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New Pride flag

image by Tomislav Todorović, 22 August 2020

About the flag

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About the flag

Another flag with the same symbolism was created in 2018, not long after the Progress Pride Flag as a reaction to its creation. The designer is artist Julia Feliz, a LGBTI person of Puerto Rican origin, who was concerned that the Progress Pride Flag might be exploiting the design of the flag of Puerto Rico, with dubious benefits for the people it is supposed to represent.[1,2] In order to correct that, the new design is parted diagonally from bottom hoist to top fly, the rainbow stripes (red at the top) occupying the bottom half, while the top half is parted diagonally as well, with the top hoist corner in white, followed by pink, light blue, brown and black stripes, thus presenting an intersection of Trans and Rainbow Flags, with centered symbols of the People of Color.[1,2] The Feliz' design, called the Trans Queer PoC New Pride Flag, or simply, the New Pride Flag, has quickly come into use, in the USA as well as other countries;[3] it was used in 2019 as well, the locations having included the UK, where it was made the official flag of Brighton and Hove Pride 2019 [4] and much used at these Pride events,[5,6] and the Netherlands, where it was used at Amsterdam Pride [7]. There are also examples of the flag pattern being used as a part of the demonstration posters, as was done at the Dyke March Berlin 2019.[8,9,10] Regarding the accusations about the Progress Pride Flag, its designer Daniel Quasar has stated that any similarity is "entirely coincidental and unintenional" and supported the creation of new flag regardless, saying: "The more flags, the more discussion, the better."[2]
Tomislav Todorović, 22 August 2020
Sources:
[1] New Pride Flag website — Mission: https://www.newprideflag.com/mission/
[2] Gay Star News website: https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/new-pride-flag-trans-people-of-color/
[3] New Pride Flag website — Gallery: https://www.newprideflag.com/world/
[4] The Argus newspaper website — News report on 2 August 2019: https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/17808593.new-colours-pride-flag-celebrate-black-trans-activists/
[5] The Argus newspaper website — News report on 25 August 2019: https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/17858241.pride-big-success-will-get-even-betternext-year/
[6] Flickr — Photo from Brighton Pride on 3 August 2019: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mangakamaidenphotography/48617145707/
[7] Wikimedia Commons — Photo from Amsterdam Pride on 3 August 2019: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amsterdam_Pride_Canal_Parade_2019_05.jpg
[8] Wikimedia Commons — Photo from Dyke March Berlin on 26 July 2019: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dyke_March_Berlin_2019_325.jpg
[9] Wikimedia Commons — Photo from Dyke March Berlin on 26 July 2019: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dyke_March_Berlin_2019_326.jpg
[10] Wikimedia Commons — Photo from Dyke March Berlin on 26 July 2019: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dyke_March_Berlin_2019_334.jpg