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A pink triangle is sometimes located in the hoist of the Pride Flag.

Don Hagemann, 4 May 1996

During the renovation of Montreal’s (Canada) metro (subway) system in 1999-2000, the access to Beaudry metro, the station serving the gay village, was torn down and replaced with a beautiful new building with the colours of the gay pride flag integrated into it. To my knowledge this is one of the only public buildings in the world so decorated. You can see a picture of it here.

Matt McLauchlin, 11 December 2001

Variations on the Ratio of Rainbow Flag

Lacking any official specifications, the Gay Pride / Rainbow Flag may have any ratio its users like. The most widespread ones, though, seem to be 2:3 and 3:5, which are among the most widespread ones in general, too. Long "flags" carried by rows of people at LGBT-related events also appear frequently.

A specific ratio worth noting is 1:1, which has been used in Zurich, Switzerland, alone or together with the national and cantonal flags, from which it was clearly borrowed. Most of its photos date from the Zurich Pride / Europride 2009; the best examples can be found here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here. These flags might easily be the predecessors of the Swiss gay flags which were seen at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna, Austria.

Tomislav Todorović, 28 May 2015

Rainbow Flags with white stripe at the hoist

Stockholm Pride Rainbow Flags with White Stripe at the Fly

Rainbow Flags with double Mars symbol

Since astronomical/astrological symbol for Mars is used to represent male gender, doubled symbol is often used to represent male homosexuality and is included as such into the Unicode since version 4.1.0 and assigned the code point U+26A3.

Source:

Unicode Consortium website - code chart for Miscellaneous Symbols block in version 4.1.0 (in PDF format)

Tomislav Todorović, 21 June 2015

Rainbow Flag with double Mars symbol in canton

Image by Tomislav Todorović, 21 June 2015

Flags with double Mars symbol in white on blue canton were seen in London, UK on 2010-07-03, in New York City on 2011-06-26, in Nottingham, UK on 2010-07-31 and in Belfast, UK on 2013-07-06. On these flags, the individual Mars symbols are conjoined and the canton is much darker than the blue stripe.

Tomislav Todorović, 21 June 2015

This flag was also used at the Uganda Pride 2012.

Tomislav Todorović, 30 August 2015

Rainbow flag with double Mars symbol over all

image by Tomislav Todorović, 21 June 2015

Flag with large double Mars symbol over all in white, exhibited together with several other sexual orientation flags, can be seen here and here. A photo of the flag, taken in Washington, DC on 2013-03-26, can be found here. On these flags, the individual Mars symbols are interlaced and fimbriated black.

Tomislav Todorović, 21 June 2015

Rainbow flags with double Venus symbol

Since astronomical/astrological symbol for Venus is used to represent female gender, doubled symbol is often used to represent female homosexuality and is included as such into the Unicode since version 4.1.0 and assigned the code point U+26A2.

Source:

Unicode Consortium website - code chart for Miscellaneous Symbols block in version 4.1.0 (in PDF format)

Tomislav Todorović, 21 June 2015

Rainbow flag with double Venus symbol in canton

image by Tomislav Todorović, 21 June 2015

Flags with double Venus symbol in white on blue canton were seen in Zurich, Switzerland on 2009-06-06, in Santa Fe, New Mexico in February 2010, in London, UK on 2010-07-03 and in Nottingham, UK on 2010-07-31. On these flags, the individual Venus symbols are conjoined and the canton is much darker than the blue stripe.

Tomislav Todorović, 21 June 2015

This flag was also used at the Uganda Pride 2012.

Tomislav Todorović, 30 August 2015

Rainbow flag with double Venus symbol over all

image by Tomislav Todorović, 21 June 2015

Flag with large double Venus symbol over all in white, exhibited together with several other sexual orientation flags, can be seen here and here. A photo of the flag, taken in Columbus, Ohio on 2014-06-20, can be found here. On these flags, the individual Venus symbols are interlaced and fimbriated black.

Tomislav Todorović, 21 June 2015

Source:

Communication from José Luís Cepero

Sources:

[1]  Flickr - Photo from Toronto Pride Parade on 24 June 2018: https://flickr.com/photos/ttc8100/29132712968/

[2]  Flickr - Photo from Cambridge Pride on 8 June 2019: https://flickr.com/photos/mangakamaidenphotography/48300920947/

[3]  Flickr - Photo from Pride in London on 6 July 2019: https://flickr.com/photos/mikepaws/48216767572/

[4]  Flickr - Photo from Brighton Pride on 3 August 2019: https://flickr.com/photos/mangakamaidenphotography/48617181992/

[5]  Hackney Gazette website: https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/haggerston-park-hosts-uk-black-pride-2019-1-6149248

[6]  Gay Star News website: https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/photos-uk-black-pride-2019/

[7]  East Timor Law & Justice Bulletin website: https://www.easttimorlawandjusticebulletin.com/2017/09/does-gay-marriage-vote-in-australia.html

[8]  The Equality Institute website: http://www.equalityinstitute.org/blog/making-way-for-pride-in-timor-leste

[9]  Gay Star News website: https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/here-are-the-21-best-photos-from-east-timors-second-pride-parade/

[10]  Timor-Leste Pride at Facebook - Photo album from Timor-Leste Pride 2019: https://www.facebook.com/pg/MarsaDiversidade/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2297172613875573

Sources:

[1] Wikimedia Commons  Photo from Dyke March Berlin on 26 July 2019: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dyke_March_Berlin_2019_106.jpg

[2] Wikimedia Commons  Photo from Dyke March Berlin on 26 July 2019: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dyke_March_Berlin_2019_108.jpg

[3] Wikimedia Commons  Photo from Dyke March Berlin on 26 July 2019: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dyke_March_Berlin_2019_114.jpg

[4] Flickr  Photo from Manchester Pride on 24 August 2018: https://www.flickr.com/photos/chorltondave/30393222628/

[5] Flickr  Photo from Manchester Pride on 25 August 2018: https://www.flickr.com/photos/163263407@N08/44038005215/

[6] Flickr  Photo from Manchester Pride on 25 August 2018: https://www.flickr.com/photos/aawais/43391032145/

[7] Gay Star News website: https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/manchester-pride-new-rainbow-flag/#gs.bv2qGsBy

[8] Flickr  Photo from Manchester Pride on 24 August 2019: https://www.flickr.com/photos/46122435@N05/48631016288/

[9] Flickr  Photo from Manchester Pride on 24 August 2019: https://www.flickr.com/photos/possbruce/48612517913/

[10] Flickr  Photo from Manchester Pride on 24 August 2019: https://www.flickr.com/photos/trambo/48616670987/

[11] Flickr  Photo from Manchester Pride on 24 August 2019: https://www.flickr.com/photos/trambo/48616175003/

[12] Flickr  Photo from Manchester Pride (creation date not specified, uploaded om 3 September 2019): https://www.flickr.com/photos/gclintonlindop/48674099412/

[14] Flickr  Photo from Manchester Pride (creation date not specified, uploaded om 3 September 2019): https://www.flickr.com/photos/gclintonlindop/48673860482/