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| Use | Represent the South African LGBT community |
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| Proportion | 2:3 |
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| Design | A 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 by | Eugene Brockman |
| Part of theLGBTQ series |
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Thegay flag of South Africa is apride flag that aims to reflect the freedom and diversity ofSouth Africa and build pride in being anLGBTQ South African.[2][3][4][5] It was registered as the flag of the LGBTQ Association of South Africa in 2012 and is not an officialsymbol of South Africa.
Designed by Eugene Brockman,[6][7] the flag is a hybrid of theSouth African national flag, which was launched in 1994 after the end of theapartheid era, and theLGBT rainbow flag.[8] Brockman said "I truly believe we (theLGBT community) put the dazzle into ourrainbow nation and this flag is a symbol of just that".[2] The stated purposes of the flag include celebrating legalsame-sex marriage in South Africa and addressing issues such asdiscrimination,homophobia andcorrective rape.[9]
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 newCape Town Stadium.[2][3]
On 20 July 2012, the flag was registered at South Africa'sBureau of Heraldry as aheraldic flag representing the LGBT Association of South Africa.[1][7][10] It is not an official national symbol, and not the only South African version of the LGBT rainbow flag.[11]
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