But others, including Daniel Quasar, said that the Progress Pride flag wasn't intended to replace the original, and argued that it was important to represent marginalised communities. Some people within LGBTQ+ communities said that Gilbert Baker's Pride flag didn't need to be changed, arguing that it was originally designed to be representative of everyone. The pride flag, also known as the rainbow flag, gay pride flag or LGBTQ+ pride flag, is a symbol which represents lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender pride.
"The arrow points to the right to show forward movement, while being along the left edge shows that progress still needs to be made." explained Daniel Quasar. Gay men should not be represented by a flag that celebrates masculinity, in direct contrast to femininity. The problem is that the message is wrong. Firstly, the idea behind the added stripes was the be inclusive of LGBT people of colour why The orginal pride flag was representing all gay people, and wasn. It makes sense, and communicates a clear message. A lavender (CE66FF PMS 252 C) stripe was placed at the very top. Anyway, the blue-striped flag takes that idea, and replaces the femme feminine pink colors with masculine shades of blue. In 2017, the original designer of the flag, Gilbert Baker, created a 9-striped flag in 2017. It was designed by Eugene Brockman and unveiled in Cape Town in 2010. It included black, brown, pink, pale blue and white stripes, to represent marginalised people of colour in the LGBTQ+ community, as well as the trans community, and those living with HIV/AIDS. The South African gay pride flag combines the 6-colored LGBTQ+ flag with the flag of the country.
One year later, an artist called Daniel Quasar released a redesign of the Pride flag, called the Progress Pride flag, which was widely shared on social media. The original pride flag was designed by Gilbert Baker in 1978 and incorporated eight different colors that had different meanings: hot pinksex, redlife, orangehealing, yellowsunlight.
In 2017, Philadelphia's Office of LGBT Affairs added black and brown stripes to the Pride flag to recognise people of colour. Over the years the original rainbow flag has been redesigned, with some within LGBTQ+ movements arguing it needed to better represent and reflect more communities.