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# Brazilian Gay Flag

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Last modified: 2026-07-18 by ian macdonald
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image by Tomislav Todorovic, 4 October 2014

- Description of the flag
- Other variations

See also:

- Index of Brazil Pages

## Description of the flag

The Brazilian gay flag is derived from the national flag of Brazil by replacing its green field with six rainbow colors, violet at the top. Its photo, taken in Brasilia on 2013-06-05, can be found at http://www.trust.org/item/20130605220903-3810e.
As can be seen, the yellow stripe is in same shade as the lozenge, which effectively conjoins them into a single charge, although the lozenge is not precisely centered on this particular flag, probably because it was hand-made and/or in a hurry to finish before the use time.
A very similar design has appeared at the GayJourney.COM website http://gayjourney.com/flags/gay_flags_national.htm and is marked as having been designed by the site’s author, Greg Gomes. The main difference is the order of rainbow stripes, red being at the top. Most of colors are also in different shades there. The use of such flags in real life has not been verified so far.
Tomislav Todorovic, 4 October 2014

## Other variations

image by Tomislav Todorovic, 25 June 2026

A similar flag, only with reversed order of rainbow colors and most of the color shades visibly lighter, was seen in New York City on 2025-06-29, at the New York City Pride. The photos are available here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/clayhensley
and here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/clayhensley
This one is even more similar to the one which was designed by Greg Gomes of the GayJourney.COM website, but the color shades still visibly differ from those used there. The flag was also more oblong than the previously described ones, the ratio being about 3:5.
Tomislav Todorovic, 25 June 2026

image by Tomislav Todorovic, 25 June 2026

Another similar flag, used in London, UK on 2023-07-01, at the London Pride, is shown in the photo available here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mangakamaidenphotography
Its set of color shades differs from those of the other flags, the ratio is about 3:5 again, and red is at the top, but the most distinguishing feature is the black fimbriation of the yellow lozenge, which separates it from the rainbow stripe in the same color.
Tomislav Todorovic, 25 June 2026

image by Tomislav Todorovic, 25 June 2026

Another variant with red at the top and a fimbriated lozenge was used in Vancouver, BC on 2023-08-06, at the Vancouver Pride. The photo is available here https://www.flickr.com/photos/anthonymaw
Here, the fimbriation is green and wider than on the previously described flag. Green stripe is almost invisible in the photo - only a tiny portion next to the staff can be seen - still it reveals that the shade is the same as that of the fimbriation, so they must be effectively merged into a single shape. Also, the visible area of the flag suggests that it is not very oblong, probably not more than the national flag of Brazil, whose ratio was used for this reconstruction.
Tomislav Todorovic, 25 June 2026