The first rainbow flag had eight colours – hot pink, red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, indigo, violet.Īs the flag has evolved, some of the colours have changed. Once inspiration struck, Baker wanted to give this new rainbow meaning. It was like a rainbow.’ What do the colours in the Rainbow Flag mean? Pure Love The transition from lightblue to purple, which is a mix of red and blue, is used to show how some mlm might be stereotypical while other might not be. North beach beatniks… bored bikers in black leather, lithe girls in belly-dance get-ups, pink haired punks… muscle gayboys… butch dykes in blue jeans and fairies of all genders… we were all in a swirl of colour and light. The stripe is inspired by the trans pride flag as many trans, nb and GNC men are often excluded and deserve more representation in the (gay men) community.
In Baker’s memoir, Rainbow Warrior, he wrote: ‘The crowd was as much a part of the show as the band. Homosexual prisoners at the concentration camp at Sachsenhausen, Germany, wearing pink triangles on their uniforms, are marched outdoors by Nazi guards on Decem(Picture: © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)įor the new emblem of the community, the idea came to Gilbert Baker at a party.
