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GILBERT BAKER PRIDE FLAG
The flag that started it all
Created by
Gilbert Baker
(1977), an artist, activist, and openly gay military veteran
Harvey Milk
, a historic
LGBTQ+
figure,
tasked Baker to create a flag for the queer community
Inspired by the song, "
Over the Rainbow
" in the 1939 film,
The Wizard of Oz
COLOR PRIDE FLAG
Hot
pink
was dropped because the fabric is
hard
to
find
The demand for the flag began to rise after the
assassination
of gay San Francisco City Supervisor
Harvey Milk
on November 27, 1978
The flag was once again
modified
to even out the number of colors,
turquoise
was later
dropped
TRANSGENDER FLAG
Created in
1999
by
Monica
Helms
, a transgender woman
Light
pink,
light
blue
= colors associated with little girls and
boys
White
=
intersex
, transitioning people, or those who don't feel
identified
with any gender
PROGRESS PRIDE FLAG
Designed by
Daniel
Quasar
Redesigned to place a greater emphasis on "
inclusion
and
progression
"
Colors included = transgender, gender nonconforming, undefined
Has
stripes
to represent the experiences of people of color too
Has stripes to also represent those living with
HIV
/
AIDS,
people who have passed because of this and the overall
stigma
regarding the disease
Revised in
2021
by
Valentino
Vecchietti
to include intersex colors
NONBINARY FLAG
Created by
Kye Rowan
in
2014
Represents people whose gender identity do not fit within the
male-female
binary
system
Yellow
= people who identify outside the cisgender binary system
White
= multi-gendered people
Lavender
= people who identify as a blending of male and female genders
Black
= agender, no gender
Some nonbinary persons use gender-neutral pronouns
INTERSEX FLAG
Created by
Morgan Carpenter
in
2013
Carpenter chose
yellow
and
purple
because neither is associated with the social constructs of the gender binary
Perfect
and
unbroken circle
= wholeness of the intersex people
Intersex people are
perfect
just the way they are or
choose
to be
ASEXUAL FLAG
Created by the Asexual Visibility and Education in
2010
Asexuality
= lack of
sexual attraction
to others, low interest in sexual activity, can also be an umbrella term
Black
= asexuality
Gray
= demisexuality
White =
allies
of the community
Purple
=
community
of asexual folks
BISEXUAL FLAG
Created by
Michael
Page
in 1998
The blending of pink and blue to create
purple
, like how
bisexual
people can blend in both straight and gay community
Pink
= attraction to the
same
gender
Blue
= attraction to the
opposite
gender
Purple
= attraction to two or more
genders
PANSEXUAL FLAG
Created by
Tumblr
user
Jasper V
in 2010
Pansexuality
= those who are attracted to people without thinking about gender
Pink
= attraction to women
Blue
= attraction to men
Yellow
= attraction to people who don't identify with binary genders
Often considered more inclusive than bisexuality
LESBIAN FLAG
Created by
Natalie McCray
in
2010
The old lesbian flag featured different shades of pink, sometimes with a
kiss mark
to represent
lipstick
lesbians
However, some lesbians opposed this flag because of the
exclusion
of
butch
lesbians
Darkest
orange = gender nonconformity, middle orange = independence, lightest orange = community, white = unique relationships to womanhood, lightest
pink
= serenity and peace, middle pink = love and sex, darkest pink = femininity
ABROSEXUAL FLAG
Created by Mod
Chad
and has been existing since
2015
Abrosexuality
=
sexuality
is changing or fluid
The timing of fluctuations is different for every person, may be
erratic
or
regular
GAY MEN'S PRIDE FLAG
Features shades of
green
,
blue
, and purple
The
old gay men's pride
flag only consisted of blue shades and were later perceived to be stereotypical of the
gender binary
Updated flag meant to be more
inclusive
of all gay men, including but not limited to transgender,
intersex
, and gnc
GENDER
QUEER PRIDE FLAG
Created by genderqueer writer and advocate
Marilyn Roxie
in
2011
Lavender
= gender queer identities and adrogyny
White
= gender neutral and agender
Chartreuse green
= identities that aren't in the gender binary system or the third gender
Genderqueer
= umbrella term that refers to any identity that aren't cisgender
STRAIGHT
ALLY
FLAG
Uses the
black
and white colors of the
heterosexual
flag with a rainbow "A" on it to indicate support for the LGBTQ community
Originated in the late
2000s
although the exact origin is
unknown