Transgender and bisexual flag

The month of June holds special meaning for many people because it is known around the world as LGBTQ Pride Month. In San Jose and Santa Clara County, the governing boards issue pride proclamations and raise the rainbow flag, usually at their first meeting in June.

Ken Yeager was the first openly gay councilmember elected to the San Jose City Council in November , taking office January 1, In June , Yeager asked the city manager and Mayor Ron Gonzales if he could raise the rainbow flag in front of what is now called Old City Hall on Mission Street. They both agreed.

It was the first time the Pride flag was flown there, so there was quite a media event around the flagpole. The Silicon Valley Gay Men’s Chorus sang a moving rendition of the “Star Spangled Banner.”

Like city hall before , the rainbow flag had never flown at the County Government Center. That changed in June when Yeager hoisted the flag after winning election as the first openly gay member of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. Once again, the Silicon Valley Gay Men’s Chorus sang the national anthem.

LGBTQ+ Pride Flags

In the LGBTQ+ community, we signify our pride with flags. With many other identities in the community, there comes many alternative flags to know. We have collected all of the flags and a guide to learn about all of the other colors of our community’s rainbow. We know that this may not be all of the flags that represent our community, but we will update the page as brand-new flags become popular!

Explore the flag collection below! Watch a flag's name by hovering or clicking on the flag.

Umbrella Flags

  • Gilbert Baker Pride Flag

  • Traditional Pride Flag

  • Philadelphia Pride Flag

  • Progress Pride Flag

  • Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride Flag

  • Queer Pride Flag

The original Pride Flag was created in after activist Harvey Milk asked artist Gilbert Baker to design a symbol of gay pride. Each color represents a different part of the LGBTQ+ community: hot pink represents sex, red symbolizes life, orange stands for healing, yellow equals sunlight, green stands for nature, turquoise symbolizes magic and art,

Flags of the LGBTIQ Community

Flags have always been an integral part of the LGBTIQ+ movement. They are a apparent representation meant to celebrate progress, advocate for representation, and amplify the ask for and drive for collective action. There have been many LGBTIQ+ flags over the years. Some verb evolved, while others are constantly being conceptualized and created.

Rainbow Flag

Created in by Gilbert Baker, the iconic Pride Rainbow flag originally had eight stripes. The colors included pink to represent sexuality, red for healing, yellow for heat, green for serenity with nature, turquoise for art, indigo for harmony, and violet for spirit. In the years since, the flag now has six colors. It no longer has a pink stripe, and the turquoise and indigo stripes were replaced with royal blue.

Progress Pride Flag

Created in by nonbinary artist Daniel Quasar, the Progress Pride flag is based on the iconic rainbow flag. With stripes of black and brown to represent marginalized LGBTIQ+ people of color and the triad of blue, pink, and ivory from the trans flag, the desig

LGBT Pride Flag Guide: Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Non-Binary and Others

With Pride celebrations kicking off in June in the U.S. and other countries, we took a look at some LGBTQ Pride flags and the meanings behind them.

Rainbow flag

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The rainbow flag, seen first in the gallery above, was designed by Gilbert Baker for the San Francisco's Gay Freedom Celebration. "In the original eight-color version, pink stood for sexuality, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for the sun, green for nature, turquoise for art, indigo for harmony and violet for the soul," the website of Amherst College in Massachusetts explains.

The flag was modified in by the organizers of the San Francisco Pride parade, who wanted to "split the flag into two in order to adorn the two sides of the parade route," according to Virginia's Old Dominion University website.

"To achieve this, they needed an even number of stripes, so the turquoise stripe was dropped, which resulted in a six stripe version of the flag we know today — red, orange, yellow, green, cerulean, and violet," the websit