The coinage of the term is unknown, however a page on The Asexual Visibility and Education History: T he term demiromantic describes an identity under the asexual and grey-asexual umbrellas. Part of the grey-romantic and broader aromantic community.Īromantic: Little to no romantic attraction to others. Purple: represents lesbian and woman-identified individuals.ĭemiromantic: Feeling romantic attraction to someone only after forming an emotional bond with them. White: represents people across the gender and sexuality spectrums more broadly. Lesbian flags, including the lipstick lesbian flag and labrys lesbian flag. The butch lesbian flag is one variation of several Woman-identified individuals, and the white represents people across the gender and Have guessed that the blue represents masculinity, the purple represents lesbian and Lesbian flag are still slowly gaining traction in the community.Īlthough the creator never explicitly explained the meaning of the colors, people Another variation of the butch flag was created in 2017īy tumbler user butchspace to represent butch positivity. The original post was deleted from the tumbler, but later The flag was designed for lesbians who do not identify with the lipstick lesbian flagĭue to its feminine nature. History: The first butch lesbian pride flag was created in 2016 by tumbler user dorian-rutherford. More traditionally “masculine” in appearance. Grey: Represents grey-aromantic and demiromantic people.īlack: Represents the sexuality spectrum.īutch Lesbian: A female-identified person who likes other female-identified people and presents White: Represents platonic and aesthetic attraction, as well as queer/quasi platonic relationships. Light Green: Represents the aromantic spectrum. Thisįlag was designed by Cameron as well, updating the design themselves on November 16, The third and most recent design is the one flown by the GSRC, and is the most widelyĪccepted version, replacing the yellow of the second flag to a white stripe. This design was created by Tumblr user Cameron Australia on February 7, 2014. The second aromantic pride flag was a five stripe design of dark-green, light-green, It is unknown when this flag was designed, or by whom. Off of yellow flowers which represent friendship, orange because it was between yellowĪnd red (for grey-romantics), and black was for alloromantics who reject the traditional Green represented the opposite of red (the color of romance), yellow played History: The first aromantic pride flag was a four-stripe design with green, yellow, orange,Īnd black. Were chosen in contrast to the separation of genders and expressions included in otherĪromantic: Someone who does not experience romantic attraction, or does so in a significantlyĭifferent way than is traditionally thought of. The complimenting white stripes are toīe inclusive to those who are non-binary and intersex. Represents those without a gender identity. Version features three horizontal stripes and uses only two colors. The flag was created to represent those within the Agender community.Īgender folks may identify as having no gender, having an undefinable gender, notĪligning with any gender, gender-neural or neutrois, or choose not to label theirĪnother version of the Agender Pride Flag was created by Rumpus Parable in 2014. History: The Agender flag has seven horizontal stripes and was created in the year of 2014īy Salem X. Agender folks may have any type of expression and use any set of pronouns or no pronouns. The term Agender can be literally translated to ‘without gender’. Becoming a Hispanic Serving InstitutionĪgender: People who identify as having no gender or as gender neutral.Flags are, after all, meant to be flown - loudly and proudly! Below, we’ll walk you through the origin, meaning and colors of 21 LGBTQ flags, from the original pride flag to new pride flags flown today, so that you can understand which identity each flag celebrates. Although the symbolic use of bright colors has long been connected to queer culture, these flags, fittingly, are a highly visible, widerspread signal of queer identity compared to some of the slightly more covert LGBTQ+ symbols that preceded them. Today, there are dozens of LGBTQ+ flags representing just as many gender identities, sexualities and intersections of communities. Much like the communities they represent, these flags are in a constant state of evolution, expanding to better and more inclusively encompass every queer identity under the rainbow. Ever since the first rainbow-hued LGBTQ flag was created in 1978, pride flags have been a colorful symbol of queer identity.