11 Facts About Pride flag

1.

Pride flag is any flag that represents a segment or part of the LGBT community.

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2.

Rainbow Pride flag is the most widely used LGBT Pride flag and LGBT symbol in general.

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3.

The Pride flag was designed as a "symbol of hope" and liberation, and an alternative to the symbolism of the pink triangle.

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4.

Many variations on the rainbow Pride flag exist, including ones incorporating other LGBT symbols like the triangle or lambda.

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5.

The Pride flag was created by an Asexual Visibility and Education Network user standup in August 2010, as part of a community effort to create and choose a Pride flag.

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6.

Intersex Pride flag was created by Morgan Carpenter of Intersex Human Rights Australia in July 2013 to create a Pride flag "that is not derivative, but is yet firmly grounded in meaning".

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7.

Lipstick lesbian Pride flag was introduced in 2010 in the weblog This Lesbian Life.

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8.

The Pride flag represents "homosexual women who have a more feminine gender expression".

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9.

The credit for the modification of the lipstick flag remains unknown; however, the colors-only adaptation attracted more use as a general lesbian pride flag.

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10.

Transgender pride flag was designed by transgender woman Monica Helms in 1999.

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11.

The Pride flag represents the transgender community and consists of five horizontal stripes: two light blue, two pink, with a white stripe in the center.

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