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The Trans POC Pride Flag was first flown at San Francisco Pride in 2019, though it is unclear who designed it. The flag has a combination of the LGBTQ+ rainbow, the Trans Pride flag, and the raised fist of the QPOC Pride Flag, or Queer People of Colour Pride Flag. Since then, it has regularly be seen in conjunction with the Black Lives Matter movement.

The colours within the fist are meant to represent the rainbow of human skin tones, and in the version pictured, the blue, pink, and white stripes represent the transgender community. The symbolism of the raised fist is much older than the rainbow: According to National Geographic, one of the first uses of it was in a speech given by "Big Bill" Haywood, one of the founders of the Industrial Workers of the World Union. He explained, as he raised a fist: "Every finger by itself has no force. Now look. See, that's the IWW." Since then, it's been used by a variety of groups — including the anti-Nazi Red Front Fighters — as a symbol of resistance, triumph, and the fight against injustice.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LGBT_Gay_Trans_Pride_BLM_Fist_Flag

 

 

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