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I'll try to list as many pride colors as I can think of.
Gay Pride (Six stripes of the rainbow but without indigo - Gay, Gay Men, Lesbians, Homosexuality, and sometimes the entire LGBT community. This was created by a San Francisco artist named Gilbert Baker in 1978. The flag originally had the stripes of all the colors of the rainbow and one pink stripe; from top to bottom, it was pink, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet/purple, and indigo. Pink represented sex, red represented life, orange represented healing, yellow represented sunlight, green represented nature, blue represented art, indigo represented serenity, and violet represented spirit. Later, pink was removed from the flag because of availability of fabric issues, so it became the seven colors of the rainbow. In 1979, indigo was removed because of visibility reasons when posted on Market Street in San Francisco, so the current flag has six stripes: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet/purple. The term "homosexual" was coined in the mid-19th century by an Austro-Hungarian journalist named Károly Mária Kertbeny.)
Labrys Lesbian Pride (Purple with Labrys in inverted black triangle [different versions exist] - Lesbians, women, and feminism, and all people who identify as female who are attracted to females. Labrys became a symbol of lesbians and feminists due to the popularity of a female empowerment publication called Labrys Magazine. In addition, the black triangle is a symbol of lesbians due to the fact that many lesbians were forced to wear it in concentration camps during the Holocaust under the idea that they were "asocial" and did not conform to heteronormativity).
Bisexual Pride (Pink, Purple, and Blue - Bisexuals. Pink stands for attraction to females, blue stands for attraction to males, and purple stands for attraction to both.)
Pansexual (Pink, yellow, blue - Pansexual. According to Wikipedia : "The pansexual pride flag was designed as a symbol for the pansexual community to use. The pansexual pride flag has been found on various internet sites since mid-2010. . . . The pansexual pride flag is used to increase visibility and recognition for the pansexual community, and to distinguish it from bisexuality. It is used to indicate that pansexuals have romantic attractions and relationships with people of different genders and sexualities. . . . The pansexual flag consists of three colored horizontal bars: pink, yellow, and blue. The blue portion of the flag represents those who identify within the male spectrum (regardless of biological sex), the pink represents those who identify within the female spectrum (regardless of biological sex), and the yellow portion, found in between the blue and pink portions, represents non-binary attraction; such as androgynous, agender, bigender and genderfluid people.)
Omnisexual Pride - (Five horizontal stripes, from top to bottom: light pink, pink, dark blue, blue, light blue - The origins of this flag is unknown to me. I do not know who coined the term "omnisexual," nor who created the flag. Thus, I am uncertain what the flag colors mean, but my guess is that the shades of pink and blue represent spectra of different and all genders, to which omnisexuals are attracted.)
Polysexual Pride (Pink, green, and blue - Polysexual. Based on bisexual colors.. Pink represents attraction to females. Blue represents attraction to males. Green most likely represents attraction to people with non-binary gender identities.)
Transgender Pride (Light blue stripe, pink stripe, white stripe, pink stripe, blue stripe - Transgender people. This flag was created by a trans* woman named Monica Helms who says: "The stripes at the top and bottom are light blue, the traditional color for baby boys. The stripes next to them are pink, the traditional color for baby girls. The stripe in the middle is white, for those who are intersex, transitioning or consider themselves having a neutral or undefined gender. The pattern is such that no matter which way you fly it, it is always correct, signifying us finding correctness in our lives.")
Skoliosexual Pride (Yellow, green, white, and black horizontal lines with a lavender outline of a heart in the middle - Skoliosexual/Ceterosexual. Yellow represents being non-binary or attracted to non-binary people. Green represents bigender, third gender, genderqueer, or other genders. White and black represent neutral genderlessness, agender, questioning gender identity, etc. The outline of the lavender heart represents love outside the gender norms. I created this flag, but nedle is the one who invented the word. Also, ceterosexual is another word for skoliosexual.)
Heteroflexible Pride (Six grey spectrum stripes with six thin colorful rainbow stripes in the middle. Color stripes, from top to bottom: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet - Heteroflexible pride. The grey spectrum represents a basis of heterosexuality while the six-colored rainbow stripe represents the flexible homosexual element.)
Homoflexible Pride (Six colorful rainbow stripes with six thin grey spectrum in the middle. Color stripes, in order from top to bottom: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet - Homoflexible Pride. According to its creator: "You’ve got your basic 6 stripe rainbow flag, mostly to match with the heterosexual flag. The stripe of heterosexual flag is is the ‘flexible’ part.")
Abrosexual Pride (Five horizontal stripes. From top to bottom: turquoise, light turquoise, white, pink, and hot pink - Abrosexual Pride. An anonymous tumblr user coined the term. The flag was created by a tumblr user named Mod Chad after another anonymous person requested it. The anonymous user said, "could you guys possibly make an abrosexual pride flag?? maybe something along the lines of the typical five color flags that fades from #46D294 to white to #EE1766 ." It is unknown why this person chose these colors specifically.)
Biromantic Pride (Three horizontal stripes and a heart split into darker corresponding three horizontal stripes. From top to bottom, the three stripes in the background are light pink, light purple or possibly lavender, and light blue. From top to bottom, the heart's stripes are pink, purple, and blue - I do not know who created the flag, coined the term, or what the flag's creator choose the colors to mean. However, it is obvious that the pink, purple, and blue color scheme is from the bisexual pride flag color [see above]. Pink stands for attraction to females, blue stands for attraction to males, and purple represents attraction to both males and females. The heart most likely represents romantic attraction.)
Biromantic Homosexual Pride (Six horizontal stripes in the background, which are the colors of the rainbow with indigo left out, and a heart in the foreground that is divided into horizontal stripes [from top to bottom] pink, purple, and blue - Biromantic Homosexual Pride. The term "homosexual" was coined in the mid-19th century by an Austro-Hungarian journalist named Károly Mária Kertbeny. This is a combination flag that represents people who are biromantic homosexuals. I do not know who created the flag, coined the term biromantic, or what the flag means according to its creator. However, it seems to be a combination of the gay rainbow pride flag and the bisexual flag. The gay pride flag is probably represented in the background by the six stripes (rainbow but without indigo), which symbolizes attraction to the opposite gender. If the colors correspond to the rainbow pride flag, then red means life, orange means healing, yellow means sunlight, green means nature, blue means art, and violet stands for spirit. The heart is probably a symbol for romantic orientation. The pink on the heart probably represent attraction to females, blue probably represents attraction to males, and purple probably represents attraction to both).
Biromantic Heterosexual Pride (Six horizontal black and white stripes [top to bottom alternating starting with black] in the background, and in front of that is a heart divided into three horizontal stripes which are [top to bottom] pink, purple, and blue - Biromantic Heterosexual Pride. This is a combination flag that represents people who are biromantic heterosexuals. The term "heterosexual" was coined in the mid-19th century by an Austro-Hungarian journalist named Károly Mária Kertbeny. I do not know who created the flag, coined the term biromantic, or what the flag means according to its creator. However, it seems to be a combination of the heterosexual flag and the bisexual flag. The heterosexual flag is probably represented in the background by the black and white stripes. Black and white most likely represent opposite gender attraction. The heart is probably a symbol for romantic orientation. The pink on the heart probably represent attraction to females, blue probably represents attraction to males, and purple probably represents attraction to both.)
Panromantic Pride (Three horizontal stripes and a heart in the middle, with the stripes also going across the heart, though with darker/brighter colors. The stripes are light pink, pale yellow, and light blue in order from top to bottom. The horizontal stripes that intersect these stripes and form the heart are pink, yellow, and blue from top to bottom - Panromantic Pride. I do not know who invented this version of the panromantic heart symbol or flag, but it is clearly based on the pansexual flag that is pink, yellow, and blue. Pink stands for attraction to females. Blue stands for attraction to males. Yellow stands for non-binary attraction. The heart shape is most likely a symbol for romantic orientation. I do not know who coined the term panromantic.)
Panromantic Homosexual Pride (Six horizontal stripes in the background and a heart divided into three horizontal stripes in the foreground. The background stripes are, from top to bottom: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet/purple. The three horizontal stripes of the striped heart are pink, yellow, and blue, in order of top to bottom - Panromantic Homosexual Pride. This is a combo flag that pairs a specific romantic orientation [panromanticism] with a specific sexual orientation [homosexuality]. I do not know who invented the panromantic heart symbol or flag, but it is clearly based on the pansexual flag that is pink, yellow, and blue. Pink stands for attraction to females. Blue stands for attraction to males. Yellow stands for non-binary attraction. The heart shape is most likely a symbol for romantic orientation. I do not know who invented the term "panromantic," but the term "homosexual" was coined in the mid-19th century by an Austro-Hungarian journalist named Károly Mária Kertbeny.)
Panromantic Heterosexual Pride (Six horizontal black and white stripes [top to bottom starting with black] in the background, and in front of that is a heart divided into three horizontal stripes which are [top to bottom] pink, yellow, and blue - Panromantic Heterosexual Pride. This is a combo flag that pairs a specific romantic orientation [panromanticism] with a specific sexual orientation [heterosexuality]. I do not know who invented the panromantic heart symbol or flag, but it is clearly based on the pansexual flag that is pink, yellow, and blue. Pink stands for attraction to females. Blue stands for attraction to males. Yellow stands for non-binary attraction. The heart shape is most likely a symbol for romantic orientation. The heterosexual flag in the background is represented in the background by the black and white stripes. Black and white most likely represent opposite gender attraction or the gay rainbow pride flag with its colors removed. I do not know who coined the term "panromantic." The term "heterosexual" was coined in the mid-19th century by an Austro-Hungarian journalist named Károly Mária Kertbeny.)
Panromantic Asexual Pride (Four horizontal stripes in the background and a heart divided into three horizontal stripes in the foreground. The background stripes are, from top to bottom: black, grey, white, and purple. The three horizontal stripes of the heart are pink, yellow, and blue, in order of top to bottom - Panromantic Asexual Pride. This is a combo flag that pairs a specific romantic orientation [panromanticism] with a specific sexual orientation [asexuality]. The person who created the panromantic asexual flag is deviantART user crownstamps . crownstamps did not mention what the colors and symbols and of the flag means, but it is fairly certain that they combined the asexual flag [black, grey, white, and purple horizontal stripes] with the pink, yellow, and blue striped heart symbol of panromanticism. I do not know who invented the panromantic symbol or flag. According to this article : "In the Summer of 2010, a number of asexuality sites, led by users on AVEN, came up with a number of designs for an asexuality flag, then held a multi-stage vote to determine the winner The selected design was created by AVEN user standup, and first posted at 4:36 PM on June 30th, 2010 .")
Two-Spirit Pride (Rainbow flag with a Native American symbol in the middle - Two-Spirit identified people. The rainbow represents the LGBT spectrum, and the Native American symbol represents the cultural origin of Two Spirit.)
Genderqueer Pride (Lavender, white, and dark green - Genderqueer Pride. Lavender is a mixture of blue and pink and represents genderqueer people who identify as both male and female. The white stripe represents genderqueer people who fall outside of the female-male binary. Dark green represents the inverse of lavender for those who do not identify as female nor male).
Feather Pride (A gold phoenix in front of red triangles and a black and white triangle pattern - Drag pride, drag queen pride, drag king pride, pride for those attracted to people in drag, and other fetishes. The phoenix is a symbol of rebirth while the red triangles represent the passion that the drag community had during the early days of the AIDS epidemic. NOTE: The Feather Pride flag has nothing to do with fetishes concerning feathers or birds. The name comes strictly from the phoenix symbol and only represents the drag community, people attracted to people in drag, and similar sexual orientations and gender identities.)
Androgynous Pride (Gray flag with an equal sign in which the top part is blue and the bottom is pink - Androgyny. The gray part of the flag represents the gray area between genders. The equal sign represents the equality between men and women.)
Bigender Pride (Purple, light pink, light blue, cyan, and blue - Bigender people. This is one of the most popular bigender flags. I am not entirely certain of its origins nor the definitive meaning of its colors, but an educated guess would be that white represent trans* identity, light pink and shades of blue might represent femininity and masculinity, and purple represents the mixture of masculine and feminine identities because blue and pink make purple.)
Intersex Pride (Purple circle against a yellow background - Intersexuality. Yellow represents neutrality in gender instead of associating masculinity with blue and femininity with pink. It is also the main color of the Hermaphrodite Flag. The circle symbolizes wholeness).
Trigender Pride (Pink stripe, blue stripe, green stripe, blue stripe, and pink stripe - Trigender and possibly Third Gender. Pink stands for femininity or female gender, blue represents masculinity or male gender, and green represents non-binary.)
Hermaphrodite Pride(Stripes in shades of orange, yellow, and green with purple Mercury symbol - Hermaphrodite Pride. Yellow represents neutrality in gender instead of associating masculinity with blue and femininity with pink. The flag is based on the Gay Pride flag in the sense of having a spectrum of hues that represent a fluid spectrum of gender. The symbol in the center is that of the planet and Roman god Mercury, which is purple symbolizing the mixture of pink and blue as feminine and male colors. Though I am not completely certain why Mercury's symbol was chosen, I would guess that it may have been because Mercury is the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Hermes, father of Hermaphroditus, the namesake of the term "hermaphrodite." NOTE: Hermaphrodite should not be confused with "intersex." The word "intersex" is an umbrella term used for a variety of conditions in which a person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t seem to fit the typical definitions of female or male. According to Pride-Flags :
"The word 'hermaphrodite' originally meant 'a person or animal having both male and female sex organs or other sexual characteristics, either abnormally or (in the case of some organisms) as the natural condition.' It is a stigmatizing and misleading word when used to refer to an intersex person. There is growing momentum to eliminate the word 'hermaphrodite' from medical literature and to use the word 'intersex' in its place. While some intersex people do reclaim the word 'hermaphrodite' with pride to reference themselves, it should be generally avoided except under specific circumstances. This word is not interchangeable with intersex and you should only refer to someone as hermaphrodite if they specifically tell you that you can.")
Genderfluid Pride (Pink, white, purple, black, blue - Genderfluid. Pink represents femininity. White represents all genders. Purple represents masculinity and femininity. Black represents genderlessness. Blue stands for masculinity.)
Genderflux Pride (Six horizontal stripes, from top to bottom: Pink, light pink, pale yellow, grey, cyan, and blue. The light pink and cyan stripes are thinner than the rest - Genderflux. Created by nova-pride-flags with colors chosen to cause less eyestrain and visual sensitivity.)
Nonbinary Pride (Horizontal stripes. From top to Bottom: yellow, white, purple, and black - Non-binary gender identity. According to Nonbinary.org it was invented by "Kye Rowan in 2014. Yellow is for gender without reference to the gender binary. White: those with many or all genders. Purple: a mix of female and male. Black: without gender.")
Pangender Pride (Seven horizontal stripes. From top to bottom: pale yellow, pink, light pink, white, light pink, pink, and pale yellow. - Pangender. created by Pangendering ] and according to Nonbinary.org : "based on the agender pride flag. The colors are very bright so that they represent the multiplicity of genders [because the white light, in the electromagnetic spectrum, is a combination of all colors.]")
Panflux Pride (Five horizontal stripes. From top to bottom: hot pink, orange, yellow, light green, and blue - Panflux pride. CinnamonGem created the flag, but their deviantART account is deactivated. It is unknown what the colors mean, but I would guess would be that hot pink, yellow, and blue are derived from the pansexual flag and the other colors (orange and yellow) exist to create more of the flow of a spectrum. NOT to be confused with the gay rainbow flag, which has six stripes and uses red instead of hot pink.)
Panfluid Pride (Seven horizontal stripes. From top to bottom: Light purple, lavender, light orange, yellow, light orange, lavender, light purple. The term "panfluid" was coined by nepkrisprite , who also designed this flag. The meanings of its colors are unknown).
Polygender Pride (Five horizontal stripes. From top to bottom: Black, grey, pink, yellow blue - Polygender Pride. According to its creator the-war-outside--our-door it also represents "anyone whose identity includes more than one gender- genderfluid people, bigender people, trigender people, polygender people, some demigender people, etc." the-war-outside--our-door explains the colors: "The pink and blue stripes are for masculinity and femininity respectively, and those who feel partially male/female. The yellow is for genders outside the binary. The black is for those who feel partially agender- I know it’s not a gender, but I’ve heard of quite a few people who would describe themself as bigender with agender as one of their genders. The grey is for those whose gender(s) change or fluctuate.")
Asexual Pride (Four horizontal stripes. From top to bottom: Black, grey, white, and purple. - Asexual Pride. Black stands for asexuality. Grey stands for Grey-Asexuality and Demisexuality. White stands for non-asexual partners and allies. Purple represents community. The flag was created by an AVEN user called standup in 2010 as part of a contest. The full story is here: Asexual Flag History ).
Demisexual Pride (A thick white stripe, thin purple stripe, and a thick gray stripe with a black triangle on the dominating the left side - Demisexuals. Black stands for asexuality. Grey represents Gray-Ace and demisexuality. White represents sexuality. Purple represents community.)
Autochorissexual Pride (A triangle pointing toward with horizontal stripes in the colors purple, white, grey, and black juxtaposed to two smaller triangles with horizontal stripes in the colors black, grey, white, and purple - Autochorissexuality. [Anthony Bogaert created the term and says that it is a sub-section of asexuality. It represents people who do not want to have sex with another person nor experience sexual attraction to others but still are aroused by observing sexual content that may include pornography, sexual fantasies, erotica, etc.] Hunterinabrowncoat created the flag. Purple, white, grey, and black are the colors of the asexual flag. The black stripe represents asexuality. The gray stripe represents grey area between sexual and asexual feelings. The white stripe represents sexuality. The purple stripe represents community. The inverted triangle represents the idea that autochorissexuals have an inverted perspective on sexuality; Hunterinabrowncoat says that asexuals are not attracted to others though some asexuals engage or desire to engage in sexual activities while autochorissexuals have sexual attraction but do not want to engage in sexual activities).
Graysexual Pride (Horizontal stripes [in order of top to bottom]: purple, grey, white, grey, and purple - Greysexuality. Created by Shikku27316 as a proposed flag. "My original explanation was kinda dumb. The purple was asexuality, the white was allosexuality, and the grey was the region of "getting over" asexuality, and then "getting over" allosexuality to be asexual again, but that sounds pretty dumb, plus it's not the only definition of greysexual. So, the colours mean the same, but it's kinda symbolising the two coming together to make the grey area." - Shikku27316 [Of course, I don't think it was dumb. 
Autosexual Pride (two horizontal stripes, from top to bottom: light blue/cyan and grey; a red heart in the center with a black outline that ends in an arrow - Autosexuality. The term was coined by sex researcher Bernard Apfelbaum. The creator is aturinfortheworse , who had partially forgotten the meaning of the flag until asked by an anonymous person and says: "I think the red is for love/sexual attraction. Grey for some connection to the ace/grey-ace flag because there’s a lot of overlap. I’m really stumped by the pale blue . . . something to do with the pansexual flag, i think? No, right, okay; I’ve got it, I think. So the main people - as far as I can tell, and by no means am I suggesting this is all - who are autosexual are either Potential Attraction to Literally Anyone (as in pansexual, self inclusive) or are attracted to only themselves and often identify as ace/grey-ace. So the blue is from the pansexual flag and the grey is from the ace flag. With this in mind, I just thought of a simpler flag: grey stripe, red stripe, blue stripe.")
Demiromantic Pride (Black triangle on the left side, three horizontal stripes, from top to bottom: white, green, and grey. The green line is very thin - Demiromanticism. I do not entirely know who created this flag (or what the colors originally mean). However, using an educated guess based on what these colors mean in other pride flags, I think: white might represent sexuality, green might represent the opposite of red as being associated with romanticism, black might represent asexuality, grey might represent Gray-sexuality or the Gray-sexual spectrum. The black triangle mimics that of the demisexual flag).
Demigender Pride (Five horizontal stripes. From top to bottom: thin grey line, thick yellow line, thin white line, thick yellow line, and thin grey line. Proposed Demigender Flag. Sometimes people use the deminonbinary flag [see below] as both the deminonbinary and demigender flags. I do not know who coined the term "demigender" nor who designed this one. I found it on Nonbinary.org's Demigender article , which explains the flag colors as: "Yellow: nonbinary. White: agender or gender (concept). Gray: partial.")
Deminonbinary Pride (Seven horizontal stripes. From top to bottom: dark grey, grey, yellow, white, yellow, grey, dark grey. - Deminonbinary and sometimes Demigender. Created by alexander—the-great . Grey represents semi/demi-gender, as if to be a gender version of grey ace. Yellow represents non-binary genders. White is a combination of all genders.)
Demifluid Pride (seven horizontal stripes. From top to bottom: dark grey, grey, rainbow spectrum, white, rainbow spectrum, grey, dark grey - Demifluid. I'm not sure who created this flag or what its design means, but my guess would be grey and dark grey as partiality or a rejection of a black -and-white cissexist gender binary, white as gender neutrality, and the rainbow spectrum as a representative of fluidity.)
Demiflux Pride (seven horizontal stripes. From top to bottom: dark grey, grey, pink, yellow, blue, grey, dark grey. - Demiflux. Created by aflutteringlaney . Grey represents partial gender. Pink represents femininity. Yellopw stands for nonbinary. Blue stands for masculinity.)
Endogender Pride (five horizontal stripes. From top to bottom: green, dark green, light green, dark green, green. - Endogender. Created by nova-pride-flags and colors specifically designated to be more accessible for people with eye-strain and other sensory issues. In addition to issues about eye strain, green often symbolizes non-binary gender.)
Endoboy Pride (five horizontal stripes. From top to bottom: blue, grey, lavender, grey, blue. - Endoboy. "Colors represent the spectrum of identities. The Outer Blues represents Masculinity. The Light Lavender in the middle is a mix of Pink, Blue, and Grey to represent people who shift to partially feminine/masculinie/genderless/nonbinary feeling.")
Endogirl (five horizontal stripes. From top to bottom: pink, purple, lavender, purple, pink. - Endogirl. "Colors represent the spectrum of identities. The Outer Pinks represents Femininity. The Light Lavender in the middle is a mix of Pink, Blue, and Grey to represent people who shift to partially feminine/masculinie/genderless/nonbinary feeling." The lavender color stripes were not mentioned, but lavender often represents a mixture of male and female [being that it is a blue combined with pink]).
Genderplus Pride (three horizontal stripes from top to bottom: medium dark gray, grey, medium dark grey. In addition, there is a red plus sign in the middle of the center stripe. - Genderplus, presence of gender. This flag was created by a tumblr user named allofyouguysarefuckingannoying : who could not find an existing gender identity and created this term. The meaning of the colors are unknown, but the grey and dark grey might represent partial gender or partial genderlessness, and the red plus sign most likely represents positivity as in presence of gender).
Genderpositive Pride (five horizontal stripes with a red plus sign in the middle. From top to bottom: red, white, orange, white, and red - Genderpositivity. "There are no meanings for individual stripe colours. Rather the colours were chosen in order to reflect positivity, activity, and to “pop” out at the viewer and make it known they are present. Just like one’s gender would be if they were feeling G+.")
Gendernegative Pride (three horizontal stripes from top to bottom: medium dark gray, grey, medium dark grey. In addition, there is a dark blue subtraction sign in the middle of the center stripe. - Gendernegative state. This flag was created by a tumblr user named allofyouguysarefuckingannoying who could not find an existing gender identity and created this term. "There are no meanings for individual stripe colours. Rather the colours were chosen to represent negativity, a sedentary state of being, mellowness. The colours were chosen to be overlooked and not really acknowledge that they exist, just like your gender would be if one were feeling G-." A variation of this flag is listed by here .)
Greygender Pride (Five horizontal stripes, from top to bottom: grey, white, blue, white, and black. The white stripes are much thinner than the other stripes - Greygender / Graygender Pride. According to invernom , who both created the term and the flag, the colors represent: "The two shades of grey, one lighter and one darker, represent the spectrum of experience this identity covers, since people identifying as graygender might feel gender to a lesser or greater degree than one another. The deep blue represents graygender as an identity and experience, which I’ve always thought of in terms of deep ocean water - it’s calm but it still has a subtle fluidity and variation, and because it’s darker deep below the surface it’s harder to determine what’s going on in it, but it’s still beautiful and full of interesting and mysterious things. And the white represents the purity and validity of graygender people and our experiences. Even if we feel gender less often or strongly than most, or don’t present it as much, etc., doesn’t make our gender lesser or invalid.")
Cavusgender Pride (three horizontal stripes, from top to bottom: light pink, yellow, light blue, with one vertical blue stripe in the center. - Cavusgender. I do not know who coined this term, who designed this flag, or what its colors official represent. However, my guess is that light pink represents females and feminine genders, light blue might represent males and masculine genders, blue might represent depression and sadness, and yellow might represent happiness and other emotions other than depression.)
Demiboy Pride (seven horizontal stripes, from top to bottom: dark grey, grey, cyan, white, cyan, grey, dark grey - Demiboy / Demiguy / Demimasculine. Flag was created by a tumblr user with the screen name Transrants . According to Nonbinary.org's Demigender page , the colors mean: "Blue: male. White: agender or nonbinary gender. Grey: partial.")
Demigirl Pride (seven horizontal stripes, from top to bottom: dark grey, grey, light pink, white, light pink, grey, dark grey - Demigirl / Demifeminine. Flag was created by a tumblr user with the screen name Transrants . According to Nonbinary.org's Demigender page , the colors mean: "Pink: female. White: agender or nonbinary gender. Grey: partial.")
Agender Pride (Black, grey, white, green, white, grey, black horizontal stripes, in that order from top to bottom - Agender. According to The Gender Wiki's Pride Flag Page : "Both black and white represent the complete absence of gender. Grey represents being semi-genderless. Green represents nonbinary gender, because it is the inverse of purple." It was created by a tumblr user with the screen name transrants in 2014).
Gendervoid Pride (Five horizontal lines, from top to bottom: dark blue, grey, black, grey, and dark blue - Gendervoid. Flag originally created by: novusnova and term coined by baaphomett . Original meaning of the colors is unknown, but it is generally assumed that the dark, bleak colors represent a void or emptiness.)
Neutrois Pride (White, green, and black horizontal lines - Neutrois [genderless, agender, neutral gender, etc]. The white stripe stands for neutral, unidentified, or questioning gender. The green stripe represents non-binary gender. The black stripe represents agender, asexuality, or third-gender.)
Aromantic Pride (Green, yellow, orange, and black - Aromantic. Created by cameronwhimsey . "We designed the flag to be as inclusive as possible and we used fairly basic color symbolism. Green, (being the opposite, complimentary color to red, which usually represents romance), represents aromanticism. Yellow, like the yellow rose which represents friendship, stands for various forms of queerplatonic love. Orange, being red once removed toward yellow, represents lithromantics. And black represents romantics who choose to reject traditional romance." This is the original proposed aromantic flag, but others exist because this flag has similar colors to the Jamaican and Rastafarian flags.)
Akoiromantic Pride (Five horizontal stripes, from top to bottom: red, orange, yellow, white, and black - Akoiromantic / Lithromantic / Apromantic Pride. Created by thejasmineelf as a lithromantic pride flag. "Red represents community, as it is traditionally a color of leadership, life, and sensitivity. Orange represents lith-ness, as it does on a version of the aro flag. Yellow represents our varied relationships, also as it does on on the mentioned aro flag. Yellow traditionally represents friendship, loyalty, and honor. White represents romanticism and sexuality. Black represents aromanticism and asexuality."
Polyamory Pride Flag - (Blue, red, and black with a gold lowercase pi from the Greek alphabet. Polyamory. Blue represents openness and honesty between all lovers involved in each relationship. Red represents love and passion. Black represents all people in open and consensual relationships who have to hide their relationships due to social discrimination. The golden pi represents the value placed on emotional attachments to others.)
BDSM Pride (Black stripe, blue stripe, black stripe, blue stripe, white stripe, blue stripe, black stripe, blue stripe, black stripe, and the Quagmyr's BDSM emblem in red and white in the middle - BDSM subculture [Bondage and Discipline, Sadomasochism, and Domination and Submission]. Based on the Leather flag combined with Quagmyr's BDSM emblem.)
Lipstick Lesbian Pride (Stripes of different shades of red, purple, and pink with a white stripe in the middle as well as a lipstick print in the upper left corner. - Lipstick / Femme / Feminine Lesbians and other feminine female identified people who are attracted to female identified people. The shades of red, purple, and pink represents traditionally female associated colors. Though popular and well-known, this flag is controversial because its creator has said racist, biphobic, and other ignorant and intolerant things in her blog.)
Butch Lesbian Pride (Seven horizontal stripes that are all shades of blue except the center white stripe - Butch lesbian pride, sometimes butch pride for masculine women who are interested in women but not lesbians. It was created by dorian--rutherford.tumblr.com/ , but I do not know for certain what the colors were supposed to mean. However, my guess is that blue probably represents masculinity and white represents gender.)
Gay Man Pride / Gay Male Pride (Seven horizontal stripes, from top to bottom: dark teal, teal, light teal, white, light blue, blue, dark blue - Gay man and gay male pride. It is a proposed flag created by Anonymous and Mod Hermy on tumblr because there are many well-known lesbian pride flags out there but very few gay male pride flags. According to this page on tumblr : "anonymous wanted blues and purples, but it looked too much like the butch lesbian flag so Hermy suggested using greens instead. Color meanings: Based on the pink lesbian flag [Link] .")
Twink Pride (Three horizontal stripes ... from top to bottom: pink, white, and pale yellow with conjoined male symbols - Twinks. I have not been able to find the true meaning of this flag online, so I will just make an educated guess based loosely on meanings of the same colors in other flags. Pink might might represent effeminacy or femininity because twinks are often described as very "femme" due to their youth, minimal body hair, and slimness. It may also represent gay men in general. White might represent sexuality. Pale yellow might represent youth and happiness. The two intertwined male symbols represents gay men or all males who are attracted to other males."
Boi Pride (from right to left, top to bottom, diagonal stripes at a 45 degree angle Green stripe, black stripe, green stripe, black stripe, white stripe, black stripe, green stripe, black stripe, green stripe, and a red heart in the upper right corner - Boi or boy, with boi sometimes associated with butch lesbian or young gay man. Based on the Leather pride flag, the diagonal tilt represents the elevated status of the Sir over the submissive status of the boi or boy. The red heart is in the right corner to symbolize where a boi/boy's heart is, and the green color represents a boyish color, possibly denoting the "green" or inexperienced young man.)
The International Bear Brotherhood Pride Flag (Brown, orange, yellow, light beige, white, grey, and black with a bear paw print in black in the upper left corner - Bears [hairy gay men]. The colors represent the various skin tones and natural hair colors as a sign of equality and unity. In addition, hair color has a connection to the body hair of self-identified bears.)
Androphilia Pride (Black, gray, white, and green - Androphilia and androsexuality. The meaning of each color in the flag is unknown for certain, but it is possible to make an educated guess based on other pride flags. Black could stand for gender neutrality or rejection of the straight-gay binary and the female-male binary. Gray might stand for the gray area between genders, reflecting that many gender non-conforming people identify as androphilic. White may represent equality, intersexuality, transitioning or neutral gender, or the idea that attraction to males does not equate to femininity. Green might symbolize masculinity or attraction to males.)
Gynephilia Pride (Black, gray, white, and pink - Gynephilia, gynosexual, gynesexual. The flag is not an official flag, just a proposed one. It appears to be based on the Androphilia Pride Flag. It is uncertain what each color stands for, but based on the Androphilia Pride Flag and other flags, this is my educated guess. Black could stand for gender neutrality or rejection of the straight-gay binary and the female-male binary. Gray might stand for the gray area between genders, reflecting that many gender non-conforming people identify as gynephilic. White may represent equality, intersexuality, transitioning or neutral gender, or the idea that attraction to females does not necessarily a result of masculinity or femininity. And pink is probably a tribute to attraction to all female identified people.)
Victory Over AIDS flag - (Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and black stripes. Made for AIDS victims and those who support them. Clearly based on the Gay Pride rainbow flag. Although it is based on the Gay Pride flag, it most likely does not only represent AIDS in the male gay community. A person of any sexual orientation or gender identity can contract HIV or AIDS. The extra black stripe probably represents death, but it is possible that it represents triumph over darkness).
:thumb362226531: Marriage Equality (A red background with a pink equals sign - For all those who support the right of people to marry whomever they choose, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. It is usually representative of the battle for same-sex marriage in the United States but can also represent equal marital rights internationally. The flag was originally a blue background with a yellow equals sign. It was created by the Human Rights Campaign, an organization that fights for LGBT rights. It became increasingly popular at the same time that the demand for equal marital rights sparked the nation, so the organization changed it to red and pink to represent love, passion, equality, and the queer community.)
Ally Pride (Inverted V-shaped Rainbow triangle against black and white stripes - Allies, who usually identify as straight and cisgender, supporting the LGBT community, though it can also include people of all sexual orientations and gender identities. The inverted rainbow V represents the A in Activism while the black stripes represent heterosexuality.)
Metrosexual Pride (Light gray stripe, dark gray stripe, black stripe, purple stripe, black stripe, dark gray stripe, light gray stripe with a picture of a metrosexual man in the upper left corner [the man might be Mark Thaler, creator of the flag] - Metrosexual. It is unclear what each color means. The creator Mark Thaler sells memorabilia with this flag on it.)
Heterosexual Pride (Black and white stripes - Heterosexual, usually cisgender, people. The black and white stripes represent attraction to the opposite sex. The term "heterosexual" was coined in the mid-19th century by an Austro-Hungarian journalist named Károly Mária Kertbeny. This is a very controversial flag because unlike the Ally Pride flag, which represents straight people and others who specifically support the LGBT community, the heterosexual flag is not necessarily an ally flag. Some heterosexual-identified people use the flag as a homophobic reaction to LGBT pride. Others may use the flag as an indicator of their sexual orientation, but even that motivation is very questionable to the idea of equality in the face of privilege. However, it is possible to be heterosexual and trans* or non-binary, so sometimes people use this to represent pride while still being part of the LGBT community.)
Cisgender Pride (Three horizontal stripes, from top to bottom: Grey, Light Grey, and Grey. Cisgender. I do not know who created this flag or what the colors originally meant, but my guess is that Grey might represent so-called "normalcy" [even though cisgender people are not somehow more normal than anyone else] and Light Grey might represent gender in general).
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Well thanks for the watch, fave and llama!!!!
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I'm fairly certain you've confused pan and polysexuality. Like polyamory, wouldn't polysexuality just mean having multiple sexual partners or relationships at once?
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I'm completely certain that I have not. I am pansexual. I am panromantic.
A pansexual person is attracted to others without any regard to gender or gender identity. It is also called genderblind or omnisexual. I am open to dating people who are cisgender, transgender, intersex, genderqueer, trigender, bigender, third gender, genderless, neutrois, Two Spirit, or any other gender. I don't care about gender whatsoever. But that doesn't mean I'm some kind of promiscuous hypersexual person who will jump into bed with anyone I see. Bisexuals and pansexuals often get that stereotype. People ask all sorts of ignorant questions such as if I would be willing to go to a strip club with straight cis men, whether I have been in three-ways, whether I'm a swinger, etc. Those questions were mainly for when I identified as bisexual, but people have no idea what pansexual means, so sometimes they think I'm some kind of hypersexual pervert. Pansexuality has NOTHING to do with having many sexual partners or even having any at all. Although I research a lot about multisexuality and LGBT issues, I don't really know that much about kinky sex. I've only had one sexual partner in my entire life, and we dated for almost 4 years and almost got married. We never did anything weird. Because I research sexual orientation and such online and go to LGBT organizations, people come to me for sex advice when I'm actually not very knowledgeable about it or experienced.
Someone who is panromantic is romantically attracted to others without any regard to gender or gender identity. It's different from pansexuality because it only concerns romantic attracted and not sexual attraction at all. Pansexual tends to imply both. It's kind of like how the word "homosexual" usually means someone is both romantically and sexually attracted to the same person. The word panromantic was probably created to describe asexual people who have no sexual desire but are romantically attracted to people without any care to gender identity.
Polysexuality is NOT the same as polyamory. Polyamory is a type consensual dating where three or more people agree to be part of the same relationship. This doesn't mean that all members of the relationship are involved with each other. For example, two men might be in a relationship with the same woman, but that doesn't mean that the men themselves are attracted to each other. Polyamory has nothing to do with sexual orientation because you can be straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, demisexual, asexual, and pretty much any other sexual orientation, and it won't make a difference.
Polysexuality is when a person is attracted to more than gender or gender identity. Unlike me, a pansexual, polysexuals are not necessarily attracted to all genders, just more than one. Some people might be attracted to cisgender women and intersex people but not cisgender men or transgender women. That's one example. As you can see, it has nothing to do with the act of sex itself but sexual orientation.
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Here, this post en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_sym… of LGBT symbology from wikipedia has refrences which your link to a list did not. It also look´s like this has replaced the link you used a reference as that post is no longer searchable on wikipedia.
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Thank you very much! I'm sorry that it took so long for me to reply back! I've been really busy. Thanks for the tip! I hope you're still on dA to read this!
- S.
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Most (ok every single one I know) Intersex people consider this to be the actual intersex pride flag: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I... and most find the "intersex" pride flag pictured here to be fairly offensive and derivative of this whole has to be a boy or girl thing which has lead doctors to frantically grab their scalpels to chop off offending parts. Those who dont find it offensive just really don´t care about it but definitley do not accept it as an Intersex Pride flag.
Also it is more commonly used to dictate bi gender status and intersex people are not bi gender, they are intersex which is not a gender identity. We have gender identities, we are not gender identities
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Well, I have to admit that I have not seen that flag before. I just looked through a Google image search for "Intersex flag," and the majority of the flags included were the lavender, blue, and white one (not to be confused with the transgender one). I did see the flag that you mentioned just now, but I'm surprised that it is considered the "actual" intersex pride flag because the yellow color is described as representing the idea of "hermaphrodite," which is archaic, offensive, or controversial depending who you talk to.
Also, I looked at the date that the flag was made. It was in late 2013. I am fairly certain I posted this before 2013, so it would not have been possible for me to know this at the time. I try to keep an update on flags, but there are probably hundreds of versions of LGBT flags out there. Sometimes I would find five or six different proposal versions for the same sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. I tended to choose the one that was most popular or common.
In addition, I do know what bigender and intersex and recognize them as two very different and separate things. When you read the following (assuming you haven't read this before because I understand it is very possible that you have), you'll see that this was a valid (though imperfect) flag. For some reason, someone decided to smoosh two very different identities into one flag.
This what I found from the person who I think is the creator of the intersex flag version you mentioned (I apologize if I'm wrong about that):
"We struggle a bit with symbols for intersex; many of us don’t see the need for them, while other people seem to like something to identify with.
There is no commonly understood symbol or flag, even within intersex communities. Many attempts have seemed derivative, of a rainbow flag, of gendered pink and blue colours, of transgender symbols, or an infinity symbol used by some bisexual groups. This is one attempt to create something that is not derivative, but yet is firmly grounded in meaning.
The colour yellow has long been regarded as the hermaphrodite colour, neither blue nor pink – take a look at the trailer for Intersexion: www.youtube.com/watch?feature=…
Purple, too, has been used for the same purpose – including on this site.
The circle is unbroken and unornamented, symbolising wholeness and completeness, and our potentialities. We are still fighting for bodily autonomy and genital integrity , and this symbolises the right to be who and how we want to be.
We’ve received some positive feedback from diverse intersex communities. This is available freely for use by any intersex person or organisation who wishes to use it, in a human rights affirming community context."
This is what I plan to do. . . .
I'm going to keep the Bigender and Intersex flag up, but I will put a note about what this person said and the fact that a lot of people disagree with it. I feel like people should know about the existence of flags that are controversial and be aware that not everyone agrees on them. That way, they will also know as much as possible about the culture of flags and symbols. I am also going to add the flag you showed me to the list as the Intersex flag and try to emphasize that the one you showed me.
Thank you for bringing this to my attention, but please don't assume I know nothing about what I am talking about. I spent a lot of time researching these flags, and I know there will never be a complete and definitive list. In addition, although I am a cisgender pansexual woman, I want to adopt an intersex child one day so that they will never have to face the surgical abuse you described. I'm not planning on it because of some kind of exoticism; I realize that I am not an expert on intersexuality, but I do know a little more than the average person and would try to understand an intersex adopted child the best I can.
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Aaaaaah and a final point in reference to your original reference, it is there titled as an intersexual pride flag, not the intersex pride flag. Why did you change it´s name from the source you used, intersexual while in limited use is generally considered a word the denotes limted knowledge on intersex issues. Seeing as intersex is not a sexuality but a biological state of being.
And to clarify the intersex pride flag has been around for a longer time, it was however various variations of a yellow background with a purple circle. The one I was using before the standardised version came out formally in july 2013 was a larger but thinner purple circle, the yellow was a tone or two lighter and the purple a tone or so darker. Same flag has been around for longer but was standardised and offically accepted by OII (leading authority on intersex issues globally, the group ILGA work´s mostly with, two of your refrences that had nothing to do with the pride flag were from an OII affiliate) at the stated time.
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I can see that you feel misrepresented. I know it can be frustrating when you're dealing with a person who you feel is ignorant. However, right now, I'm am exhausted. It has nothing to do with you. Yesterday I woke up 6 AM to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to do an assignment for a painting class, The NYC Pride Parade, ended up going to a church, went home, and fell asleep at 2 AM.
When I went to the Met, I had all my pride accessories on, including a rainbow lei, a pansexual bracelet, a necklace with a female symbol charm, and a rainbow flag (it's really hard to find pansexual flags unless you look online). When I went into the museum, the security guards told me that I couldn't bring my rainbow flag into the museum. I asked them to show me in writing anything that supported this rule. They told me they didn't have to. I was really afraid that they were going to take my flag and not give it back (we both know how security guards and police officers usually aren't very LGBT friendly). I kept arguing until I compromised and told them I would give them the flag if a superior officer came, and I gave them the flag. They gave it back, but I'm not sure they got angry and spit on it or something when I wasn't around.
Then I was walking all over Manhattan with my friend. We took the subways a lot and probably walked at least 4 miles in the sun. My friend is a Christian ally who used to go to LGBT meetings because he wanted to help bridge the queer community with open-minded churches and bring about a certain amount of understanding. I sometimes go with him to Christian events even though I'm atheist so that I can try to give a face to Christians and maybe combat some of the ignorance. We went to a church I had never of, but I was able to talk to the speaker and ask him some questions. I asked him what he thought about gay rights, and when he talked me, it seemed like it he had good intentions but never really thought about it before. He seemed friendly, and I'm hoping that maybe he will ponder more about and spread a good message to other Christians in lectures.
I know I just wrote a lot and claimed to be exhausted, but I just needed to tell someone about this. This morning, I woke up and took a shower. I was so tired that even with the water running, I fell asleep for a few seconds standing up. I'm really having a stressful time in my life, and I'm really sorry if I have done anything wrong or misrepresented anything. But I'm a really, really busy person. I just recovered from getting sick from all the stress in my class. I had lost six pounds in four days, and 3 of those pounds I lost in one day. I can't debate or discuss with you all day. Please know that I have very good intentions and would never want to show you any disrespect, but I would appreciate a lot it if you would be a little easier on me. I'm still adding the flag lists, and it is hard to keep up with everything (not just because of time but also the amount effort it takes to research so many identities). I will try my best, but it will take a while before I can do everything. I'm not perfect, and I would feel so much better if you could find it in your heart to forgive me if I offended you. I can't write a post like this for a while, so if I take some time to fix the list, it is only because I'm am REALLY REALLY tired! I need sleep and food and Sims and maybe a few nice words from family and friends.
Thanks for your patience and your vigilance,
- S.
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Oooh and even though it was formally introduced in early 2013 it has been around within intersex communities for a hell of a lot longer. I remember slapping my intersex pride sticker on my laptop in late 2010, the moment I pulled it out of it´s box, then having to get a new one lat year when I updated.
And I would like to reiterate that a source for your flag would be greatly apprecited. All I have ever been able to find about it is that it was created by a non intersex person and announced as an intersex, bi gender flag but never gained any real use in any intersex group outside a few rare instances in the USA which to my knowledge do not use them any more. Seeing as you did all this research you probably have ease of access to information I am not privvy to and probably have the exact source and author of the flag you posted, right?
None of your links actaully link to anything relating to the Pride flag, your first link is to icon and typography for use in pictoral language, then of course the intersexion trailer and then your last link leads to a statement on forced sterilisation
I am also very aware of the intersexion movie, seeing as I am hosting a formal screening with icelandic government (minister´s of health, welfare, education) and icelandic medic community in attendance during this summer´s pride week followed by a q/a session and reception for officials in attendance.
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That may be true, but I am not heavily involved specifically with the intersex community. I would love to be, but I don't know how. I want to learn as much as I can, but it is very hard to know everything about each identity. In addition, I live in the United States, so it wouldn't be unusual for me to only know that flag. Although I have been to other countries, those countries were Canada, Burma, and Thailand. Thailand has a lot of LGBTQI culture, but I was nine, so I may not have even know what "gay" met, much less intersex.
I'm not really sure the source of the flag because it's just EVERYWHERE. Take a look at a Google search: www.google.com/search?q=inters…
Make sure you scroll down. I always pick the ones that are most popular, and at the time, there probably was no trace of the now official version anywhere. I apologize again, but please know that I spent days on this list, and it is not complete. It will never be complete because that's impossible.
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Ummm great you want to adopt an intersex child one day, being an intersex person myself, having grown up in a family with more intersex people gives me a take on this matter which you do not have even though you have some strange wish to raise one of us.. I don´t assume you don´t know what you are talking about but being intersex, being a member of various intersex orginasations, as well as being the founder and chair of Intersex Iceland, having worked with several support groups and being part of various intersex discussion groups does mean I am steeped in intersex issues on a daily basis and have a very good working knowledge, which of course it would be impossible for you to have without devoting years to study and work on these issues. This working knowledge has lead to me being called upon by my government as an advisor to the comittee on LGBTQI issues. (Intersex might make it into equality law in Iceland in the next few years YAY
Great work on finding the origins of the flag I posted to you, how about finding similair origins for the one you posted originally, especially as the flag you posted has slowly had it´s intersex connotations removed and today you will have a harder time finding it anywhere other than blog post´s. To my understanding the flag you posted originated from a non intersex person. Also it places the bi-gender identity on intersex people who have other gender identities, for example I am intersex, intergender, feminine presenting, pansexual. I am not bi anything as that imply´s that I am both male and female in sex or gender identity when the truth is that I am between (inter).
I would reccomend keeping the Bigender flag up with a footnote about it having at one point served as an intersex flag. Nobody would take it seriously as such today
Thing is I LOVE this list you made, I want to be able to spread it around but I don´t feel I can use an outdated list as an educational tool.
The flag I posted is also the flag that is agreed upon by all memebers of OII (Orginasation Intersex International) which is the leading group working for intersex right´s globally, a group highly supported by ILGA. A majority of attendants to the International Intersex Forum, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internat… come from OII affilates. The forum reaches consensus that are worked with on ILGA yearly conferences, so even though it is not a universally recognised symbol amongst all intersex people it is actually recognised in a general sense amongst almost all groups I have had the joy of being in contact with, LGBTQI groups I know would pick the pride flag over the gendered striped one.
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I don't claim to know more than you about intersexuality and intersex people. I realize that I will never truly know what it's like to be intersex. However, I really wish you would not treat me as if I am totally ignorant. I may not be heavily involved in the intersex community, but if I knew a way to get more involved, I would do it. I just don't know where to look or where to go.
Honestly, I have been looking at the origins of the offending flag. I've found that many, many people use this flag, and because I'm not heavily involved in the intersex community myself, I really wouldn't have been able to know the difference since there are so many people using that flag. There are different versions of the same flag, and it's hard to find out whether they are official. Many of these flags are probably not official, and there are also many versions of the same ones. In some cases, I had to choose the one I thought was most common because I can't post five different flags for the same identities. I also think that's ironic that you did not realize that I myself am pansexual and female presenting. It is not fair for you to know nothing of my identity yet accuse me of knowing nothing of yours. We are queers. We are LGBT. We are women. We shouldn't be fighting over a flag. These flags are not there to drive us apart with specificity but to show pride for who were are.
But, with that all said, I am sorry that I used the wrong flag, and I updated it wherever I could.
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Just out of curiosity, may I ask where you found the furry flags, and whether you know of a generic furry flag instead of one specific to feline or canine?
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I found the Furry flags here: www.gayfetishgoth.com/resource…
However, it doesn't include a general Furry flag. I just did a Google search for one, but it seems there are a lot of different variations. I'd suggest looking up the flags in Google images. See if this link works or just type it in Google Images: www.google.com/search?q=furry+…
If you find a flag that you think has the most authority or just your favorite one, you can send me a note, and I will happily add it to this list. Thanks!
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Thank you! Was wondering about the Polysexual colors, your explanation makes sense
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Thanks for crediting me as a source (I'm from FTM-Transscribed). It's greatly appreciated!
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Hi There.
I really like the idea of this journal, and I found it very informative. I didn't even know that there was a specific flag for demisexuals. (I thought they shared the Asexual flag).
Although, what you said about the heterosexual flag is not quite true.
First off there are two heterosexual flags, and I feel that they both deserve to be mentioned. Old flag: flying-wolf-32.deviantart.com/… New Flag: flying-wolf-32.deviantart.com/…
The old heterosexual flag simply represents attraction to the opposite sex. The new one represents that as well, but it also represents YING and YANG. (which is why it is black and white; the design was inspiered by the chinise ying-yang symbol.)
This is a very controversial flag because unlike the Ally Pride flag, which represents straight people and others who specifically support the LGBT community, the heterosexual flag is not necessarily an ally flag.
No, it is not an ally flag, it is just a flag representing heterosexuality in general. The ally flag for heterosexuals was already mentioned. And if you will notice, it has the heterosexual flag in the background. It is true that the heterosexual flag is viewed controversial, but it is simply an image to represent heterosexuality and shouldn't be viewed as anything else.
Some heterosexual-identified people use the flag as a homophobic reaction to LGBT pride. Others may use the flag as an indicator of their sexual orientation, but even that motivation is very questionable to the idea of equality in the face of privilege.
Okay, this part really annoyed me. How is having a flag to represent heterosexuality, "questionable in the idea of equality"??? If you want equality, you have include everyone. If 99% of the sexualities have an image to represent themselves with, why should heterosexuality be left out, simply because heterosexuals are the majority? Dose this sound like equality to you?
Okay, sorry if I came off as rude there, but if you could explain why it is wrong, I'm willing to listen.
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Okay, I understand your concern, and I have no problem with answering your questions based on what I know.
I do know about the heterosexual flag that includes a heart in it. The reason why I didn't include it is because I only include one flag per term. Some of these terms have five or six proposed flags each, and I can't include them all. You should see the amount of fetish flags out there. They outnumber the rest of the LGBTQQIA flags greatly.
If you want, I will add the other heterosexual flag, but I have to say that it would be the only flag with two alternatives on the list. I know that you mentioned equality, and listing two flags is not equal considering the other flags have only one, but if it is that important to you, I'll make an exception. In addition, it is a flag that represents privilege. I've seen people make the argument about similar representations of privilege. People ask me why is there a Black History Month and an Asian History Month but no Caucasian History Month. Every month is a Caucasian History month. Every flag is a heterosexual flag. I know so little about Asian history despite being Asian American because the town I grew up in is conservative and nobody knows anything about it, anyway. Everyone knows about George Washington, Marie Antoinette, William Shakespeare, Princess Diana, Charles Darwin, etc. etc. The list can go on forever. However, can you tell me even one person who is Burmese other than Aung San Suu Kyi? Can you tell me one prominent feminist who is Two-Spirit or intersex? This is the reason to have flags in the first place. Labels don't define us. We define them, and they tell others of our stories.
I'm not sure if you read what I said correctly. I said, "This is a very controversial flag because UNLIKE the Ally Pride flag, which represents straight people and others who specifically support the LGBT community, the heterosexual flag is NOT necessarily an ally flag." That means it is not an ally flag.
Heterosexuals may not even be the majority. It's not about numbers. It's about how people are treated. I was treated very differently when I thought I was heterosexual. It's a whole different world when you're straight. People talk about marriage and children and look at that pregnant lady, is it a girl or a boy? I'm comfortable with being out as pansexual, but it is so awkward to tell people. I think my neighbors hate me. They egged my car, had their dogs poop on my lawn, and put a big scratch on my dad's windshield. If that's equality between heterosexuals and LGBT people, well then, that equality sucks. I'm actually just one of the lucky ones. My trans friends get called fag every day, and recently a trans woman who a lot of my friends were close to was murdered. They didn't even mention that she was trans in the newspapers. If that's special treatment, then I guess "special" means "inferior."
The thing about privilege is that those with privilege are always the first to complain. This is the metaphor I tend to use: Imagine there are two kids. Kid #1 has an XBOX 360. Kid #2 doesn't have an XBOX 360 but really wants one. One day, Kid #1 gets into trouble just like any other kid, and his or her parent takes away the XBOX for a week. Kid #1 gets very angry and demands to have the XBOX because he or she believe she deserves it. He or she screams and yells at his or her parent for three days before they finally give in and give the XBOX back. Kid #2 continues to not have the XBOX, so Kid #2 doesn't even notice a week going by without it and never demands to have it back. And if Kid #2 did demand to have an XBOX out of the blue, his or her parents would just think the child was being spoiled whereas Kid #1's parents feel guilty that they didn't give it back to Kid #1.
I hope that makes sense.
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OK, so the whole "Special treatment" or maybe the upset about the hetero flag thing. This is an LGBT Glossary of terms by definition Heterosexual is not a part of this group.. unless you are talking about allies and .. well she covered that. The fact that she even included the hetero flag is something I never would have considered. When I can Legally marry my wife in any sate I guess I might consider adding a hetero flag to my stuff but honestly our community is not here to support heterosexuals. We are here to support all the people that heterosexuals have humiliated, demeaned, and condemned. When your family and friends disown you for being hetero let me know and I will make a flag just for you... Until that happens shut up and take your privileged ass somewhere it can do some good.
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Thank you so much for defending me. I really try to be fair, but it's not nice when other people demand things that are unreasonable and mean. 
I notice that it's always the privileged people who get angry when even the tiniest bit of power is taken away from them. The reason why is because they've never had to deal with it before, so they freak out. Someone who is disadvantaged can't miss what they've never had, and that includes being treated with respect.
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No problem. I hate to sound like an angry lesbian but the depths of peoples ignorance and narcissism makes my blood boil. I usually just block ignorant people and move on. I don't know why people think I'm out to convert people.. I'm Wiccan I don't convert. I simply want to make a place for like minded/curious people to learn and express themselves without worrying about bigots and ignorance. The only thing that makes me madder than a straight person whining about privileged is members of the LGBT community being unsupportable of other facets of our community. I see people put down polyamory all the time... WTF how can someone who has been discriminated against their whole lives turn around and become bigoted towards a group of their own community. Guess what telling someone they can only sleep with one person after marriage is like telling someone they can only sleep with a person of the opposite sex...
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You're not an angry lesbian. You're a sensible person who happens to lesbian.
As an atheist, people try to convert me all the time. When I was a Buddhist, everybody just thought it was cool, but now that my label has changed despite the fact that my beliefs have changed very little, people think that I'm an open target. People know that it's wrong to try to convert someone else who has their own faith because that's discrimination, but they assume that because atheists have no religion and there is no prejudice or violation of human rights.
I've dated Wiccans before, and I used to be in the Pagan club at Rutgers (until they got weird with the meeting dates and times). Wicca is very interesting religion, and I like learning more about it.
Yeah, I've seen LGBT people who don't understand other identities. I just finished replying to a post that was made by an aromantic asexual cisgender man. He told me that there are only two genders and that they're based on genitalia, calling anyone else a "hermaphrodite." He said that nonbinary labels are like calling yourself an "emo" or a "goth." He also said that women are bitchy and bossy. He wasn't trying to say it in a harsh way, but that pretty much sums up his argument. I tried to remind him that there are lots of people who don't believe that his identity exists, either. So I'll wait and see what he says about that.
When I identified as bisexual, I did see that some of my gay and lesbian friends acted like they didn't mind but were hesitant to say their own opinion because it was somewhat obvious that they either had a bad experience with bisexuals or just did not want to date them.
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OMG thank you for the points!!
I am wicca but I am more Pagan than anything. There was a time when Wicca (and some groups that still follow Gerald Gardner) are anti LGBT. However, Gerald Gardner has been largley discredited over the last few years. I am not a Gardner Wicca. I have no familily lineage to Wicca and all of my family are Christians. I tend to follow Scott Cunningham and Silver Ravenwolf. In fact Silver Ravenwolf's rune cards are my main divination tool.
I'm getting ready to write a rant journal about Divisions within out community. You might politely remind that guy that it is no more his business to define my sexuality than it is for me to define his. Everyone has a right to wear the label they like best and it is really none of his business. I had a bisexual male tell me Pansexuality wasn't real, and I had a lesbian tell me that a Transgender Christian was an oxymoron. The divisions are just stupid. As far as I am concerned as long as it is between consenting adults then its none of my business.
I am sure that there is a huge divide between Gays and Bisexuals.. I think this happens when a gay person gets left for a member of the opposite sex. It tends to hurt our pride and gives us an "excuse" to blame the leaving partner instead of admitting that there was another issue with the relationship. I also know many lesbians that enjoy chasing a straight girl and then getting mad when she isn't interested .. or tries it and doesn't like it. It is a double standard and hopefully our community can grow up some and become more accepting of people JUST LIKE US.
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Yeah, I think I heard of him from what people said in the Pagan club. There was one girl who was very knowledgeable about these things, and I think she said that some people believe that true Wicca is only from the Gardner tradition. I don't know if I got confused with someone else, but I know someone had a following that certain individuals believed is the only true Wicca tradition. I think that doesn't make much sense, but I'm not Wiccan or Pagan.
He replied to my posts, and we agreed not to talk about it.
Once I met a lesbian who freaked out when I explained to her what pansexuality was and what intersex meant. She actually had been to pride parades and was married. But I guess she had no idea what these things meant because she probably lived in my conservative town.
I hope people can be accepting, too. Knowing about intersectionality is important, yet most people don't know about it. Not even LGBT people.
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The checkerboard flag, since it is taken from a musical genre that broke the barrier between blacks and whites, it could also mean breaking the barrier between gay and straight people, it could be a "Straight but not Narrow" flag to be more precise.
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Really? I looked it up online, and I couldn't find that definition of it. I've seen it used for drag racing flags. Do you have any good links?
There are other versions of the heterosexual flag. In fact, most (if not all) of the flags posted have alternate versions. The Internet makes it very easy for people to create, communicate, and spread the word.
Here's an example of another heterosexual flag:
And here is an example of a heteroromantic flag.
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Hello, I was reading about pride flags. I just had an idea for the straight pride one.... How about using a black and white checkerboard pattern for the straight pride flag? Like the one used in imagery of the Ska music genre? Like this one:
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia…
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Well, I'm not the authority on which flags are official or not, so the only thing I can do is put both flags up on this page. Would you like me to do that?
If there's anything else I can do, let me know.
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That's awesome c: As a transgender pansexual man myself, and dating a bisexual transgender man this was really useful cx I didn't know a lot of them. I came here looking for genderfluid and this is what I got and I love it! Thanks for the information!
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You're so welcome! I'm glad it helped you! I'm also working on a glossary for my group Love Sees No Gender so that people can know all the terms. It's taking a long time because it seems like there are infinite terms associated with LGBT slang and identities. But it is fun to do!
I'm glad that you have found someone who you really care about who loves you for who you are. Best of luck to you and your beloved!
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Oh cool c: I really hope I see it. I'm going to watch you to check that out!
Thanks hun c:
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The glossary has been up for a long time, but it's incomplete. It's sort of a never ending work in progress. lol
Here's the link: loveseesnogender.deviantart.co…
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I was thinking of making an actual Love Sees No Gender website with a glossary, explanation of flags, and other LGBT resources.
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You most definitely should! I think it would be amazing to have that resource
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Sure thing c: Good luck!
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<3 If you do make the website, please send me the link!
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This one is mine 
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You're very welcome! I actually have a very large bisexual flag that I got from San Francisco. I wore it at the gay pride parade in New York city several weeks ago!
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AH YOU ARE BI tooooooooooooooo!!!!! 
Nerdy Girl faints in 1, 2, 3...
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Yes, I'm bisexual.
I've gotten some interesting responses in outing myself to various people, but nobody has said that before! lol
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