RELATED: San Francisco's LGBT community remembers Gilbert Baker Firstly, the idea behind the added stripes was the be inclusive of LGBT people of colour why The orginal pride flag was representing all gay people, and wasn. Milk was an openly gay man who was holding an elected office in San Francisco. The flag was created by Gilbert Baker in the late 1970s following the assassination of Harvey Milk. Hot pink stood for sex and turquoise stood for magic/art. However, many transgender people don't identify with the rainbow flag. The first gay pride flag had eight colors: hot pink, red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, indigo, and purple. 11 18 19 The design involves a labrys, a type of double-headed axe, superimposed on the downward-pointing black triangle, set against a violet background. I like to think of those elements as in every person," expressed Gilbert who died 30 days after that interview. The labrys lesbian flag was created in 1999 by graphic designer Sean Campbell, and published in June 2000 in the Palm Springs edition of the Gay and Lesbian Times Pride issue. "Pink is for sex, red is for life, orange for healing, yellow for sun, green for nature, turquoise for magic, blue for serenity and purple for the spirit. Adolph Hitler conceived the pink triangle during World War II as a stigma placed on homosexuals in the same way the Star of David was used against Jews. Milk approached a young artist and sewer from Kansas to fulfill his message of hope.
As the gay community was rising, then activist Harvey Milk saw the need to create something that would symbolize that community.