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25 LGBTQ+ Pride Flags and What They Mean

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Original Parade Flag

The late artist Gilbert Baker is credited with creating the first celebration flag, which he constructed in for Gay Self-acceptance Day in San Francisco, per CNN.

Baker's iteration of the flag gives a unique meaning to each color: "hot pink for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sunlight, grassy for nature, turquoise for magic, blue for agreement, and violet for spirit," he explained.

"We needed something to express our joy, our beauty, our power. And the rainbow did that,” Baker told CNN in “We’re an ancient, wonderful tribe of people. We picked something from nature. We picked something beautiful."

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Rainbow Pride Flag

This iteration of the flag, which omits the pink stripe, has been well-liked since Per Old Dominion University, Pride flags were in high demand obeying the assassination of San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk, and Baker opted to omit the pink stripe because the fabric color was difficult to find.

For a time, the Paramount Flag Company sold a seven-stripe flag, that included one in turquoise.

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Updated Pride Flag



Agender Pride Flag

The Agender Celebration 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 leafy stripe represents nonbinary genders.

Aromantic Pride Flag

The Aromantic Self-acceptance flag was created by a Tumblr user acknowledged 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 jet represents those of other sexualities.

Asexual Pride Flag

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

Bisexual Event Flag

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

Pride Flags

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

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This resource is not intended to provide an exhaustive list of identity festival flags. If you contain 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 acknowledged 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 adoration 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 navy to represent men and a lime-green carnation in the center, which was popularized by Oscar Wilde wh

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    Flags of the LGBTIQ Community

    Flags have always been an integral part of the LGBTIQ+ movement. They are a evident representation meant to rejoice progress, advocate for inclusion, and amplify the command and drive for collective action. There have been many LGBTIQ+ flags over the years. Some contain 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 Lgbtq+ fest 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 ivory from the trans flag, the design represents diversity and inclusion.

    Trans Flag

    Conceived by Monica Helms, an openly transge

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