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This design has undergone some changes over the years. As the demand of rainbow flags increased they began selling with seven stripes, without the pink stripe due to the lack to pink fabric. In 1979 the design was changed again because, when hung vertically from the lamp posts of San Francisco's Market Street, the center stripe was obscured by the post itself. The turquoise stripe was dropped, making a flag with an even number of stripes.<ref name=":0">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090721053735/http://ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/08/Apr/1801.htm Unsung Heroes of the Gay World: Vexillographer Gilbert Baker]</ref>[[File:Homo-.png|thumb|A general homo- flag]]The general/specific homo- flag was designed by Tumblr user pastelroswell via submission to the blog Beyond-[[MOGAI]]-Pride-Flags. Each color is paired with a similar color to represent attraction to and relationships between similar genders. This is also meant to visually illustrate that homo- individuals aren’t necessarily attracted to the exact same gender exclusively, eg. a homosexual man might be attracted to both [[binary]] and nonbinary men, or individuals that are [[multigender]] with at least one of those genders being [[masculine]]. The outermost stripes being purple represents purple’s history as a symbolic color of the LGBTQIA+/gay/[[queer]] communities, which intersect directly with the homo- community.<ref>{{Archive|Site=web|URL=20220120131112/https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/177311648565/i-designed-a-homo-flag-this-includes-all-forms}}</ref>