Name: The origin of the LGBTQ+ pride flags
Uploaded: 2023-06-12T23:37:49.000000Z
Description: Once, it was just a single pride flag broadly representing the community, created in 1978. by Gilbert Baker. Here are all of the flags it has inspired.

The origin of the LGBTQ+ pride flags

How inclusivity has expanded the rainbow.

Mashable celebrates Pride all year long and honors Pride Month in June by exploring and championing the modern LGBTQ world in all its glorious queerness — including the leaders, conversations, and spaces, both online and off, making up a community that embraces and continues to fight for the freedom to thrive as our most authentic selves.

The pride flag just isn't what it used to be. And that's probably a good thing.

If you're queer, if you've been to any kind of Pride event, if you've walked past the fire escapes of Brooklyn, or if you've spent any time online in June, you've probably noticed the dozens of different kinds of LGBTQ+ pride flags that decorate the skies or logos for brands on social media. Once, it was just a single pride flag broadly representing the community, created in 1978. by Gilbert Baker, a gay artist and activist. Here are all of the flags Gilbert Baker has inspired, and what they represent.

Topics LGBTQ Social Good Identities

Christianna Silva

Senior Culture Reporter

Christianna Silva is a senior culture reporter covering social platforms and the creator economy, with a focus on the intersection of social media, politics, and the economic systems that govern us. Since joining Mashable in 2021, they have reported extensively on meme creators, content moderation, and the nature of online creation under capitalism.

Before joining Mashable, they worked as an editor at NPR and MTV News, a reporter at Teen Vogue and VICE News, and as a stablehand at a mini-horse farm. You can follow her on Bluesky @christiannaj.bsky.social and Instagram @christianna_j.