Why is the rainbow the gay pride symbol

How the rainbow became the symbol of LGBT pride

Nonbinary describes those who do not identify on the gender binary of woman and man. Nonbinary is often used as an umbrella term encompassing many identities, including agender, bigender, genderqueer, and genderfluid, among others. The Nonbinary Pride flag was created in by Kye Rowan, meant to represent nonbinary people who didn't feel represented by the genderqueer flag.

Shortly after the historic Stonewall protest in , two transgender activists, Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P Johnson, embarked on a mission to protect one of New York City's most vulnerable communities. With the help of close to 30 volunteers working in the attic of the Gay Community Center in San Francisco, Baker was able to construct the first draft of the now world-renowned rainbow flag.

Oscar Wilde wore a green carnation, and yellow served the same purpose in Australia, and purple provided that function in some communities in the United States. During the Holocaust, Nazis forced gay men to wear pink triangles as a symbol of sexual deviance. The rainbow flag was a way of taking these various colors and turning them into a coherent symbol, reclaimed by the LGBT community.