Yellow with Purple Circle= intersex community yellow and purple are ungendered colors cirlce represents wholeness/unbrokeness and symbolizes struggle for bodily autonomy/ the right to make decisions about one’s body.Intersex Inclusive Progressive Pride Flag (2021) “The Meaning behind 24 LGBTQ Pride Flags.” Reader's Digest, LifeRich Publishing, 18 June 2021, 4. 2018, /9/rainbow-flag-refresh-an-interview-with-daniel-quasar-the-designer-behind-progress-a-pride-flag-reboot/. “Rainbow Flag Refresh: An Interview with Daniel Quasar, the Designer behind ‘Progress: A Pride Flag Reboot.’” RISE Life Science, 14 Nov. “What Do the Colors of the New Pride Flag Mean?” Verywell Mind, Dotdash, 18 June 2021. 2021, “Rainbow Flag (LGBT).” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 1 Nov. “30 LGBTQ+ Pride Flags and Their Color Meanings (Images of All Flags).” Color Meanings, Cafemedia, 3 Oct. LGBT Pride Flags: All the Flags and What They Mean. “Could This New More Inclusive Flag Replace the Rainbow Flag?” LGBTQ Pride, LGBTQ Nation, 8 June 2018, “Daniel Quasar.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 29 Oct. The addition of colors in the Progress Pride Flag incorporates transgender and BIPOC members of the LGBTQ community and the chevron or triangle shape represents progress and forward movement of LGBTQ+ people and culture.I wanted to keep the elements of those other designs, and so just worked on positioning them in different ways until something stuck that I felt had great impact.” (RISE Mag) He drew inspiration from Seattle and Philadelphia pride flags: “I saw what Philly and Seattle were doing with the flag, and I wanted to see if I could improve on those ideas to help elevate the message.Quasar has a BFA in Communication Design and is a graphic designer (“Daniel Quasar”).Quasar identifies as, “ ‘queer non-binary demiguy’ and prefers xe/xem/xyr pronouns.” (Bollinger).Brown & Black= BIPOC people living with, have died from, and the stigma around HIV/AIDS.White/ Pink/ Baby Blue= Transgender community.Yellow= sunlight/ new ideas and thoughts.“The Meaning behind 24 LGBTQ Pride Flags.” Reader's Digest, LifeRich Publishing, 18 June 2021, 3. “The Rainbow Flag.” CMU School of Computer Science, Quatrefoil Library in St. From 1979 on, the six-stripe version was adopted, popularized, and even recognized by the International Congress of Flag Makers today.Represents a natural rainbow and symbolizes the “spectrum” of human sexuality and gender.The hot pink stripe was eliminated due to issues related to mass production and the indigo stripe was eliminated by the 1979 Pride Parade Committee who decided to use Baker’s flag, but wanted an even distribution of the colors on either side of the street along the parade route.1979 redesign of Baker’s eight-stripe flag as demand for a symbol representing the LGBTQ community rose after assassination of Harvey Milk.The Rainbow flag is also known as the “gay pride flag” or “LGBT pride flag”.This flag is a symbol of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer pride.“The Meaning behind 24 LGBTQ Pride Flags.” Reader's Digest, LifeRich Publishing, 18 June 2021, 2. “Rainbow Flag (LGBT).” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 1 Nov. 2021, “Pride Flag.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 21 Oct. “LGBTQ Pride: Gilbert Baker, Creator of Rainbow Flag, Shares Story of Strength and Pride.” ABC7 San Francisco, KGO-TV, 2 Mar. EqualLOVE, 14 July 2020, Melendez, Lyanne. Flag redesigned in 1979 resulting in the popular six-stripe pride flag used today.Original flag hand sewn and dyed by Baker (aka “Gay Betsy Ross”) hot pink color could not be reproduced in mass production due to fabric shortage and the commercial unavailability of the color.Widely adopted after assassination of Harvey Milk (1st openly gay supervisor in San Fran) as a show of solidarity and strength within the gay community Baker responded to call from activists for a community symbol.Community pride symbol eight stripes represent diversity within the community colors meant to evoke hope, pride, and optimism.Designed by San Francisco artist Gilbert Baker.