a flag symbolic of the LGBTQ+ community

The first pride flag

Pride flags:

a brief history

Gilbert Baker pride flag

Gilbert Baker's first pride flag had eight horizontal stripes, arranged in a conventional rainbow pattern. The flag as a whole--like most pride flags--represents hope and pride for the LGBTQ+ community, but each individual stripe had its own meaning to Baker. Pink: sexuality Red: life Orange: healing Yellow: sunlight Green: nature Turquoise: art Indigo: harmony Violet: spirit