PRIDE PRIDE FLAGS FLAGS
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THEMEANINGSAND REPRESENTATIONSOF ALLTHEFLAGS,BUTI WANTEDTODOITINA CUTESEXYWAY. ANYWAYS,IHOPEYA'LL ENJOY!
RAINBOW FLRAINBOW FL
Therainbowflagisoneofthemostwidelyuseda symbolsofthegaypridemovement.Theoriginal createdbyGilbertBaker,flewinSanFranciscoo
Eachcolorrepresents
aspecificmeaning:
RED: LIFE RED: LIFE
ORANGE: HEALING ORANGE: HEALING
YELLOW: SUN YELLOW: SUN
GREEN: NATURE GREEN: NATURE
BLUE: HARMONY BLUE: HARMONY
PURPLE: SPIRIT PURPLE: SPIRIT
PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA PRIDEFLAG PRIDEFLAG
In2017,anewinterpretationofthePrideFlagemerged.Namedforthecity whereitwasfirstcreated,thePhiladelphiaflagaddedstripesofBlackand Browntotheprevioussixcolors,thusbetterrepresentingandadvocating forLGBTQA+peopleofcolor.
PROGRESSIVE PROGRESSIVE FLAG FLAG
Notlongafterwardin2018,theProgressPrideFlaggainedprominenceinthecommunity. ThisneweditionofthePrideFlaghascolorstorepresentbothtranspeopleandLGBTQA+ peopleofcolor,inadditiontothesixrainbowstripes.Foranyonewantingtoshowasmuch supportaspossiblefortheLGBTQA+community,theProgressFlag-withthearrowsto representinclusionandprogression-isagreatwaytoindicateprideformultipleidentities.
WHITE,PINK,ANDLIGHTBLUE: WHITE,PINK,ANDLIGHTBLUE: TRANSGENDERINDIVIDUALS TRANSGENDERINDIVIDUALS
Eachcolorrepresentsa specificmeaning:
BROWNANDBLACK: BROWNANDBLACK: PEOPLEOFCOLOR. PEOPLEOFCOLOR.
TRANSGENDER TRANSGENDER FLAG FLAG
Transgenderisanumbrellatermforpeoplewhosegender identitydoesn'tconformtotheirassignedsexatbirth, regardlessofexpression.Genderidentityreferstoaperson's internalsenseofbeingaman,woman,orothergender.
Eachcolor representsa specific meaning:
LIGHT BLUE:LIGHT BLUE: TRADITONAL COLORTRADITONAL COLOR FOR BOYSFOR BOYS
LIGHT PINK:LIGHT PINK: TRADITIONAL COLORTRADITIONAL COLOR FOR GIRLSFOR GIRLS
WHITE: WHITE: INTERSEX ORINTERSEX OR UNDEFINED GENDERUNDEFINED GENDER
NONBINARY NONBINARY FLAG FLAG
Nonbinarypeople'sgenderidentitydoesnotfitwithinthetraditional male/femalebinary.RikiAnneWilchinsusedthetermforanybodywhois gendernonconforming,similartootherumbrellatermslikegenderqueer orgender-fluid.
Eachcolor representsa specific meaning:
YELLOW: YELLOW: PEOPLEWHOSEGENDEREXISTS PEOPLEWHOSEGENDEREXISTS OUTSIDEOFTHEBINARY OUTSIDEOFTHEBINARY
WHITE: WHITE: PEOPLEWITHMANYORALLGENDERS PEOPLEWITHMANYORALLGENDERS
PURPLE: PURPLE: PEOPLEWITHGENDERSCONSIDEREDA PEOPLEWITHGENDERSCONSIDEREDA MIXOFMALEANDFEMALE MIXOFMALEANDFEMALE
BLACK: BLACK: PEOPLEWHODON'THAVEAGENDER PEOPLEWHODON'THAVEAGENDER
INTERSEXFLAG INTERSEXFLAG
Intersexpeopleareindividualsbornwithanyofseveralsexcharacteristics includingchromosomepatterns,gonads,orgenitalsthat,accordingtothe OfficeoftheUnitedNationsHighCommissionerforHumanRights,"do notfittypicalbinarynotionsofmaleorfemalebodies."
Eachcolor representsa specific meaning:
CIRCLE EMBLEM:CIRCLE EMBLEM: AVOIDING GENDER COLOR AVOIDING GENDER COLOR STEROTYPES; STEROTYPES; SYMBOLIZING WHOLENESSSYMBOLIZING WHOLENESS AND COMPLETENESS, AND AND COMPLETENESS, AND ONE'S POTENTIALITIESONE'S POTENTIALITIES GOLD AND PURPLE: GOLD AND PURPLE: FREE FROM GENDER FREE FROM GENDER ASSOCIATIONS ANDASSOCIATIONS AND HISTORICALLY USED TO HISTORICALLY USED TO REPRESENT INTERSEXREPRESENT INTERSEX
PEOPLE PEOPLE
BISEXUAL FLAGBISEXUAL FLAG
RobinOchsdefinesbisexualityasthepotentialtobeattracted (romanticallyand/orsexually)topeopleofmorethanone sex/gender,notnecessarilyatthesametimeorsamedegree.
Eachcolor representsa specific meaning:
MAGENTA: MAGENTA: SAMEGENDERATTRACTION SAMEGENDERATTRACTION BLUE; BLUE; ATTRACTIONTOOTHER ATTRACTIONTOOTHER GENDERS GENDERS
PURPLE: PURPLE: ATTRACTIONTOWARDS ATTRACTIONTOWARDS MULTIPLEGENDERS MULTIPLEGENDERS
PANSEXUALFLAG PANSEXUALFLAG
Pansexuality,oromnisexuality,isasexualattraction,sexualdesire, romanticlove,oremotionalattractiontowardspeopleregardlessof genderidentitiesorbiologicalsexes.
Eachcolor representsa specific meaning:
PINK: PINK: ATTRACTIONTOWOMEN ATTRACTIONTOWOMEN
GOLD: GOLD: ATTRACTIONTONONATTRACTIONTONONBINARYORAGENDER BINARYORAGENDER PEOPLE PEOPLE
BLUE: BLUE: ATTRACTIONTOMEN ATTRACTIONTOMEN
LOVEHAS NOBOUNDS!
ASEXUALFLAG ASEXUALFLAG
Asexualpeopleexperiencelittleornosexualattractiontoothers. Asexualityis differentfromcelibacy:asexualityisaspectrum,buttherangespreadstono intrinsicdesiretohavesex;whilecelibatepeoplearesexual,butabstai
Eachcolor representsa specific meaning:
BLACK BLACK:: REPRESENTSASEXUALITY REPRESENTSASEXUALITY
GREY: GREY: THEGREY-AREA THEGREY-AREA BETWEENSEXUALAND BETWEENSEXUALAND ASEXUAL ASEXUAL
PURPLE: PURPLE: REPRESENTSCOMMUNITY REPRESENTSCOMMUNITY