Some believe the magenta represents homosexual attraction and blue heterosexual attraction, with the indigo representing the middle ground of a blend between both types of attraction. He borrowed the colors of pink and blue from two interlocking triangles that came to represent the bisexual community and incorporated the indigo’s harmony. Michael Page introduced the the bisexual pride flag in 1998 to celebrate members of the LGBT community that are attracted to both men and women. On June 8, 2017, the city of Philadelphia added the two new colors of black and brown to include LGBT people of color. Throughout the years, those three colors were taken out due to dye availability and symmetry. However, the flag hasn’t always been this way the original flag included the colors indigo, turquoise and hot pink and were flown for the first time in the 1978 San Francisco Pride Parade. Each of the current colors represents a variety of characteristics: red for life, orange for healing, yellow for the sun, green for nature, blue for art, indigo for harmony. The rainbow flag with its current colors of red, orange, yellow, green, blue and indigo can be found at pride parades, on hoodies and mugs. June is LGBT Pride Month and the community has embraced a multitude of flags symbolizing the various subgroups which make up the whole.
