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The white represents those who are intersex, transitioning, or see themselves as having a neutral or undefined gender.

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Genderfluid Pride Flag

JJ Poole created the Genderfluid Pride Flag in 2013 to represent folks whose gender identity and/or expression is fluid and may fluctuate at different times or in different circumstances.

DeBlase indicated that he wanted to “leave it to the viewer to interpret the colors and symbols.”

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Bear Brotherhood Pride Flag

Members of the International Bear Brotherhood—comprised of gay men with a specific set of physical traits, including facial hair and a sturdy build—got their own flag in 1995.

The background of the flag has three stripes, each of which has a specific meaning: blue (the openness and honesty of all parties involved in the relationships), red (love and passion), and black (solidarity with those who must hide their polyamorous relationships from the outside world).

Evans placed a yellow pi symbol in the center of his flag, with the infinite number representing the infinite options for partners available to polyamorous people.

The origins of the Demiromantic Pride Flag are unknown, but the Asexual Visibility and Education Network has included information on the demiromantic identity on its website since 2011.

The design might look a little familiar. There are two possible explanations: that the turquoise material, like the hot pink, was difficult to get, or that people preferred a flag with an even number of stripes.

Take, for instance, the story of a girl who was sent away by her family as a teen because she was gay. Each color in the flag had a meaning, and hot pink stood for sex, but that’s not the reason for its disappearance. It contains five colors, though their meanings are unknown. Each of the eight colors had a meaning:

• Pink: Sex
• Red: Life
• Orange: Healing
• Yellow: Sunlight
• Green: Nature
• Turquoise: Magic/Art
• Indigo: Serenity
• Violet: Spirit

Baker’s creation made its debut at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade on June 25, 1978—only a few months before Milk was assassinated.

1978 Pride Flag

If this LGBTQ flag looks familiar, that’s because it’s Baker’s design with one modification: The hot pink stripe in his original 1977 flag was removed.

The black-and-white stripes in the background represent heterosexual and/or cisgender people.

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Leather Pride Flag

Though originally representative of members of the leather subculture, this flag was also embraced by the wider BDSM and fetish community. The blue and pink represent attraction to those who identify as male and female, respectively, and the green represents attraction to people who identify outside the traditional male-female binary.

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Aromantic Pride Flag

The Aromantic Pride Flag represents people who either do not experience romantic attraction or do so in a nontraditional way.

The yellow stripe in the middle represents attraction to those who identify as genderqueer, nonbinary, agender, androgynous, or anyone who doesn’t identify on the male-female binary. Celebrate the life of another gay icon with these powerful and moving James Baldwin quotes.

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Traditional Gay Pride Flag

It would take another year before the original LGBTQ rainbow flag completed its evolution.

Here’s a brief introduction to 32 of them.

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Gilbert Baker Pride Flag

Picture it: San Francisco, 1974. For a lesbian story with a surprising ending, learn what happened when a woman came out to her grandmother.

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Demiromantic Pride Flag

Often grouped under the asexual umbrella, demiromantic individuals only become romantically attracted to someone after forming an emotional bond with them.

That’s because it’s similar to the Demisexual Pride Flag—white top half, gray bottom half, and black triangle to the left—with one key difference: The stripe between the halves is green. “When the Pride flag was recreated in the last year to include both black/brown stripes as well as the trans stripes included this year, I wanted to see if there could be more emphasis in the design of the flag to give it more meaning,” Quasar explained in a 2018 Kickstarter post raising money for the new flag.

The white, pink, and light blue chevron design on the Progress Pride Flag reflects the colors of the Transgender Flag, while the brown and black stripes represent marginalized people of color.

Because, y’all, representation is crucial!

One such flag is the Gay Men’s Pride Flag – a flag you might already have seen flown at any number of pride festivals around the world, from New Orleans to Montreal…and everywhere in between!

Another lesser-known pride flag is the gay men’s pride flag. In need of a feel-good story?

As you’re learning more about why it’s important to support LGBTQ-owned businesses, what LGBTQ stands for, ways to be an LGBTQ ally, and why Pride Month is in June, find out more about the meaning of some of the many LGBTQ flags as well. The purple stripe in the middle symbolizes attraction to two genders.

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Pansexual Pride Flag

Pansexual folks—who are attracted to people regardless of their gender identity—got their own flag around 2010.

As the combination of the traditionally masculine and feminine colors (blue and pink), lavender represents androgyny and other queer identities, while white stands for agender identity and green represents those whose identities are defined outside the binary. A labrys is the double-headed battle-ax seen on the flag, which can be traced back to matriarchal societies like the Minoans.