You might be familiar with the different pride flags and their meanings, but did you know the LGBTQ+ community has many other symbols representing them too? Here are some modern and historic ...

Gilbert Baker created the original pride flag in 1978. Baker was urged by Harvey Milk to create a symbol for the LGBT community and he chose a flag, which he saw as the most powerful symbol of pride.

In the handful of symbols that represent the LGBTQ+ community and Pride, the Pride flag is at the forefront. It’s impossible ...

explore a selection of related items in the Smithsonian's collections and learn about the origins of the pride symbol. National Museum of African American History and Culture Photographic slide of a ...

A rainbow flag is a symbol of the LGBTQ community, while the transgender pride flag has a white stripe with light pink and blue stripes on either side. Jason Sommerfeld, who has two children who ...

And so we should respond in kind to this symbol. In other words, we should give the Pride flag all of the respect that the left shows the American flag. Let's just put it that way.