User:Ghosturtle/Pride Flag Sandbox

A little sandbox for pride flag information! I can't add images for all pride flags, so instead I will rely partially on links and descriptions. I will later add a link to a Google Document I'm working on which actually includes images for all flags. I'll try to keep this sandbox, as well as the Google Document, as organized as possible. Flags are organized first by stripe quantity, then by alphabetical order.

Each flag has information on its use, an image description, credit to the creator, date of proposal, meanings behind the symbolism, and a demographic check. The demographic check refers to whether the creator of the flag is/was a part of the community the flag was created for, if they worked with people from the community, or if they created the flag entirely from the outside. If anyone finds more information about these flags, feel free to add it!

This is not exclusive to LGBTQIA+ flags, and also includes flags for other communities, subcultures, etc.

Intersex Flag

 * Use: The intersex flag represents the intersex community. It is free for public use.
 * Description: A bright yellow (#ffd800) flag with a purple (#7902aa) circle emblem in the center. This purple circle is an outline for a circle, rather than a solid dot.
 * Designer: Morgan Carpenter (he/him/his)
 * Proposal date: July 4, 2013
 * Symbolism: Yellow and purple represent being neither blue nor pink, i.e. neither male nor female. The purple circle emblem represents the wholeness of intersex people, and the right to bodily autonomy and genital integrity.
 * Demographic check: Morgan Carpenter is an intersex man.

Autosexual Flag

 * Use: The autosexual flag represents the autosexual community. According to a statement from 2015, the creator of the flag no longer personally condones the use of the flag, at least when it comes to use by "non-LGBT+" autosexuals, but still has the flag available for public use. It is unknown if the creator of the flag still holds this opinion.
 * Description: A flag with two even, horizontal stripes. The top stripe is light blue, while the bottom stipe is light grey. Some variations of the flag also include a red heart in the center, which has a black arrow surrounding it.
 * Designer: Ruin (she/her/hers)
 * Proposal date: December 13, 2011
 * Symbolism: The intended symbolism of the flag is unknown.
 * Demographic check: Ruin identified as autosexual and pansexual at the time of creating the flag.

Bisexual Flag

 * Use: The bisexual flag represents the bisexual community. It is free for public use.
 * Description: A flag with three horizontal stripes, with a ratio of 2:1:2. The top stripe is magenta, the middle stripe is lavender, and the bottom stripe is royal blue.
 * Designer: Michael Page (he/him/his)
 * Proposal date: December 5, 1998
 * Symbolism: The pink stripe represents same sex attraction, or homosexuality. The blue stripe represents opposite sex attraction, or heterosexuality. The purple stripe represents the overlap in these two forms of attraction, or bisexuality. "Sex" can also be replaced with "gender," especially in more modern definitions. "Same sex/gender" is also sometimes substituted with "similar sexes/genders," often for the purpose of being inclusive to transgender and non-binary people. "Opposite sex/gender" is sometimes substituted with "different sexes/genders" for the same reason. Some also interpret the stripes as pink representing attraction to women, purple representing attraction to non-binary people, and blue representing attraction to men, though this isn't the originally intended symbolism.
 * Demographic check: Michael Page is not bisexual, but is queer. He is an ally to the bi+ community, and he had the input of the community in mind while creating the flag.

Genderqueer Flag

 * Use: The genderqueer flag represents the genderqueer community. It is free for public use.
 * Description: A flag with three even, horizontal stripes. The top stripe is lavender (#b57edc), the middle stripe is white (#ffffff), and the bottom stripe is green (#4a8123).
 * Designer: Marilyn Roxie (they/them/theirs)
 * Proposal date: June 2011
 * Symbolism: The lavender stripe represents androgynes, androgyny, and queerness. Lavender, being a shade of purple, can represent a combination of both masculinity/manhood and femininity/womanhood, in addition to being a traditional color associated with LGBTQIA+ communities. White represents a lack of gender. Green represents genders which exist completely outside of, and without reference to, the binary. These are genders which are not associated with masculinity, manhood, femininity, or womanhood. It was chosen due to it being the direct inverse of lavender. While these stripes are separate, none of these identities are necessarily opposite to each other. These identities can overlap and interact with each other, and are not mutually exclusive. These are also not the only possible experiences a genderqueer person can have, and Roxie explicitly acknowledges this on their website.
 * Demographic check: Marilyn Roxie is genderqueer.

Neutrois Flag

 * Use: The neutrois flag represents the neutrois community. It is free for public use.
 * Description: A flag with three even, horizontal stripes. The top stripe is white, the middle stripe is chartreuse, and the bottom stripe is black.
 * Designer: Unknown
 * Proposal date: Between June 2011 and July 4, 2015
 * Symbolism: White represents gender neutrality, unidentified gender, or questioning. Green represents being neither male nor female, since it is the inverse of lavender (a color associated with both manhood and womanhood). Black represents a lack of gender.
 * Demographic check: Unknown

Pansexual Flags

 * Use: The pansexual flag represents the pansexual community. It is free for public use.
 * Description: A flag with three even, horizontal stripes. The top stripe is magenta (#ff1b8d or #ff218c), the middle stripe is strong gold yellow (#ffd900 or #ffd800), and the bottom stripe is light cerulean (#1bb2ff or #21b1ff).
 * Designer: Jasper V (they/them/theirs)
 * Proposal date: October 8, 2010
 * Symbolism: Pink represents women, and blue represents men, due to the ways in which those colors are traditionally gendered. Yellow represents non-binary people, due to being a generally non-gendered color. This could be interpreted to represent the genders that pansexual people are attracted to, or it could represent the genders that a pansexual person may be. However, none of this symbolism is concrete, and the flag can be interpreted in other ways. One example of an alternate interpretation is that the colors represent the entire gender spectrum, therefore gender-blind attraction, due to being required for creating other colors in printing and color mixing (not including black). Jasper V has stated, "The pan flag is defined by the people who [identify] with it, not just what I chose at the point of creation."
 * Demographic check: Jasper V is pansexual.


 * Use: The pansexual flag represents the pansexual community. It is free for public use. However, it can be assumed that the creator of the flag does not condone the inclusion of pan-lesbians under their flag, due to his motivations behind creating the flag, as well as his opinions on m-spec lesbian discourse.
 * Description: A flag with three even, horizontal stripes. The top stripe is green, the middle stripe is yellow, and the bottom stripe is orange.
 * Designer: Jesse (they/them/theirs, he/him/his)
 * Proposal date: June 26, 2020
 * Symbolism: Green represents sense of belonging, yellow represents attraction regardless of gender identity, and orange represents gender empowerment.
 * Demographic check: Jesse is pansexual.

Polyamorous Flags

 * Use: The polyamorous flag represents the polyamorous community. It is free for public use.
 * Description: A flag with three even, horizontal stripes, and a gold "π" (lowercase pi) symbol or infinity heart in the center. The top stripe is blue, the middle stripe is red, and the bottom stripe is black.
 * Designer: Jim Evans (he/him/his)
 * Proposal date: 1995
 * Symbolism: Blue represents openness and honesty among all partners. Red represents love and compassion. Black represents solidarity with polyamorous people who must hide their polyamory from the outside world due to societal pressures. Gold represents the value placed on relationships of all kinds, whether they are primarily platonic, romantic, or sexual. The "π" symbol represents the first letter of "polyamory," as "π" is the Greek equivalent of "p." The infinity heart sometimes replaces the "π" symbol in some versions of the flag. The infinity heart symbol was designed by Brian Crabtree as a symbol for polyamory in the 1990s. It symbolizes limitless love.
 * Demographic check: It is unknown whether Jim Evans is polyamorous or is only an ally. Brian Crabtree is polyamorous.


 * Use: The polyamorous flag represents the polyamorous community. It is free for public use.
 * Description: A flag with three even, horizontal stripes, and an infinity heart in the center inside a white circle. The top stripe is blue, the middle stripe is pink, and the bottom stripe is very dark blue or black.
 * Designer: Emma (she/her/hers)
 * Proposal date: September 27, 2019
 * Symbolism: The flag maintains the symbolism from Jim Evans' flag, but drops the "π" symbol in favor of Brian Crabtree's infinity heart. The flag is intended to be symbolically similar, while also being more visually pleasing.
 * Demographic check: It is unknown whether Emma is polyamorous or is only an ally.

Polysexual Flag

 * Use: The polysexual flag represents the polysexual community. It is free for public use.
 * Description: A flag with three even, horizontal stripes. The top stripe is pink, the middle stripe is green, and the bottom stripe is light blue.
 * Designer: Samlin (pronouns unknown)
 * Proposal date: 2012
 * Symbolism: Samlin didn't specify the meanings behind the stripes in their Tumblr post, and only mentioned that it was inspired by the bisexual and pansexual flags. However, it is thought that pink represents attraction to women, green represents attraction to non-binary people, and blue represents attraction to men.
 * Demographic check: Samlin is polysexual.