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Gay people were tribal, individualistic, a global collective that was expressing itself in art and politics. They were primarily nationalistic, territorial, iconic propaganda all things we questioned in the ‘70s. I thought how most flags represented a place. America’s national color palette has been set since 1818, when a law was passed requiring the American flag to sport 13 alternating red and white horizontal. Some people within LGBTQ+ communities said that Gilbert Baker's Pride flag didn't need to be changed, arguing that it was originally designed to be representative of everyone. I thought of the emotional connection they hold. English: This is the new, more accepted and widely used version of a flag for gay men specifically, similar to the lesbian, bisexual, transgender flags, rather than something to be used by the whole community like the rainbow flag, created by user gayflagblog in 10th of July of 2019. "The arrow points to the right to show forward movement, while being along the left edge shows that progress still needs to be made." explained Daniel Quasar. Espaol: Bandera arco iris original con las 8 bandas. It included black, brown, pink, pale blue and white stripes, to represent marginalised people of colour in the LGBTQ+ community, as well as the trans community, and those living with HIV/AIDS. English: Original eight-stripe rainbow flag for the 1978 Gay and Lesbian Freedom Day Parade in San Francisco. This flag is meant to represent the entire Pride community, in addition to being the main flag for gay men. Like Baker’s original design, the colors have their own separate meanings. One year later, an artist called Daniel Quasar released a redesign of the Pride flag, called the Progress Pride flag, which was widely shared on social media. The quintessential six-stripe Gay Pride Flag is derived from the original Pride flag design created by Gilbert Baker. In 2017, Philadelphia's Office of LGBT Affairs added black and brown stripes to the Pride flag to recognise people of colour. Over the years the original rainbow flag has been redesigned, with some within LGBTQ+ movements arguing it needed to better represent and reflect more communities.