Instagram worked with GLAAD to discover the most common hashtags people in the LGBTQ community use to connect with each other. If you're really into the rainbow hashtag, you can use specially identified hashtags in your Instagram posts on your page. You can also add some rainbow pride to your Story when you use the new rainbow versions of the mention, hashtag, and location stickers. Per the release, you can find the rainbow background in Type mode when you're adding to your Story or sending a Direct Message. The rainbow gradient will make your Stories so much more colorful while also supporting Pride Month. OK, now that you know when to expect the features in your Instagram app, you can learn about all the great ways to use them.
Per the release, it will become " available on iOS in the coming weeks." In some good news, the features are currently available for Android users.
That sounds pretty cool, so you're probably wondering how you can put it to good use while you're using the app this month.įair warning for all iOS users: The update isn't available on your iPhone just yet. The update includes a Pride rainbow version of Instagram's "signature gradient" in some parts of the app. Instagram announced the update in a release on Friday, June 1. Instagram's Pride features for Pride Month include updates like rainbow hashtags and hearts, so your Stories will be Pride-ready all month long. Thanks to some updated features in the app, you can highlight the Pride rainbow in your stories and in your feed all month long.
The white stripe completes the full sexual spectrum and also symbolises peace and union.June is Pride Month, and Instagram is making it so easy for you to show your pride and support for the LGBTQ community. It surfaced on 12 February 2018 at the Love Fest carnival in São Paulo. A 9-striped flag, based on the original 8-striped one, has a white stripe in the middle. Several variants of the rainbow flag have been introduced and flown at “Pride Parades” since then. The flag now has (from the top) red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet and their closest Pantone® values are 185 C, 1375 C, 101 C, 356 C, 2736 C and 2415 C, respectively. The indigo (#400098) and turquoise (#00C0C0) from the original flag were merged into one blue stripe and hot pink (#FF69B6) was removed. The present day LGBTQ+ Pride Flag has only 6 colors which are placed in equal-sized horizontal stripes. This flag had 8 stripes (from the top) – hot pink, red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, indigo and violet which represented sex, life, healing, sunlight, nature, magic/art, serenity and spirit, respectively.
The original flag was designed by Gilbert Baker and was flown for the first time on 25 June 1978 at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade. However, this was soon done away with because of the dark history associated with the symbol – it was used by the German fascist rule of the early 20 th century to segregate homosexuals.
Further expansion has led to the inclusion of queer and the community which is now LGBTQ.īefore the LGBTQ rainbow flag came into existence, the community used a pink triangle symbol as their identity. It has been used since the 1990s and replaces the term ‘gay’, which on its own, did not describe the community correctly. LGBT stands for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender.