The LGBT pride version of the flag designed by Gilbert Baker has become the most famous of the rainbow flags.
And in Peru and Bolivia, the rainbow "Flag of Cusco" is a symbol of the indigenous Inca people. The Jewish Autonomous Oblast based in Birobidzhan, a sort of satellite government of Russia located on the Chinese border in Birobidzhan, uses a rainbow flag as its own symbol. In Italy, it's used as a symbol of peace, often with the word "PACE" written in white across the flag's stripes. In 2001, one version added a black stripe for AIDs awareness.Īside from LGBT pride, rainbow flags have other historic and political meanings that persist today. One version unfurled in Philadelphia this year added black and brown, for racial inclusivity. The flag has been modified in different places at different times. The White House illuminated in rainbow colors after 2015's Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage. Judy Garland, the star of "The Wizard of Oz," has a large following as a gay symbol, and is famous for singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" in the movie. The rainbow also has some pop culture significance for the LGBT community. The rainbow is so perfect because it really fits our diversity in terms of race, gender, ages, all of those things." We needed something beautiful, something from us. Sold by ANLEY and ships from Amazon Fulfillment. Anley Rainbow Gay Pride Mini Flag 12 Pack - Hand Held Small Miniature LGBT Flags on Stick - Fade Resistant & Vivid Colors - 5x8 Inch with Solid Pole & Spear Top.
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It came from such a horrible place of murder and holocaust and Hitler. All images printed on PROFESSIONAL GRADE GLOSSY PHOTO PAPER. "It was necessary to have the Rainbow Flag because up until that we had the pink triangle from the Nazis - it was the symbol that they would use. The rainbow flag was a way of taking these various colors and turning them into a coherent symbol, reclaimed by the LGBT community. During the Holocaust, Nazis forced gay men to wear pink triangles as a symbol of sexual deviance. Oscar Wilde wore a green carnation, and yellow served the same purpose in Australia, and purple provided that function in some communities in the United States. I realized I would have to make some compromises in order for this to really function as a symbol."Ĭloseted gay people have also historically used bright colors to signal their homosexuality to each other, as Forrest Wickman wrote in Slate. "Even to do four-color printing for photographs like this was complicated. " One of the reasons I had to adapt the eight-color version to the six-color version of the flag - the one we use today - is because in 1978 eight colors was expensive," Baker told the Museum of Modern Art. It has taken various incarnations, but the rainbow has continued to clearly represent the LGBTQ community for decades.The longest rainbow pride flag ever, in Key West in 2003.Īndy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/Getty Images The rainbow became iconic in the LGBTQ community in the late 1970s as a symbol of diversity and inclusion. Most recently, a soccer team in Italy has adopted a 6-year-old’s idea for a jersey, including a rainbow. of Hawaii football player shows off his gloves. Since 2013 they have again been know as the “Rainbow Warriors,” usually donning green and white but occasionally looking like this. Until 2000, the school’s athletics teams was known as the “Rainbow Warriors.” Yet after hiring sports uber-agent Leigh Steinberg as a marketing consultant and June Jones as football coach, the school dropped the rainbow (to be clear, Steinberg has talked many times about his support for gay athletes). of Hawaii has had a checkered history with the rainbow. To be sure, they’re not the only ones who have used a rainbow on their uniforms. The jerseys were unmistakable because of the rainbow that adorned them: The Denver Nuggets’ jersey rocked a rainbow for over a decade, and they keep bringing it back. The uniform was worn by the team from 1981 to 1993, (likely accidentally) mirroring the height of the AIDS crisis for the gay community. Yet none are likely as iconic as the Denver Nuggets uniforms, which featured the Denver skyline with a rainbow backdrop. There have been various teams over the years to utilize a rainbow in their uniforms and jerseys. This week, Outsports is joining SB Nation in celebrating as well as deriding the sports jerseys, uniforms and kits that have made us proud, embarrassed and given us reasons to wonder, “what on earth were you thinking?” Today, co-founder Cyd Zeigler reviews the teams that embraced the rainbow.