The History and Symbolism of 21 Different LGBTQ Flags

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, Vecchietti’s advocacy group said: “Since we posted this flag… intersex people and allies from all over the globe have said it is bringing them joy to see intersex inclusion.”has three colors each symbolizing a different kind of attraction. Pink is meant to represent attraction to your same gender and blue attraction to a different gender, while the overlapping lavender stripe symbolizes attraction to both and/or multiple genders.

In keeping with our understanding of bisexuality today, the Bi Pride Flag — like bisexuality itself — shouldn’t be seen as enforcing a binary. “Today, many people define bisexuality as being attracted to people of similar gender identities to theirs and gender identities that are different than theirs,” bi-identifying writer Natalie Dahl. “There are many gender identities out there and a bi person can choose to date someone who identifies with any of them.

The Pansexual Pride Flag’s colors are commonly understood to mean the following: pink represents attraction to femme-identifying people, blue represents attraction to those who are male-identified, and yellow represents attraction to non-binary and genderqueer folks.In 1999, Monica Helms, a trans woman and Navy veteran, designed a flag to represent the trans community at the encouragement of Michael Page, creator of the bisexual flag.

on its forum board. Two AVEN users, known as standup and Bristrek, led the effort, with standup’s design ultimately winning the vote. The flag’s four colors each have their own meaning:In a way, the demisexual flag also had its start on AVEN. It was on this forum that the term demisexual was firstby a user known as sonofzeal, describing their experience of requiring an emotional bond as a prerequisite to sexual attraction, as well as their need to find language distinct from asexuality.

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