began selling a surplus stock of Rainbow Girls flags from its retail store on the southwest corner of Polk and Post, at which Gilbert Baker was an employee. According to Baker, pink is for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sun, green for nature, turquoise for magic, blue for serenity and purple for. Each of the current colors represents a variety of. The rainbow flag with its current colors of red, orange, yellow, green, blue and indigo can be found at pride parades, on hoodies and mugs. Also, San Francisco-based Paramount Flag Co. June is LGBT Pride Month and the community has embraced a multitude of flags symbolizing the various subgroups which make up the whole. As Baker ramped up production of his version of the flag, he too dropped the hot pink stripe because of the unavailability of hot-pink fabric. That version was problematic because it used colors that were stereotypical of the gender binary. This modern gay men’s pride flag is a revamp of an earlier gay men’s pride flag that featured a range of blue tones. It features different shades of green, blue, and purple. To meet demand, the Paramount Flag Company began selling a version of the flag using stock rainbow fabric with seven stripes: red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, blue, and violet. The Gay Men’s Pride Flag is another lesser known pride flag. Popular since 1979.Īfter the assassination of gay San Francisco City Supervisor Harvey Milk on November 27, 1978, demand for the rainbow flag greatly increased.