The multicultural symbolism of the rainbow is nothing new and it plays a part in many myths and stories related to gender and sexuality issues in Greek, Native American, African, and other cultures. 'The people who were spearheading the gay liberation movement at the very beginning in the late 60s and early 70s were Black and Brown transgender people and in a span of a few years they were soon kicked out of the gay liberation movement and it turned into a movement that was Gay White people,' explained Jupiter Peraza of the Transgender District of San Francisco. The rainbow flag has become the easily-recognized colors of pride for the gay community. RELATED: San Francisco's LGBT community remembers Gilbert Baker However, many transgender people don't identify with the rainbow flag. I like to think of those elements as in every person,' expressed Gilbert who died 30 days after that interview. 'Pink is for sex, red is for life, orange for healing, yellow for sun, green for nature, turquoise for magic, blue for serenity and purple for the spirit. Milk approached a young artist and sewer from Kansas to fulfill his message of hope.
As the gay community was rising, then activist Harvey Milk saw the need to create something that would symbolize that community.
