In the LGBTQ+ community, there are many flags that symbolize joy, pride and persistence. From the progress rainbow to the trans flag and the pansexual and intersex flags, each has its own meaning ...

The rainbow has become an easily recognizable symbol for the LGBTQ+ community in large part due to the Pride Flag (also known as the Rainbow Flag). It all began in 1978, when Gilbert Baker created ...

Prior to the rainbow flag, the pink triangle was used as a symbol for the LGBTQ+ community, according to Baker. In Nazi Germany, people were forced to wear pink triangles.

The Progress Pride flag is a reimagined take on the traditional pride flag. It has the rainbow flag’s six colors but layers a black, brown, blue, pink and white stripe in a chevron design.

Prior to the rainbow flag, the pink triangle was used as a symbol for the LGBTQ+ community, according to Baker. In Nazi Germany, people were forced to wear pink triangles.

We are taught the rainbow is composed of red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet, and sometimes that there are invisible colors, infrared and ultraviolet, on either side.

The rainbow didn’t catch on because it was voted on by some decisionmaking body, or because it was focus-group tested by some major gay organization. It wasn’t dictated by any one movement leader.