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Gay flags and meaning

Agender Pride Flag

The Agender Lgbtq+ fest Flag was designed in by Salem X. The black and white stripes represent an absence of gender, the gray stripes represent semi-genderless, and the verdant stripe represents nonbinary genders.

Aromantic Pride Flag

The Aromantic Event flag was created by a Tumblr user famous as "cameronwhimsy" in The green stripes represent the spectrum of aromantic individuals because the color green is on the opposite side of the color wheel from red (which is typically associated with romance). white represents platonic relationships and gray and inky represents those of other sexualities.

Asexual Pride Flag

The asexual pride flag was created by a member of the Asexual Visibility and Learning Network in August of as a part of a community effort to create and choose a flag. Each stripe has a different meaning: inky represents asexuality, gray means gray-sexuality and demisexuality, light stands for non asexual partners and allies, and purple represents community.

Bisexual Identity Flag

Michael Page introduced the Bisexual Pride Flag in December of to stand for and increase visibility of bisexual people in the LGBT com

The rainbow flag was created as a symbol of LGBTQIA+ pride and individuality, and has since been used by millions of people around the earth to signal safety, allyship and inclusion.

More recently, variations of the rainbow flag have become popular, it can be difficult to know when to apply each one, or even which is the “correct” one to use. Our advice is to employ the flag that most aligns with your utterance or values. If you are part of a team or organisation, formulate this decision together as a team or with your community.

To help you work through this process, here’s a run down of the most famous flags and what they mean today.

Original Rainbow Self-acceptance Flag

You’ll recognise this flag as the “original” rainbow pride flag. This rainbow flag serves to signal pride - or allyship - to represent the entire LGBTQIA+ community.  

History of the Flag

The original rainbow pride flag was constructed in by Gilbert Baker, an openly gay designer and activist. The flag originally featured eight stripes, each of which represented something different. From highest to bottom, the stripes represented hot pink (for sex), red (for life), orange (for healing), yellow (for sunlight), green (for nature)

Pride Flags

Flags are often used as symbols of parade. It is no surprise then that numerous event flags have been created to represent the sexual and gender diversity of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. Explore all the different flags and their meanings.

Interested in exploring further? Take the online Positive Space: Foundations course to learn more about sex, sexuality, and gender diversity.

This resource is not intended to provide an exhaustive list of self-acceptance flags. If you own a suggestion for a flag to add or have any feedback on the information provided, please contact us.

 

  • Achillean Flag

    Achillean: Men or men-aligned individuals who are attracted to other men and men-aligned people. It is sometimes recognizable as men loving men (MLM). Achillean individuals may or may not be attracted to other genders. While this label isn’t exclusive, it is used to unify men-aligned people or men who adore other men.

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    Creator: Redesigned by DeviantArt (Tumblr user)
    Flag meaning: The first iteration was created by pridenpositivity (Tumblr user). The flag contains the color azure to represent men and a lime-green carnation in the center, which was popularized by Oscar Wilde wh

    Flags of the LGBTIQ Community

    Flags have always been an integral part of the LGBTIQ+ movement. They are a evident representation meant to commemorate progress, advocate for advocacy, and amplify the require and drive for collective action. There have been many LGBTIQ+ flags over the years. Some own evolved, while others are constantly being conceptualized and created.

    Rainbow Flag

    Created in by Gilbert Baker, the iconic Pride Rainbow flag originally had eight stripes. The colors included pink to represent sexuality, red for healing, yellow for daystar, green for serenity with nature, turquoise for art, indigo for harmony, and violet for spirit. In the years since, the flag now has six colors. It no longer has a pink stripe, and the turquoise and indigo stripes were replaced with royal blue.

    Progress Self-acceptance Flag

    Created in by nonbinary artist Daniel Quasar, the Progress Pride flag is based on the iconic rainbow flag. With stripes of black and brown to represent marginalized LGBTIQ+ people of tint and the triad of blue, pink, and light from the trans flag, the design represents diversity and inclusion.

    Trans Flag

    Conceived by Monica Helms, an openly transge

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