Flag history
The Progress flag was designed in 2018 by Daniel Quasar, a graphic designer
living in Portland, Oregon. After seeing some other changes being made to the
pride flag to highlight certain issues, such as people of color in the
Philadelphia design
The end result, after many discarded attempts, was adding a chevron to the hoist edge of the flag. When viewing the obverse side (hoist on the left), the chevron points to the right, indicating that progress is being made, but there is more to go.
Each of the new colors have a specific meaning:
- Black: Remembering those lost to the AIDS epidemic, from the Victory over AIDS flag.
- Brown: People of color, from the
Philadelphia flag
. - Blue, pink, and white: The colors of the
Transgender flag
.
Variants
In 2021, the Intersex flag
Sources and acknowledgements
quasar.digital | designs by daniel quasar
Rainbow Flag Refresh: An Interview With Daniel Quasar, The Designer Behind “Progress: A Pride Flag Reboot” - RISE Life Science archive
The Progress flag design by Daniel Quasar is used here
under a
CC (BY-NC-SA)
license.