It’s Pride Month in the US. A little known fact… the Rainbow Pride Flag designed by Gilbert Baker debuted in 1978 with 8 colours and each colour had a meaning. The most popular version now has 6 colours (as shown in the header image here). Wikipedia has a good summary of the history.

Our understanding of sexuality and identities has changed a lot since the 70s, and although the Rainbow Pride Flag hopes to unite everyone, there are many other Pride Flags representing more specific groups.

This illustration is by the very lovely Xan of Comics by Xan. This is part of an ongoing series of Illustrated Guides. You can find the others here.