It was that very first flag that she donated this month. Following his example, Helms says that “it was almost like waking up from a dream and seeing it.” She drew it out, contacted the same company who had created Page’s bi pride flag, picked out some swatches, and about a week later she had the first flag. In fact, she was inspired to create a flag for the trans community by Michael Page, who had designed a flag for the bisexual community the year before. Just like the American flag represents the whole country but each state has its own flag as well, Helms feels like “the rainbow flag is the LGBTQ flag for everybody, and each individual group can have their own flag for their own individuality." "Helms devised the transgender flag in 1999, 20 years after the introduction of the rainbow flag for the LGBT community. I wouldn't go as far as to consider it a new variant, since the sexual orientation flags usually don't have the prescribed color shades, and in this case, it may be just the lighting conditions during the making of the photo which make the pink look different. Here's another version of this flag, in which the pink stripe is actually fuchsia.
![trans and gay flag together trans and gay flag together](https://www.pinknews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/More-colour-more-pride-1024x640.jpg)
This record indicates the object is in our collection. Apparently, this flag is object/item#1694617. This was confirmed by an agent there: Matt MacArthur, in the below email. "National Museum of American History" (in Washington, DC). Wondering where it might be, I saw another article that it might be at the U.S. She has told me that the original is now in a transgender or rainbow museum, but I know not where. Monica Helms, who is a TG activist now living in Arizona, designed the transgender flag several years ago. It's a pale pink, white and baby blue set of horizontal stripes. But then, the interesting part of all this is how such a community acquires a symbol.) (I'd actually never seen the two flags you show. There's little agreement about a flag for the community, although a symbol of a pink triangle with a combined male and female symbol ("⚥") in the center has become the most common symbol by far. The Transgender Flag (for those who act, dress, or otherwise identify as the opposite gender) appears to be a brand new invention.
![trans and gay flag together trans and gay flag together](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91XP8s-EZFL._AC_SX425_.jpg)
This includes transvestites and transsexuals. Introduction Transgender: The superset of all those persons who act out the other gender role in society.