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[–] 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

Pink was removed so that there would be six colors. This was done so that when the flag was hung on lamp-posts as a banner, there would be three colors on each side, iirc

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    It seems that the turquoise stripe was dropped, ..."to create an even number of stripes for display on each side of the streetlamps on Market Street for the 1979 Gay Freedom Day parade."

    https://www.glbthistory.org/rainbow-flag

    The pink was due to availability by the Paramount Flag Company when they started being made beyond what could be handmade.

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