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Pride 2021: Getting back out there | Figma Blog (opens in new tab)

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Figma’s 2021 Pride post presents Pride as both a celebration of LGBTQ+ identity and a continuation of the community’s history of resistance. Clancy Slack describes how Figma’s Pride Employee Resource Group creates space for authenticity and belonging, especially after the isolation and injustice of 2020. As in-person events began returning, Figma invited the broader design community to express Pride through posters made and shared in Figma Community.

Figma’s commitment to community and belonging

  • Figma’s mission of making design accessible extends to building inclusive communities.
  • Figma Community connects hundreds of thousands of users who collaborate and create together.
  • Employee Resource Groups help Figmates connect around shared identities and experiences.
  • The Pride ERG, founded in 2019, provides LGBTQ+ employees with a space to be open, authentic, and supported.
  • During Maker Week, the group explored Pride iconography and collaboratively designed original artwork.

Pride’s history and renewed significance

  • Pride offers LGBTQ+ people a rare opportunity to celebrate openly, feel safe, and connect with their community.
  • The occasion commemorates the 1969 Stonewall Uprising and the history of resistance to anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination and police raids.
  • The pandemic and widespread reminders of injustice made community and solidarity especially important in 2020.
  • With vaccinations increasing and cities preparing for in-person parades, Pride represented a hopeful return to public celebration.

A call for Pride posters

  • Figma encouraged designers, artists, and makers to create Pride posters using the platform.
  • Participants were asked to publish their work to Figma Community with the hashtag #pride.
  • Posters could be printed for local parades or used to celebrate Pride at home.
  • Figma planned to feature selected designs in a curated Community collection.
  • The post highlighted employee-created designs, including messages such as “Show your true colors” and “Love is Love.”
  • A Figma template provided standard sizing and printing guidance.

Figma’s central recommendation is to use creative collaboration to strengthen visibility, connection, and LGBTQ+ community celebration—bringing Pride back into public spaces while keeping its history and purpose in view.