MoMa's flag is made out of nylon, measured 36 X 60", and it was fabricated by Lynn Segerblom and James McNamara. It became part of the museum's permanent collection in 2015 after the US Supreme Court made its historic decision to legalize same-sex marriage in all states. You can visit a mass-produced version of the rainbow flag hanging inside the Museum of Modern Art (MoMa). The fabric was then sent to Charles Beal, the president of the New York Gilbert Baker Foundation, and raised at the New York Pride Parade in 2019, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. Two years after Baker's death in 2017, his sister found a portion of one - measured at 10 feet by 28 feet - in his belongings. In June 2017, however, the Philadelphia Office of LGBT Affairs launched the More Color More Pride campaign, unveiling a new 8-stripe flag to represent inclusion. The two original flags were then stored and forgotten in a community center, where they were damaged by mildew. Later, the color pink was excluded from the color scheme because it was too expensive for mass production. This year, the flag has been altered in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests, counting black to represent diversity, brown to represent inclusivity and light blue and pink, the colors of the trans pride flag. Baker's rainbow flags featured eight stripes in different colors: pink to represent sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for the sun, green for nature, turquoise for magic and art, blue for serenity, and purple for spirit. There have been many variations on the flag.
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