What color is missing from the gay pride rainbow

Against the multitudinous grey tones of New York City, the colorful flag stuck out more than the parade, the participant’s colorful floats and costumes combined. In the hot pink sexuality stripe was removed because of fabric unavailability. Finally, the turquoise serenity-harmony stripe was removed and indigo changed to royal blue merging blue and indigo , simply so that it could fit to lampposts when hanging the flag vertically.

If the indigo returns and new lampposts laws are put into effect, will the blue magic and art and the pink sexuality return to the parade? Here's what you need to know. A photo by Billie Ward. This color is known for being a symbol of integrity, something that is missing from a community built around pride.

The original Rainbow Flag The first Rainbow Flag was designed in by Gilbert Baker, a gay activist living in San Francisco. The indigo stripe of the flag still lost in the fight with the lamppost city, state and country structures. The rainbow flag or pride flag (formerly gay pride flag) is a symbol of LGBTQ pride and LGBTQ social movements.

The Rainbow Flag blanketed Fifth Avenue in NYC today with stripes of color. Was Gay Pride too big a concept for our societal structures? This warps the perfection of what God had in mind when he created the rainbow, desecrating its purpose to bring Him glory and instead bring man glory.

The colors reflect the diversity of the LGBTQ community and the spectrum of human sexuality and gender. The LGBTQ flag, on the other hand, uses six colors, omitting indigo from the flag. The original eight-stripe version of the flag designed by Gilbert Baker in had the following colors and associative meanings:.

Though the diversity of orientation, profession, political stance and music stood out in hand-held banners, megaphone shouts and booming music; diversity of creative and artistic expression so often a major part of the parades of the past was sorely missing.

Interesting symbolism to note.