For over 40 years, the Pride flag has represented the LGBTQ+ community. Here is the history of how the flag came to be.

The iconic rainbow Pride flag ... colored rainbow-striped flag, which he felt expressed the LGBTQIA+ community’s joy, beauty, and power, was inspired by the American flag.

However, Queer in the World says there are more than 50 flags that are commonly used. In addition to the rainbow flag and ... in 1999 by Monica Helms, an American Navy veteran who came out as ...