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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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Sadly that is too true, ironic as well. In my view, politics in this day of age, is gay :I.
It would not be the case if there parents did not teach them to hate those who are different. In most case this is learned from parents, who in turn learned it from their parents. Or picked up from others who where taught to hate and misinformation.
Hate, is something that can go away, and as a society we can make it go away, though not entirely so, but to a degree that it will not overtly stymied the functions of government and society as whole. Unfortunately that takes effort and a will to change, a willingness to change, both as an individual and as a group. We are not at the point where that is possible, so a long grueling up hill fight against bigots and fools is all we can do, and hope that some of them can see the error of their ways. . . Though I wont hold my breath :I.
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I can't imagine how much these closet-gay Republican politicians must hate themselves.
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Ha is that self loathing I hear in the morning! Meh one way or another they will leave the closet, either by scandal. . . well mostly by scandal.
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lol
I think a lot, if not most, will eventually be outed, but there will always be people who never get outed while they're alive. I remember there was a musician from decades ago, maybe the 40's or 50's, who lived his entire life as a male, and nobody found out he was transgender until they did an autopsy. They found he had female genitalia.
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I'm gonna be honest in Junior High,Except the last one. I hated all these groups. 
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I think it is very brave of you to admit that and even braver that you did change. One of the hardest things to do in life is to be able to admit that you were wrong and accept responsibility. I'm sure that a lot of people who changed their minds about LGBT issues are too guilty and afraid to tell people about it. Also, many LGBT people were actually homophobic before they came out. In fact, some of the most homophobic people you'll ever meet were also in the closet.
Most people don't realize this, but allies are incredibly important for the LGBT community. Because LGBT people are a small group of people compared to the rest of the world, we can't gain acceptance without support from outside of the community. Thanks for sharing your story.
When I was a preteen, I was uncomfortable with topics about sexual orientation and gender identity. I was really young, and I lived in a conservative neighborhood. I had a friend at camp who was bisexual, and though I thought he was awesome, I was a little intimidated by it. Later, as a freshman in high school, I met a boy who later became my best friend and was openly gay. He was the most perverted person I have ever met in my entire life. Every day, we would eat lunch together, and he talk about how he wanted to bend over all the guys I knew. Even though I was very innocent, I thought he was HILARIOUS! He just had a way of speaking that was so outrageous.
I grew to accept the LGBT community more and more as I got older. But, for some reason, I always felt uncomfortable and did not know what to say, even though I was involved in mutliple LGBT organizations on campus. I guess part of it was that my best friend and I lived in a conservative area where we would make everything a big joke, as if the purpose of being gay was simply for our amusement. We had never really talked about it as seriously as they would in the organizations. Of course, the organizations were fun, too, but they did have a lot of discussion that was serious as well.
I didn't feel uncomfortable until I realized I was bisexual and came out of the closet. Once that happened, I felt a lot more open and understanding. I changed and learned a lot about LGBT issues. So now I just do the best I can to understand how others feel and how to make them feel comfortable. As much I had always been uncomfortable, I know that people who were actually gay or bisexual or lesbian or transgendered or asexual or anything had to face this more than me. I don't claim to understand how it feels to be gay or lesbian or trans or intersex or asexual, but I'm willing to learn and talk about it.
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Wow, I have been in LBGT community for last two years, but there were some flags I had no idea about, especially the heterosexual and metrosexual flags! Thank you for clarify with more valuable information for the community!
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You're very welcome. I've been in the LGBT community for about ten years now (at as an ally, later as bisexual, my true self) and I didn't realize there were that many flags either until I started researching it! I actually didn't know there were so many when I started this; I thought it would just be a few!
And I keep updating. So many flags!
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And you did a good job researching, I bet more will come up later on! XD
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Yeah, I already know of more flags! Now if I can just find the time to post them all. This probably take me forever! lol
If I ever get close to finishing this list, I might make a separate one just for fetishes.
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wow... thats a lot of flags! i learned alot though!
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Thanks!
Yeah, it is! I learned a lot, too. There is so much out there. People find love in all sorts of ways!
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sweeet :3 thanx for posting the info i always wondered
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A great journal I learned a couple things plus it is good to help everyone understand just what everything means so they can look at things the proper way
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Thank you!
I'm still trying to see if there's anything I missed (other than some of the more specific fetish flags. There's just so many of them!)
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Welcome
I have to agree there are just far to many fetishes and those aren't really something I think should be explained.I mean the sub-cultures like bears and all make sense because they are a sub culture of the gay community and all
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Yeah. I'm open to posting fetish flags; it's just too many! I actually think there are more fetish flags than all the rest combined!
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Well I don't doubt that because for every sexual orientation has tons of sub cultures.I mean there are "Bears" what are gay but a gay subculture and there are tons more out there
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That is very true. For example, lesbian subcultures include lipstick, chapstick, butch, femme, and AG. I'm not sure if they all have flags for them yet.
Some of the fetish flags are not gay subcultures in themselves, but they do have a gay subculture within the subculture. I saw there was a Cowboy Fetish flag. They also have a Gay Cowboy Fetish flag.
In addition, there is a lot of debate on what is the "official" flag. I tried to put the ones that I saw were most popular, and I only included one variant per identity because I don't think I can really post and explain 10 versions of the same flag and have to do that again for each identity.
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Exactly I mean a flag doesn't have to reference speak to a gay group.I mean just look at furries I mean they have their own flag as a culture.Which by its self doesn't ever reference gay furries but in the furry community it's divided up by species,gender,ect and from what I know of it most species have their own little symbol and all.And all that is just your basic divided up parts then you get down to gay furs,cub furs,diaper furs,ect.I mean it'd be rather hard to take the respected groups flags/symbols and explain them to a lot of people because to some people furries are just furries.
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I agree. I'm still waist-deep in flags that aren't even fetish flags. I keep adding more and more, but it never seems to end! I just added the Demisexual Flag today. Still, I feel strangely addicted to adding more.
The good thing about having a lot of flags is that when I can't find an explanation for all the colors, I can usually look back at the other flags and get a good idea of what the colors mean or what flag it's based on.
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Well I think it's nice that you still like to add more flags because by doing that you're helping educate others on exactly what these flags mean and how to understand and reference them properly.Which of course lead to a better understanding between different people and cultures/sub cultures
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Thanks!
I think that a lot of hate comes from fear and that fear comes from ignorance. Since homophobia is a combination of fear and hatred, maybe people will be more accepting if they know more about it. An important group of people who we should try to educate are those who are thinking of being allies or want to know more about it. I sometimes hang out with a Christian fellowship group even though I'm atheist because it has an accepting atmosphere, even though not everyone really knows about LGBT issues. I try to answer their questions in hope they will get used to talking about these subjects and teach other Christians to treat LGBT people with respect.
They are very open to what I have to say, but I think the biggest hurdle in trying to talk to them about it is that even though they're not against LGBT people, they're still very strict about sex. LGBT doesn't necessarily mean sex, but sex is an important aspect of the community. I think I'm going to avoid talking about things like feminist porn or fetishes for now, but if they ever ask about it, I will tell them as much as I know.
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You're welcome ^_^
Well that is a very admirable thing to be doing I mean you're trying to promote a better understanding between all people regardless of their sexuality and religious beliefs and all.I mean you're getting down to the basic from one human being to another human being and that is what needs to happen.I mean personally I'm a southern baptist christian and I'm gay most people find that to be a contradiction which is the whole reason I stop attending church because I got tired of being preached down to and hated.I wish I could do what you do but alas I can't
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Thank you! I know that all my LGBTQA friends really support the cause, but those who are sort of in the middle can be educated to make a more informed decision instead of believing things that might have been said at church or other places. Plenty of people I meet have never met a gay, bisexual, lesbian, transgender, or anyone else in the queer community.
Actually, most of the people in my LGBT group are Christian and not because their parents are. They find conflict with what mainstream Christianity says about sexuality, but they still believe in it. I have a bisexual friend who is a very religious Catholic, but she is very liberal and says that her church supports her. There are churches who support LGBT rights. I know that when the Westboro Baptist Church were coming to protest at my university, one of the churches on campus hung a huge rainbow flag on their door.
I hope that you can find a better church. I know that in some areas, there are none, but you will find one one day!
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Well I try my best to support from the shadows which is all I'm able to do at this time.And I honestly think a good bit of the hate comes from not really knowing someone who is LGBT and ignorance and they just stereotype type people into who they think is or isn't a certain way.I know that I personally don't fit the stereotype of a gay person and thus people assume I'm straight when in reality I'm not.
Wow I wouldn't have guess that in a million years to be perfectly honest.But I bet it is more or less about the location as to how the churches act to LGBT people.I live in a rather rural place not in a city and the people are extremely religious about almost everything.
I honestly hope so ^^
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All my friends weren't surprised when I came out, but then people I meet for the first time are very surprised. I guess I pass well.
They have entire gay churches in San Francisco; I've seen it before!
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Well I guess we both pass really well then I think I mainly pass because of my family because a best friend of mine knew I was gay long before I even realized it myself.
Well that is news to this Alabama boy
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You're welcome!
I have no idea why I pass. Most of the time when I'm home, I wear nothing but a tank top and boxers (which I bought from the boy's section of the store). I wear it because it is comfortable and fun to wear. I also wear skirts sometimes, but that is mostly because they're comfortable for me. At least twice a year, I dress up in drag. Sometimes my friends claim I'm a femme or a chapstick, but I really just see myself as me.
San Francisco is practically the gay capital of the universe. They are plenty of other cities that have large gay districts, but San Francisco is definitely the most famous. It has a lot of history. Young gay men used to run away to live there a lot in the 60's and 70's. The Castro district is the only part of San Francisco that is the gay district. In the Castro, there's gay porn in some shop windows, and they sell every kind of LGBT flag you can think of.
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You got me I guess people pass in different places for different reasons I mean people see me and either think nerd or country boy and most people associate nerds as being straight or just ignore them and almost everyone think country boys are straight as arrows.I guess it is all a matter of opinion and location.
Yeah I know a really good friend of mine lives there and I plan to visit him sometime and sometime see San Francisco and all that it offers for myself.It just sucks I can really bring anything gay related home with me
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Actually, I keep forgetting that you're a guy. I think it might be your avatar, which is likely to be a guy considering that anime is very androgynous, but I'm not really into anime, so it's hard for me to tell.
It's amazing what causes people to think you are one gender or another or judge your sexual orientation. I don't really know what a bisexual woman is supposed to look like, but I think I've noticed a stereotype where they think that we're sort of emo/goth looking with piercings in our tongues. That might be a slightly older stereotype now that sexy female celebrities like Lady Gaga, Angelina Jolie, Anna Paquin, Lindsay Lohan, and Paris Hilton have come out of the closet. Mostly people expect me to be this uber-sexual person who goes to bed with everyone she meets, but that's not true at all! I'm 26, and I've only slept with one person in my life, and we had almost 4 years together. I thought I was going to marry him. Although I'm very glad I did not! lol
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Well I'm kind of an otaku myself so I like anime but my icon/avatar is something I found that a guy made and he made one for every month and I thought since they were months they'd make good icon/avatars to switch to every month for a year.
Yeah I have to agree with you there I mean people even though who are gay or bisexual form some stereotype about what those people look like because unless you knew me well you'd probably have assumed I was straight or possibly bisexual.I mean I must admit I do kind of stereotype girls for the simple fact when I look at a girl I just see someone who may or may not be a friend.So how they look kinda makes me assume their sexuality because I use to stereotype girls who were like the description you gave as Bis or possibly transgender (no offense)
And honestly here people think if you're gay or bi you have probably slept with a lot of people for whatever reason and you have HIV.Because I'd be willing to bet that if I did come out to my parents they'd think I slept with a lot of guys in college and all but truthfully I'm 22 and I've never slept with anyone and believe me I could have if I wanted to because I've had girls offer themselves to me and even a couple guys too.But I don't have marriage on my mind at the moment because I wanna enjoy things before I settle down with anyone.
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I understand. I am actually really intimidated by other women, and I make friends with men much more easily (including LGBT men). I get worried that women will judge me or that they'll think I'm hitting on them after I tell them I'm bisexual. I had a straight, married female friend during the time that I dated my ex-boyfriend. She was very nice to me, but sometimes she would overemphasized how she wanted to meet my boyfriend because I think she thought I had a crush on her or something. Even though she usually was pretty nice to me and said that she was OK with my bisexuality, it was kind of annoying to hear that again and again. Now that I think about it, it's really unfair to think I had a crush on her just because I'm interested in women, and it is extremely ignorant to think that I would cheat on my boyfriend at the time just because I am bisexual.
It's hard to get stereotypes out of your head. Society really pushes them into your brain. But it's good that you're willing to admit it and know it's not right rather than pretend like you're perfect and have no biases. I myself was uncomfortable around LGBT people for many years. I didn't hate them; I just didn't know how to react. Realizing my sexual orientation really helped me understand people better because now I was in a similar situation.
I really hate the HIV stereotype that the LGBT community gets. People seem to associate HIV/AIDS with gay men when, in actuality, anyone could contract HIV. Sometimes people blame bisexuals for bringing HIV and AIDS to the straight community, which is completely untrue and highly offensive. It's sad that a lot of people only care if straight people can contract HIV and AIDS, as if gays and bisexuals "deserve" what they get while straight people just made a "mistake."
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Well I think that even though some people don't have a problem with bisexual or gay people it still confuses them because they don't exactly understand how someone can feel that way about both or their own gender(s).I mean when you think about it it's like looking in a broken mirror you can see and understand bits and pieces of it but you can't see the whole picture.I hope that makes sense because it does to me
Yeah I mean when you think about it global society basically runs on stereotypes.I mean even race,gender,and sexuality has a stereotype placed on it the only real difference is where you are as to what the stereotype is.I mean I've been stereotyped a good bit myself because when I was little and even now I have what people refer to as a "baby face" and I had a lot of female friends so a couple guys took these things and actually made fun of me and called me gay and basically bullied me because of their own stereotyping.I mean that just goes to show that people like to see what they want to see.And unfortunately I havn't had the pleasure of being around LGBT people in real life just over the net so I have no clue how I'd react in person.
Yeah I know what you mean it really pisses me off because I've seen and keep seeing people make it out like the LGBT community got in and decided to give it to everyone.Hell I've even heard people say that governments invented HIV/AIDS to get rid of homosexuals it's absolutely amazing what lengths people will go to to ignore the truth of the situation and create an illusion so they don't have to face the hard reality of the situation.
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Yes, I think you're right! Most people who act weird around me because I'm bisexual are not really secure in their own identity and sexuality. Maybe they feel that if they accept LGBT people, it will mean they are queer, too. My best friend is openly gay, and a lot of times I would see young guys with their girlfriends start kissing them once they saw us, as if that would make them more straight somehow.
Recently, I've been wearing rainbow hand warmers in public, and it's amazing how differently I've been treated. I went to the mall with a very flamboyant gay friend, and he was wearing a rainbow lei. People kept staring at us like we had three heads. Other people tried to act like we didn't exist. I accidentally bumped into a woman who had children, and I very sweetly apologized. She acted like I was carbon monoxide -- invisible, but get your kids away before they get "poisoned!" She quickly moved her kids away and didn't make any eye contact. Also, I bought some ice cream from Haagen Daz. The young blonde girl cashier was smiling at first but quickly put on a depressed, unfriendly face. In fact, only two people in the entire mall smiled at me and were friendly. The cashier at Hot Topic was really nice, and so was a guy who was handing out samples. Everybody else acted like aliens from the planet Gaytopia had landed in the mall and wanted to infect everyone with gay.
I had never experienced anything like that. It helped me understand what happens when you don't look like a straight person.
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Yeah besides the religious hate I think the people who are homophobic,biphobic,ect are not so much afraid of it they just can't come to understand it and typically what people can't understand they fear.It's basically fear because of ignorance but when you stop and think about it different sexualities are actually needed because with all the billions of people on this planet if every single person was straight we wouldn't have enough space on this planet for all the people.
Yeah it's amazing the difference of how people perceives you changes how they act.Because I'd imagine up till this point you were treated rather "normal" but with just one addition people's reactions change.I mean these days it's like if you're wearing something with a rainbow on it you're instantly gay and that is just wrong I mean those people didn't know you were Bi they were just assuming so by who you were with and what you were wearing.Sometimes I actually wonder if you convinced a straight guy to walk through a mall wearing pink then do it again with him dressed "noormal" how different people's reactions would be to him
Yeah it's amazing how eye opening it is to see how people treat you just because of what they assume about you.
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Very true. I think that a lot of people are afraid of LGBT people because they are afraid that they themselves are LGBT. I think that's what scares them the most. The more that they hate gays, the farther they feel from being gay.
In addition, homophobes think that LGBT are going to corrupt their children. Not only do homophobes fear that they themselves are gay, but they also fear that their children will be gay if they spend time with gay people. Or they think that we'll do something sexually perverted if we're around them. When I tell cisgender straight people that I'm bisexual, the ones who are insensitive always associate it with something sexual. Many cisgender straight men ask something about three-ways. Either they want to know whether I've been in three-ways, whether I want to be in a three-way with them, or what my policy on three-ways is. It really infuriates me. Other people think I'm sexually deviant, like a swinger or a prostitute. I've been asked to go to strip clubs with men. Just because I am attracted to women doesn't mean I want to see random women naked in front of me. I'm actually very uncomfortable being naked or seeing naked female strangers in person. It's really intimidating.
Then there are the people who think that I'm not bisexual because I've never had a romantic or sexual encounter with a women. I've never even kissed one. But I know how I feel about women and men, and no one has the right tell me that they know who I am and how to feel better than I do.
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You're probably right my friend I mean I've seen and heard people do "straight" stuff when they know someone who is gay/Bi walks by.It's pointless to try and prove that your straight because you don't choose your sexuality you're born with it pure and simple and no amount of kissing or having sex with girls will make a gay guy straight but people don't get that.
Yeah that is something I've never understood.I mean it's like people think that just because you're gay or bi you've slept with every guy and girl you know and have had threesomes,foursomes,and just about every kind of some you can imagine.It's like they think being gay or bi makes you a sexual deviant who preys on everyone regardless of age.Because I know for certain that people I know think gay people will screw anyone because I heard one of my relatives say that they found out someone was gay and they kept their son away from him because they honestly thought the guy was gonna actually have sex with their son just because he was gay.I mean it's just insane I mean I'm gay and I've never had sex with anyone let alone a child that is just wrong on so many ways I can't even count them.And even though I've never been asked to go to any kind of strip club I feel the same way because I see no point in seeing a bunch of strangers naked or half naked.Personally I'd feel like I was cheating on my boyfriend by doing that.Hell I'd never even have sex with a stranger because I'd never have any sexual involvement with someone I didn't trust.But people just stigmatize gay and bi people because they don't want us to be considered "normal" like they think they are.
You're right there I mean you can't exactly tell someone what their sexuality is even if you know it.I mean I had a best friend who actually knew I was gay whole heartily but she didn't tell me because she knew it wasn't her place.And I mean by the definition those people use I'm bi because I have kissed a girl and a guy but at the time I kissed the girl I was sexual confused so that doesn't define my sexuality.
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I agree. Before I knew more about the LGBT community, I once went to a costume party. One guy there was dressed as a gay man as his costume. I asked him if he was gay, and he totally panicked. I guess for some people, we're just a joke until someone thinks you really are gay or bisexual.
Making out with men could not possibly prove that I am straight because I don't really care about anyone's gender, only how I feel about them. (Also, it doesn't hurt if they're friendly and good-looking! lol). I'm actually pretty old-fashioned, I guess, in dating compared to most of my friends and other college students. I only kiss a person if I intend to have a romantic relationship with them, and I've only had sex with one person in my entire life. I only would have sex with someone if I were in love with them. I would probably wait at least a month unless I already knew them already as a good friend.
I want to teach ESL as my career. For people who teach ESL, you can either teach adults (for free or for low pay), teach children or teens, teach as a professor in a community college or university, or teach people in other countries. Teaching adults gives really low pay since there are people who do that for free. I also don't want to go overseas. I choose not to teach children or teens because I know that I could get fired at any time if people figure out that I'm bisexual (and I think the entire world practically knows now because I tell almost everyone that I'm bi). When parents complain, teachers get fired. The law is supposed to protect us, but it's very easy for the administration to make something up and costs a lot of money and time to file a suit. Plus, I'd be out of a job. So that's why I want to be a professor.
I was molested when I was fifteen years old by my uncle, and I can't even put into words how much this has affected my life. I would never, ever willingly let a child live through what happened to me. I've met many sexual assault victims, and I see how it affects them, too. One of my friends had an eating disorder because she was raped by a cousin who implied that he wouldn't have raped her if she were thinner. The last time I saw her, she had a heart condition and could have died. Now that I think about it, I don't even know if she's alive right now.
Equating bisexuality with pedophilia and rape is not only offensive: it's heartbreaking.
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Yeah and personally if I'd been in your place and that guy acted like that I probably would have decked him for being an ignorant asshole who was making a joke of a whole community.
Well you're the person who decides your sexuality no one else.But like you I'm old fashion because while I have kissed a guy and girl I've never had sex because with the girl I was confused then and with the guy he was a total pig who was just after sex and a relationship built purely on sex will fall apart every time because eventually the sex will wear thin and then the people in the relationship will realize that they have nothing in common and it'll crumble to dust.I mean a real realtionship has to be built on mutal trust and understanding to go anywhere for any length of time.
Well I certainly don't blame you there and that is a very well thought out plan of action I mean at least as a professor there would be some investigation into any accusation to see if it's true or something someone made up because they didn't like you or something.And honestly I find it rather horrible that a person's sexuality influences people's decisions I mean honestly something like that should be treated in a hate crime manner because it's profiling someone because of their sexuality which is wrong by any standards.
Yeah and it's kind of sad that people who have been through stuff like that basically just walk in the shadows because they are afraid or something.I mean I don't really understand it myself but I've seen how people react to people like that.
Actually I think it is down right EVIL because that is profiling a whole entire community of people just because of the actions of a few and that is truly heartbreaking
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Unfortunately, straight cisgender guys do that ALL the time. They're always telling me how they like that I'm bisexual but are disgusted by gay and bisexual men. I have a lot of gay and bisexual male friends, and it makes me so sad to see them treated like dirt. It's even worse for my friends who are trans, both trans men and trans women.
I'm glad that you feel firm in your sexuality. I know how weird it can be when you're not really sure what or who you are, but I'm happy that both of us found out and were able to tell others.
I'm in an LGBT organization called LLEGO, which is the queer people of color group on campus. Most of my friends are very sex-positive. I have at least one friend who is polyamorous, and I have other friends who have unconventional relationships. Some of my friends have multiple partners, casual sex, and/or friends with benefits. I support what they want to do as long as they're safe, consensual, and happy with it. I support polyamory, but unfortunately I don't personally know anyone who is polyamorous who has a healthy and happy relationship. I don't really know too many polyamorous people, so it's hard to tell.
I think they're more flexible with professors than teachers. Teachers instruct children, so parents get involved. They can be pretty paranoid about their kids. Professors teach students who are at least 18 years old and considered adults, so they can learn about sexuality, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, and gender identity without involving parents. I have had at least four openly gay and lesbian professors. I even took a class called Gay and Lesbian Literature and was considering double minoring in Spanish and Sexuality Studies.
It's good that you never had to experience sexual assault. You are very blessed, and I hope that you never have to go through anything like what I have had to go through.
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Yeah that just shows how equal people actually are because these days it isn't really men on top it's more or less straight men on top with everyone else under them and the gay guys are more or less treated like girls since straight people associate gay men with women.Personally I'd have no problem asserting myself to anyone that gay guys are still guys regardless(Sorry if that sounded sexist)
Yeah I'm firm now but I'm not entirely out yet I'm more or less just out on the net for my own safety.And it certainly is weird and hard to figure out when you are pressured into the role of being straight and it's hard and confusing to figure out at least it was for me.
Well I wish I could be in a thing like that and it sounds like you have a lot of interesting friends and know interesting people.And not to sound mean but I personally frown on polyamory because I don't see how you can trust your heart to two people and I know I personally couldn't tolerate a polyamorous relationship because here recently I just ended a relationship with a nice guy even though I liked him a lot I was in love with another guy and I just found it unfair for all those involved because I couldn't be committed to one guy while still being in a relationship with another guy so I just ended it for everyone's sake.
Oh well I'm not really sure how that would work in my state because where I live is like supper anti anything not heterosexual and in my experience even when it comes to college parents will jump in at anytime because parents will almost always defend their child regardless of age but you'd have a lot less problems being a professor than being a teacher that is true.
Thanks and I hope the same thing for everyone because that just isn't right
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I think one of the reasons why gay men can sometimes face more discrimination than cisgender lesbians and other cisgender queer identified women is actually because they are men. A man who is considered feminine is frowned upon in many societies, and I think it's because femininity equates to being a woman. A man who is like a woman is intimidating to other men because if one man can be feminine, then any man can be feminine. Cisgender men are often terrified of being seen as effeminate.
Good luck with coming out. I am very out to most people, but there are still relatives who I haven't told. It's not that I don't want them to know. It's just that I only see them on special occasions, so I don't want to ruin the mood by suddenly announcing, "Hey, I'm bisexual!" I think if I were a lesbian, maybe people would take me more seriously when I come out. Many of my relatives are from Burma or China, so I'm not even sure if there is a Burmese or Chinese word for bisexual.
I'm glad now that gay marriage is legal in New Jersey! Chris Christie wants to repeal it, but I think he might have to bend under pressure. At least I hope so! He is an incredibly popular governor even since Hurricane Sandy, so he really doesn't have to fear losing an election due to banning same sex marriage. He's just too popular. >.<
Don't let anyone tell you who you are or what you believe. No one can know better than you do.
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Well that actually makes sense but any man can be feminine I mean hell if you injected any man with estrogen they would end up turning more feminine just because they have more estrogen in them than testosterone.So really and truthfully any man can be feminine just by giving them a certain hormone.And truthfully I honestly think these more feminine men probably do just have an abnormal amount of estrogen and that's it.
Thanks for the good luck.And that is just interesting to hear but I do get why you'd want to withhold that from them since you don't see them often and don't wanna disturb the mood of the visit.And I had no clue you actually spoke other languages and I guess certain words don't transcend language barriers.
Well it's good that it's legal in NJ but I just think it's stupid that politics is a popularity contest than anything because if you're losing ground you can just jump up saying you support something and scoop up more votes just because you say something.That is why I hate messing around in politics.
You got that right
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That is very true. I also think that any cisgender man who would willing inject estrogen in his body would probably be even more scary to transphobic and homophobic people because it is a physical change, and a lot of people get confused when they see androgynous people because gender roles are so ingrained in society.
I think that men who are feminine and trans women might have more estrogen, but it is a lot more complicated than that. Scientific studies have shown that trans women have brain structures similar to cisgender women, so it's not just estrogen. In fact, many trans women take estrogen so they can appear more feminine.
Coincidentally, I did see my relatives today. It was my little nephew's birthday party, and there was tons of family there. It seemed like practically every adult at the party had kids except for me. One of my aunts casually asked why I wasn't married, and I told her that I hadn't found the right guy . . . or girl. They didn't seem to notice the fact that I said "girl" as well as "guy." I didn't tell anyone that I was bisexual, but I didn't think it was the right time. It takes a lot of effort to try to tell someone what bisexual means if there is a huge cultural gap, and it's not really worth it sometimes because I know they'd be OK with it and don't need to explain as much unless I really want to tell them. If I start dating a girl or genderqueer person, then yes, I'd tell them. But for now it's OK, and I'll bring it up when I feel like it.
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Yeah you're right about that and that if what is such a bad thing because a lot of places have the whole gender and heterosexual roles so ingrained in the they resist change of any kind.I mean I've met androgynous people before and they didn't bother me because I know that gender identity isn't something society should decide it should be something each person decided for themselves just like their sexuality.
Well I know estrogen isn't the only factor I know their is more to what makes trans women trans women.I mean from my purely scientific perspective I believe that what makes people gay or trans comes from how their brain is formed before they are born because we all start out as females which of course means all our brains start as female brains and I believe that a big part of what makes gay guys gay and trans women trans women is that their brain never fully became male and thus left them with a more female like brain which plays a role in their sexuality.
Well I'm sure you're a good aunt and you never know they may already have figured it out.But if you know they'd be ok with it like you said there really is no point in telling them unless you start dating a girl or genderqueer person because you'd be bringing them to meet your family and thus you of course need to tell them
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Cool. Not only do androgynous people not bother me, but I've had crushes on them before (including trans people). Unfortunately, it didn't really go anywhere, but they are still my friends because the ones I've met are very cool people. I think they just formed a club for trans people and allies of trans people in my university, and I want to go to meetings.
Yeah, it is complicated. Some scientists believe that being gay is completely genetic, others believe it is from environment (though not something that anyone can control), and some believe that it is both. Personally, I think it is both, but it's really hard to tell. One thing that makes me think this is that identical twins do not always have the same sexual orientation, although they have a higher chance of having the same sexual orientation. One of my friends is gay but his identical twin brother is not. I've never met his brother, but when I look at them, I know they're different people but they're close to each other and not the kind of brothers who are opposite.
I think many of relatives have figured it out at least somewhat. Many of them are my facebook friends, and I am very openly bisexual on facebook. I post all sorts of comments on it, like LGBT pages, and constantly talk about it. I don't think they'll mind if they find out for certain.
Actually, I finally got the courage to ask out a girl last night for the first time. She said it was a bad time because she had broken up with her boyfriend four months ago, and I think she was still experiencing some heartache from it. I told her that we could be friends and get to know each other, and she was cool about that. (I was also glad that she didn't say, "Sorry, I'm not into women!" Of course, she might be straight, but I think that if she were straight, she would have said so instead of just talking about her ex-boyfriend.) Unfortunately, it was at meeting, and I kept looking for my friends, and she seemed to be there every time I was looking for him. I think she thought I was stalking her. It's OK though. I know that I can straighten things out next time I see her.
I hope I get the courage to get to know her. I'm so bad with talking to girls! I actually think that's why I always seem to have boyfriends. I'm very comfortable talking to men, whether they are straight, bisexual, gay, trans, or cisgender. I wish I could talk to girls! I have barely any female close friends.
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