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Gay pride flags design2/10/2024 In celebration of Pride Month, we spoke with three experts in visual culture to take a look back at the origins and evolution of the queer community’s unmistakable signifier, and what it means to raise the flag today, tomorrow, and for all eternity. They planted a seed that blooms, to this day, in flag varieties well into the thousands, engaging with the mainstream and embodying complexity just like the LGBTQ+ community it proudly signifies. Its mutability is by design: Originally eight stripes (with optional circles of stars), the creation was offered by artist Gilbert Baker and his collaborators without trademark or copyright. Whether wrapping an ad campaign or flapping from a pole, hoisted at a protest or hated on by bigots, the rainbow flag is one of the most potent symbols of the last 50 years.
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