Rapp explains this when she says, “Demand for rainbow flags made it necessary to find a source of mass production. The colors had been taken out due to lack of materials and production purpose after the flag had started being mass produced. Hot 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 spirit” (Rapp 1.) Today’s pride flag does not have pink or turquoise and indigo has been replaced with blue. In an article called “Rainbow Flag” by Linda Rapp, she states “In Gilbert's original design, each of the eight colors represented a concept. The pride flag originally had eight colors, while today’s version that you would see anywhere only has six. Gilbert unfortunately passed away at age 65 on Maleaving behind a legacy and a flag that is now incredibly meaningful to the LGBT community.
The flag ended up being 30圆0 feet (Prisco 1.) The flag was first flown at the United Nations Plaza for Gay Pride Day in San Francisco on June 25th 1978. Baker was an openly gay artist and activist (Prisco 1.) When Baker was 27 years old, he had sewed the first gay pride flag by hand. The original gay pride flag was created by Gilbert Baker in 1978. The final LGBT artifact that I would like to discuss is the first LGBT pride flag.
