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Gay Pride/Rainbow Flag - More variations with order and number of stripes (2)

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Seven-striped variations
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Seven-striped variations

image by Tomislav Todorović, 5 October 2014

Not only the six-colored, but also the seven-colored gay rainbow flags may have the "unordered" patterns. One such flag was hoisted at the building of Extremadura regional government, in the city of Badajoz, Spain, in June 2014, just before the International LGBT Pride Day, as reported here and here. On this flag, violet and blue have had the places swapped and turquoise was more like the sky blue. Having had seven stripes, just like the Inca flag, the flag was mistaken for it in the news reports, but when compared with the six-colored flag, it was compared with an "unordered" variant. However, the use of seven-colored gay rainbow flags is not unknown to Spain, as they were used at the Madrid Pride / Europride 2007 and this "unordered" flag is clearly another one, not an Inca flag.
Tomislav Todorović, 5 October 2014

image by Tomislav Todorović, 5 October 2014

An earlier example of the use of such flags is from the Taiwan Pride 2005. There, the pattern was: blue, turquoise, violet, green, yellow, orange, red. This is the same pattern as one of the most common variants of Italian peace flag but this flag's transparency in the photo reveals that there seems to be no inscription, so it is clearly another gay rainbow flag.
Tomislav Todorović, 5 October 2014

In the same year (2005), the same pattern was seen in Paris, at the Gay Pride 2005: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Association_conatct_gay_pride_2005.JPG. As the flags were hung vertically, it is difficult to say which side was meant to be at the top. Regardless of that, the pattern was clearly the same, and the shades seem to have been the same as well, or differed very little.
Tomislav Todorovć, 30 January 2020

image by Tomislav Todorović, 1 July 2015

Another seven striped variant, with purple at the top and swapped places of dark and light blue (instead of indigo and turquoise) was seen in Chennai, India, at the Chennai Rainbow Pride 2012, as shown here, and again at the rally held for the International Day against Homophobia/Transphobia. Photo from the event can be seen here (image).
Tomislav Todorović, 1 July 2015

The flag was used again at the Chennai Rainbow Pride 2015. The photos are available here: https://photos.orinam.net/post/122959598132/chennai-pride-2015-27-june-2015-photo-courtesy (image 1: https://66.media.tumblr.com/c75c9f1bd29f9dfae4849e9bf674792a/tumblr_nqtn3kzkwv1tpcg6lo2_400.jpg and image 2: https://66.media.tumblr.com/2e9f4340c5a02e9e1e2209a0a0bfddb8/tumblr_nqtn3kzkwv1tpcg6lo9_640.jpg).
Tomislav Todorović, 16 June 2020

image by Tomislav Todorović, 1 July 2015

Some variants of "unordered" seven-striped flags replace indigo and turquoise stripes with a single blue stripe, while a pink stripe is added between yellow and green. Such flags, with red at the top, were used at Chennai Rainbow Pride 2011, as shown here, and again at Chennai Rainbow Pride 2012, with the photos available here and here, and Chennai Rainbow Pride 2013, as shown here.
Tomislav Todorović, 1 July 2015

image by Tomislav Todorović, 1 July 2015

Flags with the reversed color order (purple at the top) were used at Chennai Rainbow Pride 2014, with the photos available here and here.
Tomislav Todorović, 1 July 2015

image by Tomislav Todorović, 30 August 2015

Another seven-striped variant with pink and single blue stripes was seen at the annual Gay Pride in Entebbe, Uganda on 2015-08-08, as seen here, here and here. The color pattern was: red, orange, pink, green, yellow, blue, purple. While red and pink were rather dark, more than typically used, blue was very light - unusually light for the gay pride flags.
Tomislav Todorović, 30 August 2015

image by Tomislav Todorović, 25 August 2018

A variant with swapped places of green and turquoise stripes was used at the 38th Mexico City LGBTTTI Pride March (XXXVIII Marcha del Orgullo LGBTTTI de la Ciudad de M xico), which took place on 25 June 2016 (date not mentioned by the source, but detected from the file names of presented photos) (photo: https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uyJ4WpDybQA/V3BkpZ7G2iI/AAAAAAAC-Pw/6pvuxxFwb143O0SwuGAnY-LseD1-4EKXwCLcB/s1600/25-06-2016%2B-%2BMexico%2B-%2BMexico%2BCity%2B-%2BMexico%2BCity%2BPride%2B2016%2B%2528edited%2Bphotos%2529%2B8.JPG) On this flag, yellow, green and even turquoise looked lighter than usual, red, orange and indigo seem to have had their usual shades, while violet was dark enough to be described as purple.
Tomislav Todorović, 25 August 2018

image by Tomislav Todorović, 20 June 2020

The variant with violet moved to the opposite edge, next to red, all other colors keeping their usual order, was seen at Leeds Pride 2010.[1] While the photo does not reveal which side of the flag is up, the one from San Francisco, taken before the City Hall on 26 June 2015, clearly shows indigo at the top and violet at the bottom;[2] that particular flag copy may have been bearing some additional charges, part of which was in indigo. The same pattern was seen again at Pride London 2017; again, it is not possible to tell which side was up, for both available photos show the flag used as a canopy, first attached to an open car [3] and just standing in the open the other time.[4] Both photos were taken on the same date, at the same place, so it is possible that they display the same copy of the flag, although there are not enough elements to tell it with certainty. In fact, it is possible that the 2010 flag from Leeds was also used as a sort of canopy, although it is not visible enough to prove that.[1]
Tomislav Todorović, 20 June 2020
Sources:
[1] — Flickr - Photo from Leeds Pride, on 1 August 2010: https://www.flickr.com/photos/22179048@N05/4849931064/
[2] — SFGATE website: https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Rainbow-flag-turns-40-Gilbert-Baker-pride-parade-13015011.php#photo-8251930 (NOTE: due to some unclear bug, the above address will not always lead directly to the "Image 23 of 38", but it can always be reached by clicking the arrow buttons as many times as necessary; when that is completed, the said address is displayed.)
[3] — Flickr - Photo from Pride London, on 8 July 2017: https://www.flickr.com/photos/waterford_man/35138582614/
[4] — Flickr - Photo from Pride London, on 8 July 2017: https://www.flickr.com/photos/waterford_man/35146426193/

image by Tomislav Todorović, 8 July 2021

Another seven-striped flag with pink and single blue stripes was used at the Mexico City Pride on 28 June 2014. The photo is available here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/36816536@N03/14537973665/.

The color pattern was: violet, pink, blue, yellow, red, green and orange. Most of the colors were much lighter than typically used. Two years later, a flag with the same pattern was used at the Pride event on 25 June 2016. The photo is available here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/9273571@N02/27299230334/.

This time, a number of silver stars, which cannot be determined from the photo, was placed upon the basic design, but the color pattern has remained the same, as well as the shades, and even the carrier seems to have been the same person, so it is possible that it was the same item from 2014, only modified by addition of the stars.
Tomislav Todorović, 8 July 2021

image by Tomislav Todorović, 1 August 2021

A number of variations also exist which replace indigo and turquoise stripes with a single blue stripe, along with replacing a single violet stripe with two stripes in different shades of that color. A long row of such flags was photographed in India, in the town of Aluva, Kerala (Kochi metropolitan area), on 14 November 2012: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nagarjun/8260747200/. On these flags, a darker shade of violet was at the very bottom and the lighter shade was above it, next to the blue one.
Tomislav Todorović, 1 August 2021

image by Tomislav Todorović, 1 August 2021

Other flags with such pattern were used in the city of Baguio, Philippines, in November 2018. The photo displaying two such flags carried at the Baguio Pride Parade can be found here: https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/there-limited-awareness-philippines-bestang-sarah-dekdeken. Here, the bottom stripe was in the lighter shade of violet and the one next to the blue stripe was in the darker shade.
Tomislav Todorović, 1 August 2021

image by Tomislav Todorović, 17 September 2023

Another seven-striped variant with two shades of violet was hoisted by the U.S. Consulate General in Chennai, India, during June 2018 to commemorate the Pride Month. The order of stripes was the same as on the flag seen in the Philippines in 2018, as were the shades of red, orange and yellow, while the two shades of other colors were virtually identical with those on the flag seen in Kerala in 2012, and green and blue were a bit lighter than those seen on that flag.
Tomislav Todorović, 17 September 2023
Sources:
[1] U.S. Embassy and Consulates in India website: https://in.usembassy.gov/u-s-consulate-general-chennai-unfurls-rainbow-pride-flag-to-commemorate-pride-month/
[2] U.S. Consulate General, Chennai at Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/usconsulatechennai/42241133165/
[3] U.S. Consulate General, Chennai at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpJS2GCaqpI
[4] Logo TV channel website: https://www.logotv.com/news/u18wy7/embassies-defy-trump-admin-pride-flag-ban

image by Tomislav Todorović, 7 October 2023

Another variant with pink and single blue stripes has been used in Pattaya, Thailand, since at least 2018, when it was first photographed. [1] The color pattern is: red, yellow, pink, green, orange, blue, violet, with a very intense, reddish shade of pink, most of the other colors being lighter and red and yellow being somewhat darker than usual. Many more photos were made at Pattaya Pride 2019, [2-6] much fewer at the 2020 event [7,8] and many at the 2022 event again. [9-13] The flag was also used at the Pattaya Pride 2023, with few photos currently available, [14,15] but more might appear in future.
image by Tomislav Todorović, 7 October 2023
Sources:
[1] Shutterstock photo archive - Photo from Gender Equality Walking Campaign, Pattaya on 10 February 2018: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/pattaya-thailand-february-102018-organized-gender-1540841441
[2] 123rf.com photo archive - Photo from Pattaya Pride, on 9 February 2019: https://www.123rf.com/photo_137009275_pattaya-thailand-february-9-2019-lgbt-oriented-people-take-part-in-pattaya-pride-rainbow-festival-pa.html
[3] Pattaya Pride at Facebook - Photo uploaded on 9 February 2019: https://www.facebook.com/1794727770823625/photos/a.1796468750649527/2012804772349256/
[4] Pattaya Pride at Facebook - Photo uploaded on 9 February 2019: https://www.facebook.com/1794727770823625/photos/a.1796468750649527/2012668209029579/
[5] Pattaya Pride at Facebook - Photo uploaded on 9 February 2019: https://www.facebook.com/1794727770823625/photos/a.1796468750649527/2012667775696289/
[6] Pattaya Pride at Facebook - Photo uploaded on 10 February 2019: https://www.facebook.com/1794727770823625/photos/a.1796468750649527/2013040722325661/
[7] 123rf.com photo archive - Photo from Pattaya Pride, on 15 February 2020: https://www.123rf.com/photo_141489351_pattaya-thailand-february-15-2020-a-part-of-colorful-of-lgbt-parade-with-people-wearing-rainbow-colo.html
[8] Pattaya Mail website - Report from Pattaya Pride, on 25 February 2020: https://www.pattayamail.com/featured/pattaya-pride-celebrated-lgbt-community-289174
[9] Alamy photo archive - Photo from Pattaya Pride, on 25 June 2022: https://www.alamy.com/pattaya-chonburi-thailand-25th-june-2022-members-and-allies-of-the-lgbtq-community-participate-in-pride-at-the-pattaya-international-pride-festival-2022-event-on-pattaya-second-road-marching-to-beach-road-pattaya-city-chonburi-province-thailand-to-celebrate-pride-month-and-support-gender-equality-credit-image-teera-noisakranpacific-press-via-zuma-press-wire-image473707718.html
[10] Pattaya Pride at Facebook - Photo uploaded on 1 June 2022: https://www.facebook.com/pattayainterpride/photos/a.112745481451999/112735324786348/
[11] Pattaya Pride at Facebook - Photo uploaded on 2 June 2022: https://www.facebook.com/pattayainterpride/photos/a.112745481451999/113003524759528/
[12] Pattaya Pride at Facebook - Photo uploaded on 25 June 2022: https://www.facebook.com/pattayainterpride/photos/a.115459771180570/123122750414272/
[13] Pattaya Pride at Facebook - Photo uploaded on 15 July 2022: https://www.facebook.com/pattayainterpride/photos/a.112745481451999/129832056410008/
[14] Shutterstock photo archive - Photo from Pattaya Pride, on 25 June 2023: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/thai-people-parade-participants-pattaya-international-2326518107
[15] Pattaya Pride at Facebook - Photo uploaded on 27 June 2023: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=286158330595508&set=a.286161710595170

Eight-striped variations

image by Tomislav Todorović, 25 August 2018

Flags with eight stripes, arranged in a pattern different form than that introduced by Gilbert Baker, were used in June 2018 at the Mexico City Pride. Photos from the event are available here and here.

The change was in the position of pink stripe, which was moved to the bottom, beneath violet, red becoming the top one. Pink color was also in a darker shade - inclining towards magenta - while turquoise looked more like the sky blue. Most of other colors also varied somewhat, especially green, which was often rather dark, but could sometimes be very light, too.
Tomislav Todorović, 25 August 2018

Prior to 2018, the same flag was used at the Mexico City Pride in 2016: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jesuschairez/27862982742/.
Tomislav Todorović, 16 June 2022