Baker was urged by Harvey Milk to create a symbol for the LGBT community and he chose a flag, which he saw as the most powerful symbol of pride. Baker saw the rainbow as a natural flag from the sky, ...

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. The transgender pride flag has five stripes with alternating colors – a single white stripe in the middle and alternating light blue and ...

Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal emblems with quirky or quaint nicknames: Old Glory, ...