Countless more lesser known flags have been posted there. Of the 26 flags in the current collection, 13 were posted to Tumblr. In 2010, Jasper, justjasper, posts the pan flag to Tumblr. Amid it’s tumult and broken code, a queer community begins to form there. Ways of thinking about identity form, flags pop up like mushrooms in the As different online communities flourish, as new

Hall flag, every flag since has been unveiled online.Īre collaborative community efforts that may not have been possible With the exception of the Philadelphia City Natalie Phox’s Intersex flag is posted to Wikimedia commons. The next three weren’t until theīi flag (1998), lesbian Labrys (1999), and trans flag (1999). Problems sourcing materialsĮventually condensed it back down to the classic 6-stripe rainbow in Rainbow flag, a prominent symbol of peace. Milk challenged Gilbert Baker, an openly gay activist, to create a