This resource page is a non-exhaustive, compilation of information about the many pride flags that some in the LGBTQIA+ community use. On this page, you’ll find the community represented by each flag, an image of the flag, a breakdown of what each of the colors and symbols on the flag means, as well as the creator or creators of each of the flags.
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PHILADELPHIA RAINBOW FLAG
Date: June 8, 2017
Colors
Black & Brown: Queer People of Color
Red: Life
Orange: Healing
Yellow: Sunlight
Green: Nature
Blue: Harmony/Peace
Violet: Spirit
Creator: Gilbert Baker (original)
RAINBOW FLAG
Colors
Red: Life
Orange: Healing
Yellow: Sunlight
Green: Nature
Blue: Harmony/Peace
Violet: Spirit
Creator: Gilbert Baker
DANIEL QUASAR RAINBOW FLAG
Date: June 7, 2018
Colors: Inclusion of Philadelphia Rainbow Flag and Trans Flag
“The arrow points to the right to show forward movement, while being along the left edge shows that progress still needs to be made."
Creator: Daniel Quasar
LESBIAN FLAG
Date: 2018
Colors
Dark Orange: Gender nonconformity
Orange: Butch lesbians
Light Orange: Community
White: Unique relationships to womanhood
Pink: Serenity and peace
Dark Rose: Femininity
Creator: Emily Gwen
BISEXUAL FLAG
Date: Dec. 5, 1998
Colors
Pink: Same gender attraction
Purple: Attraction to more than one gender/attraction to non-binary individuals
Blue: Different gender attraction
Creator: Team led by Michael Page
PANSEXUAL FLAG
Date: 2010
Colors
Pink: Attraction to those who identify as female
Yellow: Attraction to those who identify as genderqueer, non-binary, agender, androgynous, or anyone who doesn’t identify on the male-female binary.
Blue: Attraction to those who identify as male
Creator: unknown
POLYSEXUAL FLAG
Date: July 11, 2012
Colors
Pink: Attraction to female-identified people
Green: Attraction to those who don't identify within the female/male binary
Blue: Attraction to male-identified people
Creator: Tumblr user Samlin
GAY MAN FLAG
Date: 2019
Colors
Green: Community
Teal: Healing
Light Teal: Joy
White: Gender non-conforming, non-binary, and trans men
Light Blue: Pure love
Purple: Fortitude
Indigo: Diversity
Creator: Tumblr user gayflagblog
TRICOLOR POLYAMORY FLAG
Date: 2022
Colors
White Chevron: Possibility
Gold Heart: Energy and perseverance
Blue: Openness and honesty
Red: Love and attraction
Purple: A united non-monogamous community
Creator: Red Howell
TRANSGENDER FLAG
Date: 1999
Colors
Light blue: Traditional color for baby boys
Pink: Traditional color for baby girls
White: Those who are transitioning or consider themselves having a neutral or undefined gender
Creator: Monica Helms
INTERSEX FLAG
Date: July 2013
Colors
Yellow: commonly regarded as an intersex color
Purple Ring: symbolizes wholeness and completeness
Creator: Morgan Carpenter
NONBINARY FLAG
Date: 2014
Colors
Yellow: People who identify outside of the gender binary
White: Nonbinary people with multiple genders
Purple: Those with a mixture of both male and female genders
Black: Agender individuals
Creator: Kye Rowan
ASEXUAL FLAG
Date: 2010
Colors
Black: Asexuality
Grey: The grey-area between sexual and asexual
White: Sexuality
Purple: Community
Creator: Asexual Visibility and Education Network
DEMISEXUAL FLAG
Date: 2006
Colors
Black: Asexuality
White: Sexuality
Purple: Community
Grey: Asexuality and Demi-sexuality
Creator: AVEN user “sonofzeal”
GRAY-ASEXUAL FLAG
Date: 2013
Colors
Purple: Asexuality
Gray: The transition between the asexuality and allosexuality
White: Allosexuality
Creator: Milith Rusignuolo
AROMANTIC FLAG
Date: 2014
Colors
Green and Light Green: The aromantic spectrum
White: The validity of platonic, aesthetic, queerplatonic, familial, and all other non-romantic forms of attraction and relationships
Gray and Black: The sexuality spectrum
Creator: Tumblr user cameronwhimsy
DEMIROMANTIC FLAG
Date: March 2015
Colors: Variation of the Demisexual Flag with Aromantic Spectrum Colors
Creator: Tumblr user Vesper (@QueerAsCat)
GRAYROMANTIC FLAG
Date: March 2015
Colors: Variation of the Gray-asexual Flag with Aromantic Spectrum Colors
Creator: Tumblr user Vesper (@QueerAsCat)
AROACE FLAG
Date: 2018
Colors
Dark and Light Blue: The aroace identity and the spectrum of identities
White: Wholeness
Yellow: Love and relationships outside of conventional romantic and sexual relationships
Orange: Community
Creator: Tumblr user aroaesflags
TWO-SPIRIT FLAG
Date: December 17th, 2016
Symbols
Two Feathers: Man & Woman
Circle: Unity in one
Creator: 2Sanon
AGENDER FLAG
Date: 2014
Colors
Black and White: Absence of gender
Gray: Semi-genderless identity
Green: Non-binary genders
Creator: Salem X
DEMIGIRL FLAG
Date: February 2014
Colors
Dark and Light Gray: The absence of gender
Pink: Meanings vary, but the most common is femininity
White: The experience of partial identification with a gender
Creator: Salem X
DEMIBOY FLAG
Date: February 2014
Colors
Dark and Light Gray: The absence of gender
Light Blue: Meanings vary, but the most common is masculinity
White: The experience of partial identification with a gender
Creator: Salem X
PANGENDER FLAG
Date: January 2015
Colors
White: Broad inclusion of genders, similar to how white light includes all colors
Violet: The transition to and combination of female and male
Light Red: The transition to genders associated with the female/male binary
Yellow: All genders not related to female and male
Creator: Cari Rez Lobo (pangendering on Tumblr)
GENDERFLUID FLAG
Date: 2012*
Colors
Pink: Femininity
White: All genders
Purple: Both Masculinity and Femininity
Black: The lack of genders
Blue: Masculinity
Creator: JJ Poole
GENDERQUEER FLAG
Date: 2011
Colors
Lavender: Mixture of “blue” and “pink”. Represents androgyny, and people who identify as a mixture of female and male.
White: Represents agender people.
Dark Chartreuse Green: The inverse of lavender. Represents people who identify outside of and without reference to the gender binary.
Creator: Marilyn Roxie
BEAR FLAG
Date: 1995
Colors: The colors of the flag are meant to include the colors of the furs of animal bears throughout the world
Dark Brown
Orange/Rust
Golden Yellow
Tan
White
Gray
Black
Creator: Craig Byrnes
LEATHER FLAG
Date: May 28, 1989
Colors: The creator has stated that the colors are up to interpretation, but common interpretations are:
Red Heart: love
White: Purity in an open, honest, and understanding relationship/Safety
Black: Leather
Blue: Denim
Creator: Tony DeBlase