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| Adoption = 2010 (public launch)<br>2012 (heraldic registration)
| Adoption = 2010 (public launch)<br>2012 (heraldic registration)
| Design = Rectangular flag proportion 2:3 the field divided horizontally into six equal bands of red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple, surmounted horizontally from the hoist of a white pall in umbra the edge to the hoist in black<ref name=GG>{{cite journal|title=Government Notice 377|journal=Government Gazette|date=11 May 2012|issue=35313|url=http://www.gov.za/documents/download.php?f=165042}}</ref><!-- copyright exempt text -->
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| Designer = Eugene Brockman
| Designer = Eugene Brockman
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The '''gay pride flag of South Africa''' is a [[gay pride]] symbol that aims to reflect the freedom and diversity of the [[South Africa]]n nation and build pride in being an [[LGBT]] South African.<ref name=CTPride>{{cite web|url=http://capetownpride.org/news/news/59-south-african-gay-flag-revealed-at-mcqp/|title=South African Flag Revealed at MCQP|date=22 December 2010|publisher=Cape Town Pride|accessdate=4 April 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809150001/http://capetownpride.org/news/news/59-south-african-gay-flag-revealed-at-mcqp/|archivedate=9 August 2011}}</ref><ref name=QueerlifeSA>{{cite web|title=South Africa Gets Own Gay Flag|url=http://www.queerlife.co.za/test/news/jan2011/6038-south-africa-gets-own-gay-flag.html|date=January 2011|website=Queerlife South Africa|accessdate=18 July 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316234415/http://www.queerlife.co.za/test/news/jan2011/6038-south-africa-gets-own-gay-flag.html|archivedate=16 March 2012|deadurl=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gay Flag of South Africa|url=http://gayflagofsouthafrica.co.za/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727183557/http://gayflagofsouthafrica.co.za/|archivedate=27 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=SA to recognise gay flag|url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/sa-to-recognise-gay-flag-1.1397735#.U8wExeOSyyg|accessdate=20 July 2014|work=IOL|agency=SAPA|date=6 October 2012|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6RDJ0SOsT|archivedate=20 July 2014|deadurl=no}}</ref> It was registered as the flag of the GLBTI Association of South Africa in 2012 and is not an official [[National symbols of South Africa|national symbol of South Africa]].
The '''gay pride flag of South Africa''' is a [[gay pride]] symbol that aims to reflect the freedom and diversity of the [[South Africa]]n nation and build pride in being an [[LGBT]] South African.<ref name=CTPride>{{cite web|url=http://capetownpride.org/news/news/59-south-african-gay-flag-revealed-at-mcqp/|title=South African Flag Revealed at MCQP|date=22 December 2010|publisher=Cape Town Pride|accessdate=4 April 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809150001/http://capetownpride.org/news/news/59-south-african-gay-flag-revealed-at-mcqp/|archivedate=9 August 2011}}</ref><ref name=QueerlifeSA>{{cite web|title=South Africa Gets Own Gay Flag|url=http://www.queerlife.co.za/test/news/jan2011/6038-south-africa-gets-own-gay-flag.html|date=January 2011|website=Queerlife South Africa|accessdate=18 July 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316234415/http://www.queerlife.co.za/test/news/jan2011/6038-south-africa-gets-own-gay-flag.html|archivedate=16 March 2012|deadurl=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gay Flag of South Africa|url=http://gayflagofsouthafrica.co.za/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727183557/http://gayflagofsouthafrica.co.za/|archivedate=27 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=SA to recognise gay flag |url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/sa-to-recognise-gay-flag-1.1397735#.U8wExeOSyyg |accessdate=20 July 2014 |work=IOL |agency=SAPA |date=6 October 2012 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6RDJ0SOsT?url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/sa-to-recognise-gay-flag-1.1397735 |archivedate=20 July 2014 |deadurl=no |df=dmy }}</ref> It was registered as the flag of the GLBTI Association of South Africa in 2012 and is not an official [[National symbols of South Africa|national symbol of South Africa]].


==Design==
==Design==
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==Registration==
==Registration==
On 20 July 2012, the flag was registered at South Africa's [[Bureau of Heraldry]] as a [[heraldic flag]] representing the GLBTI Association of South Africa.<ref name=GG/><ref name=Nathan/><ref>{{cite journal|title=Government Notice 541|journal=Government Gazette|date=20 July 2012|issue=35517|url=http://www.gov.za/documents/download.php?f=170855}}</ref> It is not an official national symbol per se, and not necessarily the only South African version of the LGBT rainbow flag.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Name of the Game|journal=OUT Africa Magazine|issue=14|page=22|url=http://issuu.com/outafricamagazine/docs/out_mag_issuu_14|publisher=Patterson Publications}}</ref>
On 20 July 2012, the flag was registered at South Africa's [[Bureau of Heraldry]] as a [[heraldic flag]] representing the GLBTI Association of South Africa.<ref name=GG/><ref name=Nathan/><ref>{{cite journal|title=Government Notice 541 |journal=Government Gazette |date=20 July 2012 |issue=35517 |url=http://www.gov.za/documents/download.php?f=170855 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It is not an official national symbol per se, and not necessarily the only South African version of the LGBT rainbow flag.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Name of the Game|journal=OUT Africa Magazine|issue=14|page=22|url=http://issuu.com/outafricamagazine/docs/out_mag_issuu_14|publisher=Patterson Publications}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 16:28, 8 January 2017

GLBTI Association of South Africa
UseOther
Proportion2:3
Adopted2010 (public launch)
2012 (heraldic registration)
DesignRectangular flag proportion 2:3 the field divided horizontally into six equal bands of red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple, surmounted horizontally from the hoist of a white pall in umbra the edge to the hoist in black[1]
Designed byEugene Brockman

The gay pride flag of South Africa is a gay pride symbol that aims to reflect the freedom and diversity of the South African nation and build pride in being an LGBT South African.[2][3][4][5] It was registered as the flag of the GLBTI Association of South Africa in 2012 and is not an official national symbol of South Africa.

Design

Flag flying at Cape Town Pride 2014

Designed by Eugene Brockman,[6][7] the flag is a hybrid of the LGBT rainbow flag and the South African national flag launched in 1994 after the end of the apartheid era.[8] Brockman said "I truly believe we (the GLBT community) put the dazzle into our rainbow nation and this flag is a symbol of just that".[2] The stated purposes of the flag include celebrating legal same-sex marriage in South Africa and addressing issues such as discrimination, homophobia and the corrective rape hate crime.[9]

Launch

Giant flag at Soweto Pride 2012, with participants protesting against violence against lesbians

The flag was launched on 18 December 2010 at the Mother City Queer Project costume party which is held annually and took place that year at the new Cape Town Stadium.[2][3]

Registration

On 20 July 2012, the flag was registered at South Africa's Bureau of Heraldry as a heraldic flag representing the GLBTI Association of South Africa.[1][7][10] It is not an official national symbol per se, and not necessarily the only South African version of the LGBT rainbow flag.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Government Notice 377". Government Gazette (35313). 11 May 2012. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b c "South African Flag Revealed at MCQP". Cape Town Pride. 22 December 2010. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  3. ^ a b "South Africa Gets Own Gay Flag". Queerlife South Africa. January 2011. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Gay Flag of South Africa". Archived from the original on 27 July 2011.
  5. ^ "SA to recognise gay flag". IOL. SAPA. 6 October 2012. Archived from the original on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Who are we?". Gay Flag of South Africa. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012.
  7. ^ a b Nathan, Melanie (6 October 2012). "South Africa first to recognize gay flag as an official national symbol". LGBTQ Nation. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ Williams, Denise (8 October 2012). "Gay flag for a 'queer' South Africa". Times LIVE. Archived from the original on 19 June 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ Berry, Bruce (25 January 2011). "Gay flag in South Africa". FOTW. Archived from the original on 6 March 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "Government Notice 541". Government Gazette (35517). 20 July 2012.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "Name of the Game". OUT Africa Magazine (14). Patterson Publications: 22.