FLAG OF PEACE
The rainbow flag of Peace was born in Italy and was used for the first time during the first edition of the Perugia-Assisi Peace March in 1961, inspired by similar symbols used in demonstrations in the USA and Great Britain.
It has seven horizontal colored stripes: from the top, purple, blue, light blue, green, yellow, orange and red, and in the center is the white word PACE in Italian.
It reached its peak in 2002, thanks to the Italian campaign "Peace from All Balconies," organized as a protest against the impending war in Iraq. More than 1 million rainbow flags were displayed against Italy's participation in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
LGBT RAINBOW FLAG
The original LGBT rainbow flag was hand-dyed by artist Gilbert Baker and first flew in San Francisco during Pride on June 25, 1978.
At the time it had eight horizontal colored stripes, inspired by the meaning that each color had in New Age symbolism: from top to bottom, pink, red, orange, yellow-green, turquoise, blue and purple.
The main difference with the Peace flag is precisely in the lack of the word PEACE, while the fundamental similarity lies in the common derivation from New Age spiritualist philosophy which sees the rainbow as a symbol of peace and harmony, just as used in the Bible in the mythological story of the Great Flood.
Over the next few years, due to commercial reasons that saw a shortage of pink fabric, and optical reasons that made it too dark, the flag was reduced to 6 colors.
The definitive version, still universally used by the global LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) movement, is composed of six stripes – from top, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. The colors are therefore positioned in reverse to the Peace Flag. The rainbow flag celebrated its 30th anniversary this year.
ARCIGAY FLAG
For some years now, Arcigay has decided to use the rainbow flag of the LGBT movement as its flag, placing the association's logo, composed of a Stylized green, gray, and black Pegasus on a white background.
