Rainbow flag (LGBT movement) facts for kids
The Rainbow flag has been the symbol of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community since its creation in 1978. It is also called the 'Pride Flag.' The flag was created by Gilbert Baker of San Francisco, California in 1978.
History
The flag was first used at a LGBT pride parade in San Francisco in 1978, at that time it had eight colors. The next year it was changed to six colors, so it could be easier to make.
The flag was first made by Gilbert Baker, to be used instead of the pink triangle symbol used before. The pink triangle was used by Nazis to show who was homosexual. Homosexual people were sent to concentration camps in Nazi Germany, where they made homosexual men wear a pink triangle. This was like the yellow Star of David that Jews had to wear to show who was Jewish. LGBT people were not ashamed of the pink triangle, but they wanted a more positive, happier symbol.
Images for kids
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The Stonewall Inn, in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, site of the June 1969 Stonewall riots, is adorned with rainbow pride flags in 2016.
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LGBT pride flag with added canton of the flag of the United States
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The White House illuminated in the rainbow flag colors in June 2015
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The Empire State Building is bathed annually in colored lighting evoking the rainbow flag.
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2018 Social Justice Pride Flag by queer activist Moulee
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2018 equality march in Częstochowa, showing rainbow version of the Polish flag
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2018 New Pride Flag by Julia Feliz
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Victoria Cruz with the New Pride Flag during the Netherlands Pride season in 2019
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The mile-and-a-quarter-long flag (2 km) stretching across Key West in 2003
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See also
In Spanish: Bandera LGBT para niños
