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Although it was first used in Nazi Germany to identify gay males in concentration camps, the pink triangle only received widespread use as a gay pop icon in the early 1980s. And, of course, there’s the pink triangle. The colour purple (or, more accurately, lavender) became popularised as a symbol for pride in the late 1960s – a frequent post-Stonewall catchword for the gay community was “Purple Power”. In Victorian England, for example, the colour green was associated with homosexuality. 25: Colour has long played an important role in our community’s expression of pride. Anderson appeared in GAZE Magazine (Minneapolis), #191, on, p. Meanwhile, Baker is still in San Francisco, and still making more flags. In 1989, the rainbow flag received nationwide attention after John Stout successfully sued his landlords in West Hollywood, when they prohibited him from displaying the flag from his apartment balcony. Today it is recognized by the International Congress of Flag Makers, and is flown in lesbian and gay pride marches worldwide. Slowly the flag took hold, offering a colourful and optimistic alternative to the more common pink triangle symbol. In 1978, Gilbert Baker of San Francisco designed and made a flag with six stripes representing the six colours of the rainbow as a symbol of gay and lesbian community pride.
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The Alyson Almanac describes the Rainbow flag as follows: