I feel like pointing that out on an almost 5 year old submission is a bit of a moot point lmao
Also, at the time of drawing, the gay flag we know now was still very new and not yet widely used (especially because they were starting out in spaces like Tumblr and DeviantArt etc), as such the rainbow was still being used by my friends for "gay." The rainbow flag is still used as "the" gay flag, too-it's just an option like the other 5/6 flags that gay men can use-this is just the one my friend (who is a gay man) chooses to use.
I feel like pointing that out on an almost 5 year old submission is a bit of a moot point lmao Also