4.5K views · 140 reactions | The rainbow Pride flag has become a symbol for the LGBTQ+ community. Here's how it came to be. #justcurious #pride #pridemonth #lgbtq https://tinyurl.com/tnbvnnz2 | USA TODAY | Facebook

9.5K views · 116 reactions | Since it was created by Gilbert Baker in 1978, the rainbow flag has grown to become the most recognisable symbol of LGBT groups. ️‍ | BBC | Facebook

How did the rainbow flag become a symbol of pride and community? The design was first unfurled on June 25, 1978 at the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Freedom Day Parade. Led by the flag’s designer Gilbert Baker, thirty volunteers gathered at the Gay Community Center in San Francisco to hand-dye and stitch rainbow flags for the parade. Baker admired the universality of the rainbow, which he called a “natural flag in the sky.” “I knew how to sew—as I said, it came from being the drag queen that cou