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Progress Flag

Arroyo Grande City Council
May 23, 2023

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Progress Flag
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May 23, 2023
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Progress Flag
Not long afterward in 2018, the Progress Pride Flag gained prominence in the community. This new edition of the Pride Flag has colors to represent both trans people and LGBTQA+ people of color in addition to the six rainbow stripes. For anyone wanting to show as much support as possible for the LGBTQA+ community, the Progress Flag - with the arrows to represent inclusion and progression - is a great way to indicate pride for multiple identities.

The five arrows (from left to right) are White, Pink, and Light Blue for transgender individuals and Brown and Black for people of color.

Source: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, https://studentaffairs.unl.edu/news/12-different-prideflags-and-their-meanings The Progress Pride Flag evolved from the Philadelphia Pride Flag and was created by Daniel Quaser. Quasar added a white, pink, and light blue stripe to represent the Trans community.

While the black and brown stripes still represented communities of color, the black stripe is also a nod the thousands of individuals that the community lost during the HIV/AIDS crisis in 1980s and 1990s. Since its creation, the flag has become very popular.

Source: Human Rights Campaign, https://www.hrc.org/resources/lgbtq-pride-flags

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