The resolution stated: Resolved, that the flag of. Although the symbolic use of bright colors has long been connected to queer culture, these flags, fittingly, are a highly visible, widerspread signal of queer identity compared to some of the slightly more covert LGBTQ+ symbols that preceded them. On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress passed an act establishing an official flag for the new nation. Its typically made up of six horizontal stripes which appear in descending order from red, orange, yellow, green, blue. Today, there are dozens of LGBTQ+ flags representing just as many gender identities, sexualities and intersections of communities. The rainbow flag has become widely known as a symbol for the LGBT community. Much like the communities they represent, these flags are in a constant state of evolution, expanding to better and more inclusively encompass every queer identity under the rainbow. The original rainbow flag was created by Gilbert Baker in 1978 to celebrate members.
Ever since the first rainbow-hued LGBTQ flag was created in 1978, pride flags have been a colorful symbol of queer identity. Progress is a reinterpretation of multiple iterations of the pride flag.