After the assassination of Harvey Milk on November 27, 1978, demand for the rainbow banner only increased. Baker then took the design to Paramount Flag Company, which sold a version of the flag without hot pink and turquoise, which were replaced with blue for practicality purposes. It was first showcased at San Francisco’s Gay Freedom Day Parade on June 25, 1978.Īfter the design was unveiled, participants of the parade proudly waved the new symbol in solidarity. With the help of close to 30 volunteers working in the attic of the Gay Community Center in San Francisco, Baker was able to construct the first draft of the now world-renowned rainbow flag. At the top was hot pink, which represented sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow signifying sunlight, green for nature, turquoise to represent art, indigo for harmony, and finally violet at the bottom for spirit. The original flag featured eight colors, each having a different meaning. The different colors within the flag were meant to represent togetherness, since LGBT people come in all races, ages and genders, and rainbows are both natural and beautiful. Theodore Roosevelt's Gilded Age Upbringing ↑ Queer Undefined: " LGTQ+ dictionary".↑ DeviantArt post with the current achillean flag.↑ Archived Tumblr post announcing the achillean flag.
I thought, oh, wouldn’t that be nice I knew with some luck I could make it. I have photographs of that flag flying at gay events in San Francisco at City Hall and Oakland.
( web archive) The full lines containing the phrase are translated and annotated by Hopkinson as: "You should think of this and be pleasanter toward me, and love me as guilelessly as I love you, so that when you are a man (Lit.
It has received loose poetic translations from the Aeolic Greek dialect into English, such as "we'll be Achilles and his friend," "we may be to one another as Achilles and his friend" with the meaning noted as "such friends as were Achilles and Patroclus," and "be friends to each other like Achilles and Patroclus " however, the literal translation is "be Achillean friends to each other." Theocritus' Idyll XXIX, a love poem from a man to a boy, includes a phrase addressing their future: "ἀλλάλοισι πελώμεθ' Ἀχιλλέιοι φίλοι" ( alláloisi pelómeth' Achilléioi fíloi). After Homer's iteration, the relationship between the men was depicted as a love affair. In Homer's Iliad, Achilles described Patroclus as being the "man I loved beyond all other comrades, loved as my own life." Their relationship plays a crucial part in the story. When Mara Gay, the New York Times editorial board member and MSNBC contributor, told Morning Joe this week that she was 'disturbed' to see 'dozens of American flags' on trucks in Long Island recently, her comments were quickly and widely denounced as an attack on American patriotism. In relation to sexuality, Achilles had a relationship with another character, Patroclus, which is said to have romantic connotations. Community HistoryĪchilles himself is a famous figure in Greek mythology. Its 21st century use to describe sexualities is modelled after the term " sapphic", which is used to describe all women who are attracted to women. The term "achillean" refers to the Greek hero Achilles.