The history of the flag goes back to 1978 when San Francisco artist Gilbert Baker designed the first rainbow flag.
The flag is also a symbol of LGBTQ pride. Lesbian stands for the relation between two women, Gay is for the relation between two men, Bisexual can be in love with both man and woman, Transgender are those who identify their gender as they grow up, and the lastly, Queer is an umbrella term to collectively referred to LGBT community.Īs part of the LGBTQ rights movement, people use a rainbow flag to represent the community. Now, discrimination based on sexual orientation is a violation of fundamental rights. The day marked a victory for the Indian LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, queer) community. A historic verdict was pronounced in India on September 6, 2018, as a five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court decriminalised homosexuality by repealing the 157-year-old colonial-era provisions of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).