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Gay flag of South Africa

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Gay flag of South Africa
UseRepresent the South African LGBT community
Proportion2:3
Adopted
  • 2010 (public launch)
  • 2012 (heraldic registration)
DesignA field divided horizontally into six equal bands of red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple, surmounted horizontally from the hoist of a white pall in umbra the edge to the hoist in black[1]
Designed byEugene Brockman
Part of theLGBTQ series
LGBTQ symbols
Symbols
Pride flags

Thegay flag of South Africais apride flagthat aims to reflect the freedom and diversity ofSouth Africaand build pride in being anLGBTQSouth African.[2][3][4][5]It was registered as the flag of the LGBTQ Association of South Africa in 2012 and is not an officialsymbol of South Africa.

Design

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Designed by Eugene Brockman,[6][7]the flag is a hybrid of theSouth African national flag,which was launched in 1994 after the end of theapartheidera, and theLGBT rainbow flag.[8]Brockman said "I truly believe we (theLGBT community) put the dazzle into ourrainbow nationand this flag is a symbol of just that ".[2]The stated purposes of the flag include celebrating legalsame-sex marriage in South Africaand addressing issues such asdiscrimination,homophobiaandcorrective rape.[9]

History

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The flag was launched on 18 December 2010 at the Mother City Queer Project costume party which is held annually and took place that year at the newCape Town Stadium.[2][3]

On 20 July 2012, the flag was registered at South Africa'sBureau of Heraldryas aheraldic flagrepresenting the LGBT Association of South Africa.[1][7][10]It is not an official national symbol, and not the only South African version of the LGBT rainbow flag.[11]

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  • Flag flying at Cape Town Pride 2014
    Flag flying atCape Town Pride2014
  • Giant flag at Soweto Pride 2012, with participants protesting against violence against lesbians
    Giant flag at Soweto Pride 2012, with participants protesting against violence against lesbians

See also

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References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related toLGBT pride flags of South Africa.
  1. ^ab"Government Notice 377".Government Gazette(35313). 11 May 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 25 July 2014.
  2. ^abc"South African Flag Revealed at MCQP".Cape Town Pride. 22 December 2010. Archived fromthe originalon 9 August 2011.Retrieved4 April2011.
  3. ^ab"South Africa Gets Own Gay Flag".Queerlife South Africa.January 2011. Archived fromthe originalon 16 March 2012.Retrieved18 July2014.
  4. ^"Gay Flag of South Africa".Archived fromthe originalon 27 July 2011.
  5. ^"SA to recognise gay flag".Independent Online.South Africa. South African Press Association. 6 October 2012.Archivedfrom the original on 18 June 2015.Retrieved20 July2014.
  6. ^"Who are we?".Gay Flag of South Africa.Archived fromthe originalon 19 March 2012.
  7. ^abNathan, Melanie (6 October 2012)."South Africa first to recognize gay flag as an official national symbol".LGBTQ Nation.Archivedfrom the original on 8 April 2014.Retrieved18 July2014.
  8. ^Williams, Denise (8 October 2012)."Gay flag for a 'queer' South Africa".Times LIVE.Archivedfrom the original on 19 June 2013.Retrieved20 July2014.
  9. ^Berry, Bruce (25 January 2011)."Gay flag in South Africa".FOTW.Archivedfrom the original on 6 March 2013.Retrieved21 July2014.
  10. ^"Government Notice 541".Government Gazette(35517). 20 July 2012.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^"Name of the Game".OUT Africa Magazine(14): 22. 21 February 2013.
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