Video: The Gay Betsy Ross! Courtesy of the "In The Life" program on Public Television

"The original rainbow flag had eight colors.

"Pink for sex,
"Red for life,
"Orange for healing,
"Yellow for sun,
"Green for nature,
"Turquoise for magick,
"Blue for serenity and
"Purple for the spirit.

Those were the hippie-1978 meanings for the [colors of the stripes on the flag]."

-- Gilbert Baker, the artist, designer and seamster of the original Rainbow Flag, who sewed the first flag using cloths dyed in natural, organic pigments. Watch this amazing video of the unveiling of what has become known worldwide as the "LGBT Pride Flag", the foremost symbol today of the movement.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chVZ1InGmDs