The other design, although presented by Wikipedia, might have been used only as a flagoid, for its use was recorded only as the picture upon the demonstration posters. One of those designs was a six-striped Rainbow Flag, charged with a black vertical stripe, visibly narrower than the rainbow stripes, placed near the hoist. Images by Tomislav Todorović, 20 June 2020īlack color usually symbolizes mourning Rainbow Flags with additional black stripe were used in Israel after the 2009 shooting in the Tel Aviv building of Agudah. (However, this version might be confused with the "Victory Over AIDS" version of the rainbow flag, as they are similar.) Reportedly, gay leather aficionados might also modify a rainbow flag to have a black stripe instead of a violet one. The same flag was used ( photo) at the Guatemala Pride 2010 ( Orgullo Guatemala 2010), although on the flag photographed at the event, violet stripe turned out to look almost white, so it probably could not be recognized without the later source.Ī variant of the rainbow flag for "leathermen." The two lower stripes (blue and black) refer to the respective colours of the leather pride flag.
Note the unusually light shade of violet color, much lighter than the one used on the "ordinary" gay rainbow flags which can be seen on the same photo. The flag was used ( photo) at Guatemala Pride 2011 ( Orgullo Guatemala 2011). Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a much-decorated Vietnam Veteran dying of AIDS, proposed that when a cure is eventually found the black stripes should be removed from all the flags and ceremoniously burned in Washington, D.C. Suggested by a San Francisco group, the black stripe commemorates those we have lost to AIDS. The Victory Over AIDS Flag modifies the rainbow flag by adding a black stripe at the bottom. Schmöger, 26 August 2001, (translating from ) See, for example, here and here.īlack: AIDS awareness this stripe will be removed, as soon as a cure is found against AIDS.
This is the rainbow flag with an added black stripe to be aware of AIDS called "Victory over AIDS" flag. Keywords: rainbow flag | stripe: black | mourning | protest | minorities | This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website Black-Striped Variations of the Gay Pride Rainbow Flag Sexual Orientation Flags Black-Striped Variations of the Gay Pride Rainbow Flag