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.
If you would like us to add a pride flag to this list, please email rcsgd@sa.ucsb.edu!
PHILADELPHIA RAINBOW FLAG
Date: June 8, 2017
Colors
Red: Life
Orange: Healing
Yellow: Sunlight
Green: Nature
Blue: Harmony/Peace
Violet: Spirit
Black & Brown: Queer People of Color
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
BI FLAG
Date: Dec. 5, 1998
Colors
Pink: Same gender attraction
Blue: Different gender attraction
Purple: Attraction to more than one gender/attraction to non-binary individuals
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
TRANS 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 Circle: 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
Grey: Asexuality and Demi-sexuality
White: Sexuality
Purple: Community
Creator: AVEN user “sonofzeal”
DEMIROMANTIC FLAG
Date: March 2015
Colors: Inversion of Demisexual Colors with Asexual Spectrum Colors
Creator: Tumblr user Vesper (@QueerAsCat)
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
GENDERFLUID FLAG
Date: 2012*
Colors
Pink: Femininity
Blue: Masculinity
Purple: Both Masculinity and Femininity
Black: The lack of genders
White: All genders
Creator: JJ Poole
GRAYROMANTIC FLAG
Date: March 2015
Colors: Inversion of Aromantic Colors with Asexual Spectrum Colors
Creator: Tumblr user Vesper (@QueerAsCat)
TWO-SPIRIT FLAG
Date: December 17th, 2016
Symbols
Two Feathers: Man & Woman
Circle: Unity in one
Creator: 2Sanon
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
POLYSEXUAL FLAG
Date: July 11, 2012
Colors
Pink: Attraction to female-identified people
Green: Attraction to those who do not identify within the female/male binary
Blue: Attraction to male-identified people
Creator: Tumblr user Samlin
BEAR PRIDE 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
TRICOLOR POLYAMORY PRIDE FLAG
Date: 2022
Colors
White represents possibility
Magenta stands for desire, love, and attraction
Blue stands for openness and honesty
Gold represents the energy and perseverance
Purple represents a united non-monogamous community.
Creator: Red Howell