It’s important to note that there isn’t one official gay pride flag.Īctivists created other flags over the years to represent different groups of the LGBTQ community. In 2018, trans activists added a chevron and more colors to the rainbow flag and called it the progress pride flag, to specifically include transgender people, people of color and AIDS patients.įlags associated with and used by the LGBTQ community have been in a state of evolution since the original rainbow flag was created by Gilbert Baker for the 1978 Gay Freedom Day Parade in San Francisco. June is the traditional month when gay pride is celebrated and rainbow flags abound. Many people are familiar with the rainbow flag as a symbol of gay rights and the LGBTQ community. The image appears to have originated with a Twitter account with a gay slur in its handle as a means of mocking LGBTQ activists’ efforts to demonstrate inclusivity. Her spokesperson responded that the pride flag "itself isn’t real." We reached out to Greene’s office for comment. More: This is America: LGBTQ teens are (still) struggling It even caught the attention of Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who shared the image on Twitter as if it were legitimate and wrote: "Do the Nazis in the Ukrainian army know?"īut the flag is fake - it was created as satire.