DeWitt Pride

10/17/2026

Last week, we had some members of DeWitt Pride at the Red Wings Pride Night game! We love supporting our community at any chance. 🌈

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10/08/2026

Let's talk about the Le***an Pride Flag.
Happy International Le***an Day to all our sapphic crew! (October 8th)

Since the design of the labrys le***an flag, many designs have been proposed and used.
The le***an feminist movement adopted the labrys as a symbol in the 1970s, due to its association with the Amazons of Greek mythology. The black triangle was used in N**i concentration camps as a badge of shame to mark "asocials" (including Roma and Sinti people, disabled people, and le***ans). Some le***ans appropriated the symbol, similarly to the pink triangle for gay men. The color violet is associated with le***ans via the poetry of Sappho, who often wrote about love and desire between women. (Fun fact: Sappho was a prolific and well-renowned ancient Greek poet; she was originally from the island of Le**os).

2010, the lipstick le***an flag was created to represent femme le***ans, excluding anyone else. Composed with 7 horizontal stripes in a gradient going from Magenta (top), white (middle), and red (bottom). As a reaction, the butch flags were created with less “feminine” colors to represent the non-femme le***ans. There were 2 versions with 7 horizontal stripes, one ranging in a gradient from blue (top), white (middle), and violet (bottom). The 2nd, a gradient from orange-red (top), white (middle), and yellow (bottom).
Later on the labrys and the lipstick flags were associated with transphobic, biphobic and racist movements, which prompted rejection of the flags by the community. In 2018, due to a Tumblr poll seeking an official flag for an inclusive le***an community, the current Orange-pink flag was created. 7 stripes, each color representing: red-orange gender non-conformity, orange independence, light orange community, white unique relationships to womanhood, pink serenity and peace, dusty pink love and s*x, dark rose femininity.
Later simplified to 5 stripes (Red-orange, orange, white, dusty pink, and dark rose). As of 2026, this version of the Orange-Pink flag is the most commonly used.

More Pride Flags Talk coming soon!

P.S.: The original post used the term "homos*xual men" when talking about the pink triangle used by the N**is. In this post, the term was framed within the context of historical persecution. Currently, that term is generally considered offensive, precisely due to its derogatory use and negative historical connotations.

We are here to lift and support our community, but we are humans, and we make mistakes too. If you see an error or a term that is misused, please do let us know; we will fix it as soon as possible.
Your feedback and support are appreciated! ❤

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10/02/2026

Let's talk about the Transgender Pride Flag.🏳️‍⚧️

Created between 1999 and early 2000 by US Navy Veteran and transgender woman Monica Helms, the flag was first shown at the 2000’s Pride parade in Phoenix, Arizona. The stripes at the top and bottom are light blue, the traditional color for baby boys. The stripes next to them are pink, the traditional color for baby girls. The stripe in the middle is white, for those who are inters*x, transitioning or consider themselves having a neutral or undefined gender.
On August 19th, 2014, Helms donated the original transgender flag to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
In 2023, the Progress Pride flag, with the incorporation of the transgender flag colors, was flown at the White House.
In 2022, a Transgender pride Tartan (traditional Scottish plaid pattern), based on the colours of the Transgender Flag, was officially registered with the Scottish Register of Tartans.

More Pride Flags Talk coming soon!

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09/17/2026

Let's talk about the Traditional Pride Flag. 🏳️‍🌈

After losing the pink stripe to production costs and the turquoise stripe to symmetry needs for display, we were left with the 6-color rainbow flag.
Nowadays, it is widely spread that the LGBTQIA+ community and allies use rainbow flags and many rainbow-themed color schemes and items as an umbrella outward symbol of their identity and/or support. 🌈

Many variations of the rainbow pride flag have been made to bring focus to specific causes or groups within the community. Some examples would be the Pride Flag of South Africa, the Two-Spirit Pride Flag or the Victory Over AIDS Pride Flag.

While the rainbow flag is used as an umbrella flag, over the years, the community has been creating more specific flags to represent each aspect of the wonderful diversity in the LGBTQIA+ community. We will be seeing them during this Pride Talk series, so come back for more!

Do you have any fun facts about the rainbow flag or any of its variations? We'd love to hear about it! 😊

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09/16/2026

Hi, wonderful humans! 🏳️‍🌈
We are integrating Instagram into our Socials. Follow to not miss a thing!
You can check us out on:
page: https://www.facebook.com/midewittpride/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dewitt.pride/
Website: https://www.midewittpride.org/

Kindly participate and comment on our post; we want to hear about you!
This is a welcoming, loving, accepting, and respectful community. Hateful and/or disrespectful behavior won't be tolerated.

DeWitt Pride is a nonprofit organization, volunteer-based. We are also humans; we do not know everything, and sometimes we miss something or make mistakes. If you spot something that needs correction, kindly let us know in a comment or a message, and we will get it corrected.

09/16/2026

Let's talk about the original Pride flag. The Gilbert Baker Pride Flag. 🏳️‍🌈

Created in 1978 by artist Gilbert Beker as a symbol of gay pride. It was first unveiled during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Parade. Back then, the term gay was used in a more general way to address the LGBTQ+ community.
The original flag features eight colors, each representing different aspects of the community. Pink for s*xuality, originally to represent the diversity of the community; red for life; orange for healing; yellow for sunlight; green for nature; turquoise for magic/art; indigo for serenity; and violet for spirit.
Thirty volunteers helped Baker hand-dye and stitch the first two flags in the top-floor attic gallery of the Gay Community Center at 330 Grove Street in San Francisco.

During mass production, the pride flag underwent its first redesign, losing the pink stripe since production costs were tied to the rarity of the colored fabric.
Before the 1979 Gay Freedom Day Parade, the turquoise stripe was eliminated, as the committee organizing the parade wanted to fly the flag in two halves, from the light poles along both sides of Market Street, so it became a six-striped flag with equal halves.

Prior to the rainbow flag, the community was represented with a pink triangle, which was originally used in N**i concentration camps as a derogatory badge, and later on, reclaimed by the LGBTQ+ community as a symbol of resistance.
Baker claimed to have created the rainbow flag as an alternative to the pink triangle, as he noted the community needed "something beautiful, something for us" to replace a symbol of oppression with one of pride.
If you are interested in learning about the creation of the rainbow flag from its own creator, Baker shares his own account in his book "Rainbow Warrior: My Life in Color", by Gilbert Baker.

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06/02/2026

New designs and a new way to order with direct shipping. Get your 2026 Pride in the Park merch here: https://mi-dewitt-pride.square.site/s/shop

01/15/2026