Ifulegi lothingo

Ifulegi lokuqala lothingo laklanywa yiciko lase-San Francisco u-Gilbert Baker ngo-1978 ephendula izingcingo ezivela kwizishoshovu zokuthi zifanekisele umphakathi we-LGBT. U-Baker uklame ifulegi elinemigqa eyisishiyagalombili: ebomvana, ebomvu, ewolintshi, ephuzi, eluhlaza, eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, e-indigo, kanye nensomi.

Le mibala yayihloselwe ukumela ngokwanele:

• ubulili
• ukuphila
• philisa
• солнце
• imvelo
• Ubuciko
• ukuvumelana
• umoya

Ngenkathi u-Baker eya enkampanini ukuze aqale ukukhiqiza amafulegi ngobuningi, wafunda ukuthi "i-hot pink" yayingatholakali kwezohwebo. Khona-ke ifulege kwaba yehliswe yaba imivimbo eyisikhombisa .
NgoNovemba 1978, umphakathi wabesilisa abathandana bodwa, ongqingili, kanye nobulili obubili eSan Francisco wamangala ngokubulawa kukaHarvey Milk, umqaphi wokuqala wesitabane kuleli dolobha. Ukukhombisa amandla nobumbano lomphakathi wezitabane lapho ubhekene nenhlekelele, kwanqunywa ukuthi kusetshenziswe ifulegi le-Baker.

Umugqa we-indigo ususiwe ukuze imibala ihlukaniseke ngokulinganayo emzileni we-parade - imibala emithathu ohlangothini olulodwa nemithathu kolunye. Ngokushesha, imibala eyisithupha yafakwa enguqulweni yemigqa eyisithupha, eyaduma futhi namuhla eyaziwa yiwo wonke umuntu njengophawu lokunyakaza kwe-LGBT.

Ifulege laba ngamazwe ngamazwe uphawu lokuzigqaja nokwehlukahlukana emphakathini .