FeedRainbow Flag Turns 30 Years Old Today
Written by NetBear on June 25, 2008 – 4:58 pm -
On June 25, 1978, Gilbert Baker debuted the first rainbow flag at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Celebration, the predecessor to the present-day San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration & Parade.
The six color rainbow that is now synonymous with the LGBT movement used to contain pink and turquoise but was reduced from its original 8 colors for production purposes.
The original colors of the rainbow as Baker had originally designed it represent, respectively: sexuality, life, healing, sun, nature, art, harmony, and spirit. The dying and sewing of the first flag was done by Baker himself.