Non-binary Flag
Non-binary: Refers to a spectrum of gender identities and expressions, often based on the rejection of the gender binary’s assumption that gender is strictly an either/or option of male or female sex assigned at birth.
Date: 2014 Creator: Kyle Rowan Flag meaning: The yellow represents those falling outside, or otherwise defining self without any reference to, the gender binary. The white represents a multiplicity of genders. The purple represents gender identities that lie between man and woman. The black represents an absence of gender.
Omnisexual Flag
This could be a preference or a recognition and that attraction feels differently depending on the gender or sex. Some omnisexual people may be more attracted to certain genders, but that is not always the case.
Date: 2015 Creator: Pastelmemer Flag meaning: The light pink and light blue represent the gender spectrum. The pink represents attraction to femininity and women. The blue represents attraction to masculinity and men. The dark purple represents attraction to people whose gender falls outside of the categories above.
Pansexual Flag
Date: 2010 Creator: Unknown Flag meaning: The pink represents attraction to women. The blue represents attraction to men. The yellow represents attraction to anyone not falling within the gender binary.
Polyamory Flag
Polyamory: Refers to the ability to love multiple people and/or be involved in multiple relationships, with the consent and approval of all people involved.
Date: 1995 Creator: Jim Evans Flag meaning: Jim Evans wanted to create a flag that would be inconspicuous to those not in the community, while simultaneously representative of polyamory. As of 2022, there are multiple active efforts to redesign and settle on a new flag, but this flag remains most recognizable.
The blue represents openness and honesty of people involved in the relationship. The red represents love and passion. The black represents solidarity for having to hide a polyamorous relationship. The gold on the Pi symbol represents a valuable emotional attachment to a person’s loved ones.
Polysexual Flag
Date: 2012 Creator: Samlin (Tumblr user) Flag meaning: The pink represents attraction to women. The green represents attraction to non-binary people. The blue represents attraction to men.
Pomosexuality Flag
Pomosexuality: Refusing, avoiding or not fitting in any other sexual orientation label. It challenges categorizations in favor of largely unmapped possibility and the intense charge that comes with transgression. Some pomosexual people may be queer or questioning, and others may not. Pomosexuality was coined in 1997 by writers, Carol Queen and Lawrence Schimel in their book PoMoSexuals: Challenging Assumptions About Gender and Sexuality.
Intersex Progress Flag
Date: 2021 Creator: Valentino Vecchietti (for the advocacy group, Intersex Equality Rights UK) Flag meaning: The Intersex Progress Flag is the newest iteration of what is perhaps the most recognizable Pride Flag-the Rainbow https://kissbrides.com/pt-pt/mulheres-belgas-quentes/ Flag. This iteration of the Progress Flag has incorporated the Intersex Flag and colors into its design, following previous redesigns that integrated the transgender colors and the brown and black colors (representing queer people of color).
The shape of the arrow containing the trans colors, the intersex flag, and the black and brown colors represent progress being made and progress to be done-as opposed to the rest of the rainbow’s colors, which span the entire flag. The flag itself shares its colors’ meanings with its constituent flags.
Rainbow Flag
Date: 1978 Creator: Gilbert Baker (drag performer and Vietnam War veteran) Flag meaning: The flag was originally created for San Francisco’s annual pride parade, and had eight colors, each with their own meanings. As the years went on, the colors pink and turquoise were removed, citing difficulties in producing flags with these colors. This simplification paved the way to the six-stripe Rainbow flag we know and love today.
