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{{Short description|Symbol for the LGBTQ community}}
{{About|LGBTQIA+ pride flags|the Disability Pride flag|Disability flag}}
[[File:Pride flags (51302958040).jpg|thumb|A collection of pride flags hanging in London's [[Leadenhall Market]], 2021.]]
{{LGBT symbols}}

A '''pride flag''' is any [[flag]] that represents a segment or part of the [[LGBTQ community]]. ''Pride'' in this case refers to the notion of [[LGBTQ pride]]. The terms ''[[LGBTQ]] flag'' and ''[[queer]] flag'' are often used interchangeably.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sobel |first1=Ariel |date=June 13, 2018 |title=The Complete Guide to Queer Pride Flags |url=https://www.advocate.com/pride/2018/6/13/complete-guide-queer-pride-flags |access-date=January 6, 2019 |website=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]] |archive-date=February 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209123954/https://www.advocate.com/pride/2018/6/13/complete-guide-queer-pride-flags |url-status=live}}</ref>

Pride flags can represent various [[sexual orientation]]s, [[romantic orientation]]s, [[Gender identity|gender identities]], [[Sexuality and gender identity-based cultures|subcultures]], and regional purposes, as well as the LGBTQ community as a whole. There are also some pride flags that are not exclusively related to LGBTQ matters, such as the [[Leather pride flag|flag for leather subculture]]. The [[Rainbow flag (LGBTQ)|rainbow flag]], which represents the entire LGBTQ community, is the most widely used pride flag.

Numerous communities have embraced distinct flags, with a majority drawing inspiration from the rainbow flag. These flags are often created by amateur designers and later gain traction online or within affiliated organizations, ultimately attaining a semi-official status as a symbolic representation of the community. Typically, these flags incorporate a range of colors that symbolize different aspects of the associated communities.

== Notable examples ==
=== Rainbow ===
{{Main|Rainbow flag (LGBTQ)}}

[[Gilbert Baker (artist)|Gilbert Baker]] designed the rainbow pride flag for the 1978 [[San Francisco Pride|San Francisco Gay Freedom Day]] celebration.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 17, 2021 |title=Original 1978 rainbow flag designed by Gilbert Baker acquired by San Francisco's GLBT Historical Society |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/06/17/original-1978-rainbow-flag-designed-by-gilbert-baker-acquired-by-san-franciscos-glbt-historical-society |access-date=December 7, 2022 |website=The Art Newspaper - International art news and events |archive-date=December 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207133237/https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/06/17/original-1978-rainbow-flag-designed-by-gilbert-baker-acquired-by-san-franciscos-glbt-historical-society |url-status=live}}</ref> The flag was designed as a "symbol of hope" and liberation, and an alternative to the symbolism of the [[pink triangle]].<ref>{{cite web |date=2018 |title=Rainbow Flag: Origin Story |url=https://gilbertbaker.com/rainbow-flag-origin-story/|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618200034/https://gilbertbaker.com/rainbow-flag-origin-story/ |archive-date=June 18, 2018 |website=[[Gilbert Baker Foundation]]}}</ref> The flag does not depict an actual rainbow. Rather, the colors of the rainbow are displayed as horizontal stripes, with red at the top and violet at the bottom. It represents the diversity of gays and lesbians around the world. In the original eight-color version, pink stood for sexuality, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for the sun, green for nature, turquoise for art, indigo for harmony, and violet for spirit.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 26, 2005 |title=Symbols of Pride of the LGBTQ Community |url=http://apps.carleton.edu/campus/gsc/students/ally/lgbtsymbols/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210045929/http://apps.carleton.edu/campus/gsc/students/ally/lgbtsymbols/ |archive-date=February 10, 2012 |access-date=January 23, 2012 |website=[[Carleton College]]}}</ref> A copy of the original 20-by-30 foot, eight-color flag was made by Baker in 2000 and was installed in the [[Castro District, San Francisco|Castro district]] in San Francisco.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Rochman |first1=Sue |date=June 20, 2000 |title=Rainbow flap|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CGMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16 |magazine=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]] |page=16 |access-date=August 21, 2018}}</ref> 

Many variations on the rainbow flag exist, including ones incorporating other LGBTQ symbols like the triangle or lambda.<ref>{{cite web |last=Riffenburg |first=Charles Edward IV |date=2004 |title=Symbols of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Movements |url=http://www.qrd.org/qrd/www/orgs/avproject/symbols.htm |access-date=July 25, 2019 |website=Queer Resources Directory |archive-date=July 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722060109/http://www.qrd.org/qrd/www/orgs/avproject/symbols.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, designer [[Daniel Quasar]] created a modified version of the rainbow pride flag, incorporating elements of other flags to bring focus on inclusion and progress. This flag is known as the Progress Pride Flag. In 2021, Valentino Vecchietti of Intersex Equality Rights UK redesigned the Progress Pride Flag to incorporate the [[intersex flag]].<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|last1=Parsons|first1=Vic|date=June 7, 2021|title=Progress Pride flag gets 2021 redesign to better represent intersex people|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/06/07/progress-pride-flag-intersex-flag/|access-date=June 10, 2021|website=PinkNews}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Alao|first1=Lola Christina|first2=India|last2=Lawrence|date=June 12, 2023|title=The trans and intersex-inclusive Pride flags will fly on Regent Street again soon|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/news/there-is-a-new-updated-version-of-the-pride-flag-063022|website=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]}}</ref>

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=== Aromanticism ===
{{Main|Aromantic flag}}
[[File:Aromantic Pride Flag.svg|thumb|upright|Aromantic flag]]

The [[aromantic]] pride flag consists of five horizontal stripes, which are (from top to bottom) green, light green, white, gray, and black. The flag was created by Cameron Whimsy<ref name=":0" /> in 2014.<ref name=":1" /> The green and light green stripes represent aromanticism and the aro-spectrum. The white stripe represents the importance and validity of non-romantic forms of love, which include [[friendship]], [[Platonic love|platonic]] and aesthetic attraction, [[queerplatonic relationship]]s, and family. The black and gray stripes represent the sexuality spectrum, which ranges from [[aro-ace]]s (aromantic asexuals) to aromantic [[allosexual]]s.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last1=Gillespie |first1=Claire |title=22 Different Pride Flags and What They Represent in the LGBTQ+ Community |url=https://www.health.com/mind-body/different-pride-flags-what-they-represent |access-date=July 19, 2020 |website=Health.com |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719233822/https://www.health.com/mind-body/different-pride-flags-what-they-represent |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Queer Community Flags |url=https://www.queerevents.ca/queer-corner/blog/queer-community-flags |access-date=March 11, 2023 |archive-date=April 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404191338/https://www.queerevents.ca/queer-corner/blog/queer-community-flags |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Asexuality ===
{{Main article|Asexual flag}}
[[File:Asexual Pride Flag.svg|alt=Black, gray, white, purple stripes|thumb|upright|Asexual flag]]

The [[Asexuality|asexual]] pride flag consists of four horizontal stripes: black, gray, white, and purple from top to bottom.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bilić |first1=Bojan |title=Intersectionality and LGBT Activist Politics: Multiple Others in Croatia and Serbia |last2=Kajinić |first2=Sanja |date=2016 |publisher=Springer |pages=95–96}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Decker |first1=Julie |chapter=Asexual Community Insiders|title=The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality |publisher=Carrel Books, which is owned by [[Skyhorse Publishing]]|year=2014|isbn=978-1-63144-017-5 |page=101}}</ref> The flag was created by an [[Asexual Visibility and Education Network]] user standup in August 2010, as part of a community effort to create and choose a flag.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 20, 2012 |title=The Asexuality Flag |url=http://www.asexualityarchive.com/the-asexuality-flag/ |publisher=Asexuality Archive |access-date=September 26, 2021 |archive-date=September 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917010329/https://www.asexualityarchive.com/the-asexuality-flag/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="AAJ">{{cite book |title=Ace and Aro Journeys |author=[[The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project]] |year=2023 |pages=44–45 |publisher=Jessica Kingsley Publishers}}</ref> The black stripe represents asexuality; the gray stripe represents [[Gray asexuality|gray-asexuals]] and [[demisexual]]s; the white stripe represents [[Ally (LGBTQ)|allies]]; and the purple stripe represents community.<ref name="mashableglossary">{{cite web |last1=Petronzio |first1=Matt |date=June 13, 2014 |title=A Storied Glossary of Iconic LGBT Flags and Symbols (Gallery) |url=https://mashable.com/2014/06/13/lgbt-pride-symbols/#co._PVJ5mgqY |access-date=July 17, 2014 |website=[[Mashable]] |archive-date=April 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403014428/https://mashable.com/2014/06/13/lgbt-pride-symbols/#co._PVJ5mgqY |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Advocate">{{cite web |last=Sobel |first=Ariel |date=June 13, 2018 |title=The Complete Guide to Queer Pride Flags |url=https://www.advocate.com/pride/2018/6/13/complete-guide-queer-pride-flags#media-gallery-media-8 |access-date=June 28, 2018 |work=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]] |archive-date=June 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628185105/https://www.advocate.com/pride/2018/6/13/complete-guide-queer-pride-flags#media-gallery-media-8 |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Bisexuality ===
{{Main|Bisexual flag}}
[[File:Bisexual Pride Flag.svg|alt=Magenta, lavender, and blue stripes|thumb|upright|[[Bisexual flag|Bisexual pride flag]]]]

Introduced on December 5, 1998,<ref name="Page-flag">{{cite web |last1=Page |first1=Michael |date=2001 |title=History of the Bi Pride Flag |url=http://www.biflag.com/Activism.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010801185547/http://www.biflag.com/Activism.asp |archive-date=August 1, 2001 |access-date=January 23, 2012 |website=BiFlag.com}}</ref> the [[Bisexuality|bisexual]] pride flag was designed by [[activist]] Michael Page to represent and increase the visibility of bisexual people in the LGBTQ community and society as a whole. Page chose a combination of [[Pantone#Pantone Color Matching System|Pantone Matching System (PMS)]] colors magenta (pink), lavender (purple), and royal (blue).<ref name="Page-flag" /> The finished rectangular flag consists of a broad pink stripe at the top, a broad stripe in blue at the bottom, and a narrow purple stripe in the center.

Page described the meaning of the colors as, "The pink color represents sexual attraction to the same sex only (gay and lesbian), the blue represents sexual attraction to the opposite sex only (straight) and the resultant overlap color purple represents sexual attraction to both sexes (bi)."<ref name="Page-flag" /> He also described the flag's meaning in deeper terms, stating "The key to understanding the symbolism in the Bi Pride Flag is to know that the purple pixels of color blend unnoticeably into both the pink and blue, just as in the 'real world' where bi people blend unnoticeably into both the gay/lesbian and straight communities."<ref name="Page-flag" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 9, 2021 |title=What Exactly Is The Bisexual Pride Flag, And What Does It Mean? |url=https://queerintheworld.com/bisexual-pride-flag/ |access-date=December 7, 2022 |language=en |archive-date=December 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207131303/https://queerintheworld.com/bisexual-pride-flag/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Bi triangles.svg|thumb|The biangles, designed by Liz Nania, from which Michael Page stated that he took the colors and overlap for the [[bisexual flag|bisexual pride flag]]]]
Page stated that he took the colors and overlap for the flag from the [[LGBTQ symbols#Biangles|biangles]], overlapping blue and pink triangles that represent bisexuality.<ref name="biflag">{{cite web |date=1998-12-05 |title=History, Bi Activism, Free Graphics |url=http://www.biflag.com/Activism.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010801185547/http://biflag.com/Activism.asp |archive-date=2001-08-01 |access-date=2020-04-20 |publisher=BiFlag.com}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.liznania.com/early-work|title=Biangles, bisexual symbol, bi colors, bi history|website=Liz Nania}}</ref> The biangles were designed by artist Liz Nania as she co-organized a bisexual contingent for the [[Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights]] in 1987.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="Dezeen">{{cite web | last=Jordahn | first=Sebastian | title=''Queer x Design highlights 50 years of LGBT+ graphic design'' | website=[[Dezeen]] | date=2019-10-23 | url=https://www.dezeen.com/2019/10/23/queer-design-andrew-campbell-50-years-lgbt-graphic-design/ | access-date=2021-06-12}}</ref> The design of the biangles began with the [[pink triangle]], a Nazi concentration camp badge that later became a symbol of [[gay liberation]] representing [[homosexuality]]. The addition of a blue triangle [[Gendered associations of pink and blue|contrasts the pink]] and represents [[heterosexuality]]. The two triangles overlap and form lavender, which represents the "queerness of bisexuality", referencing the [[Lavender Menace]] and 1980s and 1990s [[Lavender (color)#LGBT|associations of lavender with queerness]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biangles, bisexual symbol, bi colors, bi history — Liz Nania |url=https://www.liznania.com/early-work |access-date=2022-06-26 |website=Liz Nania |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Gay men ===
{{Main|Gay men's flags}}
[[File:Gay Men Pride Flag.svg|alt=A blue and blueish green flag|thumb|Gay man flag]]
Various pride flags have been used to symbolize gay men. Rainbow flags have been used since 1978 to represent both gay men and, subsequently, the LGBTQ community as a whole. Since the 2010s, various designs have been proposed to specifically represent the gay male community, the one shown above being the most common today.

=== Intersex ===
{{Main|Intersex flag}}
[[File:Intersex flag.svg|alt=A yellow background with a purple circle in the middle, representing intersex people.|thumb|upright|[[Intersex flag]]]]

The [[intersex]] flag was created by [[Morgan Carpenter]] of [[Intersex Human Rights Australia]] in July 2013 to create a flag "that is not derivative, but is yet firmly grounded in meaning". The organization describes the circle as:

{{quote| "unbroken and unornamented, symbolising wholeness and completeness, and our potentialities. We are still fighting for bodily autonomy and genital integrity, and this symbolises the right to be who and how we want to be".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carpenter |first1=Morgan |date=July 5, 2013 |title=An intersex flag |url=http://ihra.org.au/22773/an-intersex-flag/ |access-date=February 17, 2021 |website=[[Intersex Human Rights Australia]] |archive-date=July 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709150738/https://ihra.org.au/22773/an-intersex-flag/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Yu |first1=Ming |date=July 11, 2013 |title=Are you male, female or intersex?|url=https://www.amnesty.org.au/features/comments/32251/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923072805/http://www.amnesty.org.au/features/comments/32251 |archive-date=September 23, 2016 |access-date=February 17, 2021 |website=[[Amnesty International]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Busby |first1=Cec |date=October 28, 2013 |title=Intersex advocates address findings of Senate Committee into involuntary sterilisation |url=http://gaynewsnetwork.com.au/news/intersex-advocates-address-findings-of-senate-committee-into-involuntary-sterilisation-12237.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115130147/http://gaynewsnetwork.com.au/news/intersex-advocates-address-findings-of-senate-committee-into-involuntary-sterilisation-12237.html |archive-date=January 15, 2016 |access-date=January 15, 2016 |website=[[Gay News Network]]}}</ref>
}}

=== Lesbian ===
{{Main|Lesbian flags}}

No single design for a [[lesbian]]-pride flag has been widely adopted.<ref name="Bendix">{{cite news |last1=Bendix |first1=Trish |date=September 8, 2015 |title=Why don't lesbians have a pride flag of our own?|url=https://www.afterellen.com/people/452039-dont-lesbians-pride-flag |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909150736/https://www.afterellen.com/people/452039-dont-lesbians-pride-flag |archive-date=September 9, 2015 |access-date=June 8, 2019 |website=[[AfterEllen]]}}</ref> However, many popular ones exist.

The [[labrys]] lesbian flag was created in 1999 by graphic designer Sean Campbell, and published in June 2000 in the Palm Springs edition of the ''[[Gay and Lesbian Times]]'' Pride issue.<ref name="Bendix" /><ref name="Ref29">{{cite web |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/lgbt-pride-flags-meaning |title=A Complete Guide To All The LGBTQ+ Flags & What They Mean |date=June 19, 2019 |access-date=July 6, 2019 |publisher=[[Refinery29]] |first=Kasandra |last=Brabaw |archive-date=March 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312065228/https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/lgbt-pride-flags-meaning |url-status=live}}</ref> The design involves a labrys, a type of double-headed axe, superimposed on the inverted [[Black triangle (badge)|black triangle]], set against a [[Violet (color)#Social movement|violet]] background. Among its functions, the labrys was associated as a weapon used by the [[Amazons]] of [[Greek mythology|mythology]].<ref name=Alyson_p99>{{cite book |title=The Alyson Almanac: A Treasury of Information for the Gay and Lesbian Community |year=1989 |publisher=[[Alyson Publications]] |location=Boston, Massachusetts |chapter=Gay Symbols Through the Ages |pages=[https://archive.org/details/alysonalmanactr00bost/page/99 99–100] |isbn=0-932870-19-8}}</ref><ref name=Murphy_p44>{{cite book |editor-last1=Murphy |editor-first1=Timothy F. |title=Reader's Guide to Lesbian and Gay Studies |date=2000 |edition=1st |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=FeWMAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA44 44] |publisher=[[Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers]] |location=Chicago, Illinois |isbn=1-57958-142-0}}</ref> In the 1970s it was adopted as a symbol of empowerment by the [[Lesbian feminism|lesbian feminist]] community.<ref name=Zimmerman-symbols>{{cite book |editor1-last=Zimmerman |editor1-first=Bonnie |editor1-link=Bonnie Zimmerman |title=Lesbian Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia |date=2000 |edition=1st |volume=1 (Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures) |publisher=[[Garland Publishing]] |isbn=0-8153-1920-7 |page=748 |chapter=Symbols (by Christy Stevens) |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofle00bzim/page/748 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofle00bzim/page/748}}</ref> Women considered asocial by [[Nazi Germany]] for not conforming to the [[Nazism|Nazi]] ideal of a woman, which included [[homosexuality|homosexual females]], were condemned to [[Nazi concentration camps|concentration camps]]<ref name=Encyclopedia>{{cite web |title=Lesbians Under the Nazi Regime |url=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/lesbians-under-the-nazi-regime |website=[[Holocaust Encyclopedia]] |publisher=[[United States Holocaust Memorial Museum]] |date=March 31, 2021 |access-date=January 28, 2023 |archive-date=March 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325155611/https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/lesbians-under-the-nazi-regime |url-status=live}}</ref> and wore an inverted [[Black triangle (badge)|black triangle]] badge to identify them.<ref name=Elman>{{Cite news |last1=Elman |first1=R. Amy |title=Triangles and Tribulations: The Politics of Nazi Symbols |url=http://remember.org/educate/elman |website=Remember.org |access-date=December 10, 2016 |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220110705/http://remember.org/educate/elman|url-status=live}} (Originally published as {{Cite journal |last1=Elman |first1=R. Amy |title=Triangles and Tribulations: The Politics of Nazi Symbols |journal=[[Journal of Homosexuality]] |date=1996 |volume=30 |number=3 |pages=1–11 |doi=10.1300/J082v30n03_01 |pmid=8743114 |issn=0091-8369}})</ref> Some lesbians reclaimed this symbol as [[gay men]] reclaimed the [[pink triangle]] (many lesbians also reclaimed the pink triangle although lesbians were not included in [[Paragraph 175]] of the [[Strafgesetzbuch|German criminal code]]).<ref name=Elman /> The color violet became associated with lesbians via the poetry of [[Sappho]].<ref name=Prager>{{cite web |last1=Prager |first1=Sarah |title=Four Flowering Plants That Have Been Decidedly Queered (Sapphic Violets) |url=https://daily.jstor.org/four-flowering-plants-decidedly-queered/ |website=[[JSTOR|JSTOR Daily]] |date=January 29, 2020 |access-date=July 19, 2020 |archive-date=February 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203190720/https://daily.jstor.org/four-flowering-plants-decidedly-queered/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[lipstick lesbian]] flag was introduced by Natalie McCray in 2010 in the [[Blog|weblog]] ''This Lesbian Life''.<ref name=Mathers>{{cite news |last1=Mathers |first1=Charlie |title=18 Pride flags you might not have seen before |url=https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/pride-flag-community/ |work=[[Gay Star News]] |date=January 1, 2018 |access-date=June 4, 2019 |archive-date=June 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601020941/https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/pride-flag-community/ |url-status=dead}} (The Mathers article shows the derivative design, but not the original flag.)</ref><ref name=Horniman>{{cite web |last1=Redwood |first1=Soleil |title=A Horniman Lesbian Flag |url=https://www.horniman.ac.uk/story/a-horniman-lesbian-flag/ |website=[[Horniman Museum]] |date=February 26, 2020 |access-date=November 21, 2021 |archive-date=August 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816211624/https://www.horniman.ac.uk/story/a-horniman-lesbian-flag/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The design contains a red kiss in the left corner, superimposed on seven stripes consisting of six shades of red and pink colors and a white bar in the center.<ref name=kissflag>{{cite web |last1=McCray |first1=Natalie |title=LLFlag |url=https://thislesbianlife.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/llflag1.jpg |website=This Lesbian Life |date=July 2010 |access-date=June 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011120237/https://thislesbianlife.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/llflag1.jpg |archive-date=October 11, 2016}}</ref><ref name=Rawles>{{cite news |last1=Rawles |first1=Timothy |title=The many flags of the LGBT community |url=https://sdgln.com/social/2019/07/12/many-flags-lgbt-community |work=[[San Diego Gay & Lesbian News]] |date=July 12, 2019 |access-date=September 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712231000/https://sdgln.com/social/2019/07/12/many-flags-lgbt-community |archive-date=July 12, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The lipstick lesbian flag represents "homosexual women who have a more feminine gender expression", but has not been widely adopted.<ref name="Bendix" /> Some lesbians are against it because it does not include [[butch (lesbian slang)|butch lesbians]], while others have accused McCray of writing [[biphobia|biphobic]], racist, and [[transphobia|transphobic]] comments on her blog.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-ca/lgbt-pride-flags-meaning |title=A Complete Guide To All The LGBTQ+ Flags & What They Mean |first=Kasandra |last=Brabaw |website=[[Refinery29]] |access-date=January 28, 2023 |archive-date=January 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128221747/https://www.refinery29.com/en-ca/lgbt-pride-flags-meaning |url-status=live}}</ref>

The "pink" lesbian flag was derived from the lipstick lesbian flag but with the kiss mark removed.<ref name=Rawles /> The pink flag attracted more use as a general lesbian pride flag.<ref name=Andersson>{{Cite news |last1=Andersson |first1=Jasmine |title=Pride flag guide: what the different flags look like, and what they all mean |url=https://inews.co.uk/news/pride-flag-guide-what-the-different-flags-look-like-and-what-they-all-mean/ |work=[[i (British newspaper)|i]] |date=July 4, 2019 |access-date=September 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824081636/https://inews.co.uk/news/pride-flag-guide-what-the-different-flags-look-like-and-what-they-all-mean/ |archive-date=August 24, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The "orange-pink" lesbian flag, modeled after the seven-band pink flag, was introduced on [[Tumblr]] by [[blogger]] Emily Gwen in 2018.<ref name="Dastagir-USA">{{cite news |last1=Dastagir |first1=Alia E. |last2=Oliver |first2=David |title=LGBTQ Pride flags go beyond the classic rainbow. Here's what each one means |work=[[USA Today]] |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/in-depth/graphics/2021/06/01/lgbtq-pride-flags-meaning-gay-lesbian-transgender-nonbinary-intersex-pride-flags-represent/5133381001/ |date=June 1, 2021 |access-date=June 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601103213if_/https://eu.usatoday.com/in-depth/graphics/2021/06/01/lgbtq-pride-flags-meaning-gay-lesbian-transgender-nonbinary-intersex-pride-flags-represent/5133381001/|archive-date=June 1, 2021}}</ref><ref name="DominionU">{{cite web |title=LGBTQIA+ Symbols: Lesbian Flags |url=https://www.odu.edu/life/diversity/resources/lgbtqa/symbols |website=[[Old Dominion University]] |date=April 2020 |access-date=June 6, 2021 |archive-date=June 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602011519/https://www.odu.edu/life/diversity/resources/lgbtqa/symbols |url-status=live}}</ref> The colors include dark orange for "gender non-conformity", orange for "independence", light orange for "community", white for "unique relationships to womanhood", pink for "serenity and peace", dusty pink for "love and sex", and dark rose for "femininity".<ref name="DominionU" /> A five-stripes version was soon derived from the 2018 colors.<ref name=BBC_flags>{{Cite news |last1=Murphy-Kasp |first1=Paul |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-london-48885240/pride-in-london-what-do-all-the-flags-mean |title=Pride in London: What do all the flags mean? |work=[[BBC News]] |date=July 6, 2019 |access-date=July 6, 2019 |archive-date=June 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617211013/https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-london-48885240/pride-in-london-what-do-all-the-flags-mean |url-status=live}} (video)</ref>

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{{gallery|mode=nolines|whitebg=y|height=60
|Labrys Lesbian Flag.svg|[[Labrys]] lesbian flag created in 1999 by Sean Campbell<ref name="Bendix" />
|Lipstick lesbian Pride Flag.svg|The [[lipstick lesbian]] flag was introduced in 2010 by Natalie McCray; this is a version with the kiss symbol changed.<ref name=Horniman />
|Lesbian Pride pink flag.svg|Pink lesbian flag with colors copied from the lipstick lesbian flag<ref name=Andersson />
|Lesbian pride flag 2018.svg|Orange-pink lesbian flag derived from the pink lesbian flag, circulated on social media in 2018, and the most popular lesbian flag in use today.<ref name="DominionU" />
|Lesbian Pride Flag 2019.svg|Five-stripes variant of orange-pink flag<ref name=BBC_flags />
|Lesbian Pride double-Venus canton rainbow flag.svg|Variant of the [[Rainbow flag (LGBTQ)|rainbow pride flag]] with the [[Female|double-Venus]] symbol<ref name=Double-Venus>{{cite web |title=Variations of the Gay Pride Rainbow Flag: Rainbow flags with double Venus symbol |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/qq-rb_v.html#2venus |website=[[Flags of the World (website)|Flags of the World]] |date=September 5, 2020 |access-date=June 3, 2021 |archive-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227214210/https://crwflags.com/fotw/flags/qq-rb_v.html#2venus |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Zimmerman-symbols />
}}

=== Non-binary ===
{{main|Non-binary flag}}
[[File:Nonbinary flag.svg|alt=Yellow, white, light purple, and black stripes.|thumb|upright|Non-binary flag]]

The [[non-binary]] pride flag was created in 2014 by Kye Rowan.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Glass |first1=Jess |date=June 26, 2018 |title=Pride flags: All of the flags you might see at Pride and what they mean |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/06/26/all-of-the-flags-you-might-see-at-pride-and-what-they-mean |access-date=April 19, 2019 |work=[[PinkNews]] |archive-date=April 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419195547/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/06/26/all-of-the-flags-you-might-see-at-pride-and-what-they-mean |url-status=live}}</ref> Each stripe color represents different types of non-binary identities: yellow for people who identify outside of the [[gender binary]], white for non-binary people with multiple genders, purple for those with a mixture of both male and female genders, and black for [[agender]] individuals.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Everything you never understood about being nonbinary |url=https://www.gaygull.com/everything-never-understood-nonbinary |access-date=April 19, 2019 |website=Gaygull |archive-date=October 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031014056/https://www.gaygull.com/everything-never-understood-nonbinary |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Pansexuality ===
{{Main|Pansexual flag}}
[[File:Pansexuality flag.svg|alt=Pink, yellow, and light blue stripes.|thumb|upright|[[Pansexual flag]]]]

The [[pansexual]] pride flag was introduced in October 2010 in a Tumblr blog ("Pansexual Pride Flag").<ref name="clare">{{cite web |date=June 27, 2013 |title=A field guide to Pride flags |url=http://clarebayley.com/2013/06/a-field-guide-to-pride-flags/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724230618/http://clarebayley.com/2013/06/a-field-guide-to-pride-flags/|archive-date=July 24, 2014 |access-date=July 17, 2014 |website=Clare Bayley}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 10, 2021 |title=What Is The Pansexual Pride Flag, And What Does It Stand For? |url=https://queerintheworld.com/pansexual-pride-flag/ |access-date=December 7, 2022 |language=en |archive-date=December 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207131343/https://queerintheworld.com/pansexual-pride-flag/ |url-status=live}}</ref> It has three horizontal bars that are pink, yellow and blue.<ref name="clare" /><ref name="Shenandoah">{{cite web |date=December 5, 2016 |title=Pansexual Pride Day Today |url=http://www.su.edu/event/pansexual-pride-day/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820034519/https://www.su.edu/event/pansexual-pride-day-today/ |archive-date=August 20, 2017 |access-date=July 17, 2014 |website=[[Shenandoah University]]}}</ref><ref name="wings">{{cite web |date=November 9, 2012 |title=Do You Have a Flag? |url=http://www.freedomrequireswings.com/2012/11/do-you-have-flag.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130227063534/http://www.freedomrequireswings.com/2012/11/do-you-have-flag.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 27, 2013 |access-date=July 17, 2014 |website=Freedom Requires Wings}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=November 2022}} "The pink represents being attracted to women, the blue being attracted to men, and the yellow for being attracted to everyone else";<ref name="clare" /> such as [[non-binary gender identities]].<ref name="wings" /><ref name="mashableglossary" /><ref name="ucsc">{{cite web |title=Cantú Queer Center - Sexuality Resources |url=http://queer.ucsc.edu/resources/sexualities.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517044617/http://queer.ucsc.edu/resources/sexualities.html |archive-date=May 17, 2017 |access-date=July 17, 2014}}</ref><ref name="overtherainbow">{{cite web |title=Gay & Lesbian Pride Symbols - Common Pride Symbols and Their Meanings |url=http://www.overtherainbowshop.com/symbols.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160928022535/http://www.overtherainbowshop.com/symbols.htm |archive-date=September 28, 2016 |access-date=July 17, 2014}}</ref>

=== Transgender ===
{{Main|Transgender flag}}
[[File:Transgender Pride flag.svg|thumb|upright|[[Transgender flag]]]]

The [[transgender]] pride flag was designed by transgender woman [[Monica Helms]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Fairyington |first=Stephanie |date=November 12, 2014 |title=The Smithsonian's Queer Collection |url=http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/art/2014/11/12/smithsonians-queer-collection |magazine=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]] |access-date=June 5, 2015}}</ref> It was first publicly displayed at a pride parade in Phoenix, Arizona, US, in 2000.<ref name="transcastro">{{Cite web |date=November 20, 2012 |title=LOOK: Historic Transgender Flag Flies Over The Castro |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/transgender-flag_n_2166742 |access-date=December 7, 2022 |website=[[HuffPost]] |language=en |archive-date=October 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023223214/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/transgender-flag_n_2166742 |url-status=live}}</ref> It was flown from a large public flagpole in San Francisco's [[Castro District]] beginning November 19, 2012, in commemoration of the [[Transgender Day of Remembrance]].<ref name="transcastro" /> The flag represents the transgender community and consists of five horizontal stripes: two light blue, two pink, with a white stripe in the center. Helms described the meaning of the flag as follows:<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 10, 2021 |title=What Is The Transgender Pride Flag, And What Does It Stand For? |url=https://queerintheworld.com/transgender-pride-flag/ |access-date=December 7, 2022 |language=en |archive-date=December 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207131531/https://queerintheworld.com/transgender-pride-flag/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

{{blockquote|The stripes at the top and bottom are light blue, the [[Gendered associations of pink and blue|traditional color for baby boys]]. The stripes next to them are pink, the [[Gendered associations of pink and blue|traditional color for baby girls]].<ref name="transcastro" /> The white stripe is for people that are nonbinary, feel that they don't have a gender.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gray |first1=Emma |last2=Vagianos |first2=Alanna |date=July 27, 2017|title=We Have A Navy Veteran To Thank For The Transgender Pride Flag |work=[[Huffington Post]] |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/we-have-a-navy-veteran-to-thank-for-the-transgender-pride-flag_us_5978c060e4b0e201d57a711f |access-date=August 31, 2017 |archive-date=September 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901113228/https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/we-have-a-navy-veteran-to-thank-for-the-transgender-pride-flag_us_5978c060e4b0e201d57a711f |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=LB |first=Branson |date=July 26, 2017 |title=The Veteran Who Created The Trans Pride Flag Reacts To Trump's Trans Military Ban |work=[[Buzzfeed]] |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/bransonlb/the-veteran-who-created-the-trans-pride-flag-reacts-to |access-date=August 31, 2018 |archive-date=September 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901080527/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/bransonlb/the-veteran-who-created-the-trans-pride-flag-reacts-to |url-status=live}}</ref> The pattern is such that no matter which way you fly it, it is always correct, signifying us finding correctness in our lives.<ref name="transcastro" />}}

[[Philadelphia]] became the first county government in the United States to raise the transgender pride flag in 2015. It was raised at [[Philadelphia City Hall|City Hall]] in honor of Philadelphia's 14th Annual [[Mazzoni Center|Trans Health Conference]], and remained next to the US and City of Philadelphia flags for the entirety of the conference. Then-[[Michael Nutter|Mayor Michael Nutter]] gave a speech in honor of the trans community's acceptance in Philadelphia.<ref>{{cite web |date=June 4, 2015 |title=Philadelphia Raises the Transgender Pride Flag for the First Time |url=http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2015/06/04/philadelphia-raises-transgender-pride-flag-first-time |work=[[The Advocate (magazine)|The Advocate]] |access-date=September 26, 2021 |archive-date=February 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220101259/https://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2015/06/04/philadelphia-raises-transgender-pride-flag-first-time |url-status=live}}</ref>

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=== Sexual orientation–based flags ===
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|Acefluxflag.svg|Aceflux<ref>{{Cite book |last=Daigle-Orians |first=Cody |url= |title=I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life |date=2023-02-21 |publisher=Jessica Kingsley Publishers |isbn=978-1-83997-263-8 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-24 |title=Microsoft unveils the latest Pride flag |url=https://www.spectator.com.au/2022/10/microsoft-unveils-the-latest-pride-flag/ |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=The Spectator Australia |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=» A-flux |url=https://orientando.org/listas/lista-de-orientacoes/a-flux/ |access-date=2024-11-16 |language=pt-BR}}</ref>|MLM flag.svg|[[Achillean]]<ref name=equity/><ref name="Theil2024">{{Cite web |last=Theil |first=Michele |date=2024-10-23 |title=The fascinating meaning behind the MLM term 'Achillean' |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/10/23/what-does-achillean-mean-in-lgbtq-terminology/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241124061807/https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/10/23/what-does-achillean-mean-in-lgbtq-terminology/ |archive-date=2024-11-24 |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=[[PinkNews]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Reed2024">{{Cite web |last=Reed |first=Aspen |title=Understanding achillean: A look at its meaning, history, and significance |url=https://www.intomore.com/culture/identity/understanding-achillean-a-look-at-its-meaning-history-and-significance/|website=[[Into (magazine)]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240923000745/https://www.intomore.com/culture/identity/understanding-achillean-a-look-at-its-meaning-history-and-significance/ |archive-date=2024-09-23 |access-date=2024-11-23}}</ref>
|Abrosexual flag.svg|[[Abrosexual]]<ref name="Barron2023">{{cite book |title=Perfectly Queer: An Illustrated Introduction |last=Barron |first=Victoria |year=2023 |publisher=Jessica Kingsley Publishers}}{{Better source needed|date=January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=A Comprehensive Guide to Pride Flags and their Meanings |work=San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus |date=April 17, 2023 |access-date=April 22, 2023 |url=https://www.sfgmc.org/blog/pride-flags |archive-date=April 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422170544/https://www.sfgmc.org/blog/pride-flags |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Wilson2023">{{Cite book |title=Queer Chameleon and Friends |last=Wilson |first=Amee |publisher=[[Penguin Random House]] Australia |year=2023}}{{verification needed|date=January 2025}}</ref><ref name="YukoRD2023">{{Cite web |title=The Meaning Behind 32 LGBTQ Pride Flags |last=Yuko |first=Elizabeth |work=[[Reader's Digest]] |date=March 13, 2023 |access-date=April 22, 2023 |url=https://www.rd.com/list/lgbtq-flags/ |archive-date=May 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517050728/https://www.rd.com/list/lgbtq-flags/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
|Asexual Pride Flag.svg|[[Asexuality#Community|Asexual]]<ref name="Campbell-QXD" /><ref name="AAJ" />
|Bisexual Pride Flag.svg|[[Bisexual flag|Bisexual]]<ref name="Campbell-QXD" />
|Demisexual Pride Flag.svg|[[Demisexuality|Demisexual]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=All about the demisexual flag |url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/all-about-the-demisexual-flag/ |date=June 30, 2022 |access-date=January 7, 2023 |website=[[LGBTQ Nation]] |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108011601/https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/all-about-the-demisexual-flag/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Davis2021" />
|Gay Men Pride Flag.svg|Gay men<ref>{{Cite web |title=LGBTQ+ Pride Flags and What They Stand For |url=https://www.volvogroup.com/en/news-and-media/news/2021/jun/lgbtq-pride-flags-and-what-they-stand-for.html |date=2021 |access-date=August 17, 2021 |website=Volvo Group |archive-date=August 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817083733/https://www.volvogroup.com/en/news-and-media/news/2021/jun/lgbtq-pride-flags-and-what-they-stand-for.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pride Flags |url=https://rainbowdirectory.co.nz/pride-flags |access-date=September 27, 2021 |website=Rainbow Directory |archive-date=September 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927153002/https://rainbowdirectory.co.nz/pride-flags/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
|5-striped New Gay Male Pride Flag.svg|Gay men (five stripes)<ref>{{cite web |title=PRIDE FLAGS |url=https://queer-lexikon.net/pride-flags/ |website=Queer Lexicon |date=22 July 2017 |access-date=16 August 2023 |lang=de |archive-date=15 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715122419/https://queer-lexikon.net/pride-flags/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|Grey asexuality flag.svg|[[Gray asexuality|Gray asexual/graysexual]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=What Does It Mean to Be Graysexual? |last=Campano |first=Leah |work=Seventeen |date=October 4, 2022 |access-date=April 23, 2023 |url=https://www.seventeen.com/love/a41505292/graysexual-meaning-definition/ |archive-date=August 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816211538/https://www.seventeen.com/love/a41505292/graysexual-meaning-definition/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Barron2023" />
|Labrys Lesbian Flag.svg|[[Labrys]] lesbian/<br>[[lesbian feminist]]<ref name="Bendix" /><ref name=Redwood>{{cite web |last1=Redwood |first1=Soleil |title=A Horniman Lesbian Flag |url=https://www.horniman.ac.uk/story/a-horniman-lesbian-flag |website=[[Horniman Museum]] |date=February 26, 2020 |access-date=September 20, 2021 |archive-date=August 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816211624/https://www.horniman.ac.uk/story/a-horniman-lesbian-flag/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|Lipstick lesbian flag.svg|[[Lipstick lesbian]]<br />{{nowrap|(Illustration of original)}}<ref name="Bendix" />
|Lesbian Pride pink flag.svg|[[Lesbian]] (up to 2018)<ref name=Andersson />
|Lesbian pride flag 2018.svg|Lesbian<br>(since 2018; seven stripes)<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=LGBTQIA+ Flags and Symbols |url=http://www.odu.edu/life/diversity/resources/lgbtqa/symbols |access-date=September 27, 2021 |website=Old Dominion University |archive-date=June 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210619054209/https://www.odu.edu/life/diversity/resources/lgbtqa/symbols |url-status=live}}</ref>
|Lesbian Pride Flag 2019.svg|Lesbian<br>(since 2018; five stripes)<ref name="BBC">{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-london-48885240/pride-in-london-what-do-all-the-flags-mean |title=Pride in London: What do all the flags mean? |work=[[BBC News]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=July 6, 2019 |access-date=July 6, 2019 |first=Paul |last=Murphy-Kasp |at=00:20 |archive-date=June 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617211013/https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-london-48885240/pride-in-london-what-do-all-the-flags-mean |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=LGBTQ+ Pride Flags |url=https://www.hrc.org/resources/lgbtq-pride-flags |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=Human Rights Campaign |language=en-US}}</ref>
|Omnisexuality flag.svg|Omnisexual<ref name="Barron2023" /><ref name="Wilson2023" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Omnisexual Meaning {{!}} Understand This Sexual Orientation |author= |work=Dictionary.com |date=August 7, 2018 |access-date=April 23, 2023 |url=https://www.dictionary.com/e/gender-sexuality/omnisexual/ |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513053422/https://www.dictionary.com/e/gender-sexuality/omnisexual/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
|Pansexuality flag.svg|[[Pansexual flag|Pansexual]]
|Polysexuality Pride Flag.svg|[[Polysexuality|Polysexual]]<ref name="auto"/><ref name="Campbell-QXD" />
|Sapphic_Flag_alternate_with_violet.svg|[[Sapphism|Sapphic]]<ref name="equity">{{Cite web |title=Pride Flags |url=https://equity.ubc.ca/pride-flags|website=[[University of British Columbia]]|department=Equity & Inclusion Office |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526083850/https://equity.ubc.ca/pride-flags/|archive-date=2024-05-26|access-date=2024-11-24}}</ref><ref name="Thakur2022">{{Cite web |last=Thakur |first=Aditi |date=2022-09-04 |title=Sapphic Flag & Sexuality Meaning |url=https://evolveinc.io/lgbtq/lgbtq-flags-symbols/sapphic-flag/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613044311/https://evolveinc.io/lgbtq/lgbtq-flags-symbols/sapphic-flag/ |archive-date=2024-06-13 |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=evolveinc.io |language=en-US}}</ref>}}

=== Romantic attraction–based flags ===
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|Aromantic Flag.svg|[[Aromantic]]<ref name="QueerEvents">{{cite web |title=Queer Community Flags |url=https://www.queerevents.ca/queer-corner/blog/queer-community-flags |website=Queer Events |date=September 14, 2018 |access-date=June 4, 2019 |archive-date=April 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404191338/https://www.queerevents.ca/queer-corner/blog/queer-community-flags |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="AAJ" />
|Demiromantic Pride Flag.svg|[[Demiromanticism|Demiromantic]]<ref name="YukoRD2023" /><ref name="Barron2023" />
|Gray-aromantic Pride Flag.png|[[Aromanticism#Identities_on_the_aromantic_spectrum|Grayromantic]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pride Flags Glossary {{!}} Resource Center for Sexual & Gender Diversity |url=https://rcsgd.sa.ucsb.edu/resources/lgbtqia-informational-resources/pride-flags-glossary |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=rcsgd.sa.ucsb.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-26 |title=Let's Discuss What It Means to Be Greyromantic |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/sexopedia/a36831354/greyromantic/ |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=Cosmopolitan |language=en-US}}</ref>
|Polyamory Pride Flag.svg|[[Polyamory]] (design created in 1995 by Jim Evans)<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 4, 2021 |title=Polyamory: What Is It and Why Does the Flag Have the Pi Symbol on It? |url=https://rare.us/rare-life/polyamory-flag |access-date=September 27, 2021 |website=Rare |archive-date=September 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927132658/https://rare.us/rare-life/polyamory-flag/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="YukoRD2023" />
|Tricolor Polyamory Pride Flag.svg|[[Polyamory]] (design created in 2022 by Red Howell)<ref>{{Cite web |title=LGBTQ Agenda: New polyamorous flag is revealed |last=Burkett |first=Eric |work=The Bay Area Reporter |date=December 20, 2022 |access-date=April 22, 2023 |url=https://www.ebar.com/story.php?321532 |archive-date=April 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406031229/https://www.ebar.com/story.php?321532 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.polyamproud.com/flag/ |title=New Tricolor Polyamory Pride Flag |date=November 23, 2022 |access-date=November 27, 2022 |archive-date=November 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123105339/https://www.polyamproud.com/flag/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
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=== Gender identity–based flags ===
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|Agender pride flag.svg|[[Genderqueer#Agender|Agender]]<ref name="Ref29" /><ref name="Campbell-QXD">{{cite book |last1=Campbell |first1=Andy |title=Queer X Design: 50 Years of Signs, Symbols, Banners, Logos, and Graphic Art of LGBTQ |date=2019 |publisher=Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers |isbn=9780762467853 |page=218-221}}</ref>
|Bigender Flag.svg|[[Bigender]]<ref name = "bigenderbundle">* {{Cite web |date=August 26, 2020 |title=Bigender Flag – What Does It Represent? |url=https://symbolsage.com/bi-gender-flag-explained |access-date=May 28, 2021 |website=Symbol Sage |archive-date=June 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601020912/https://symbolsage.com/bi-gender-flag-explained/ |url-status=live}}
* {{Cite web |title=bigender Meaning {{!}} Gender & Sexuality |url=https://www.dictionary.com/e/gender-sexuality/bigender/ |access-date=November 25, 2022 |website=Dictionary.com |date=27 February 2019 |language=en-US |archive-date=November 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125204914/https://www.dictionary.com/e/gender-sexuality/bigender/ |url-status=live}}
* {{Cite web |date=November 22, 2022 |title=Bigender Pride Flag |url=https://www.sexualdiversity.org/edu/flags/1098.php |access-date=November 25, 2022 |website=Sexual Diversity |language=en-US |archive-date=November 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125204915/https://www.sexualdiversity.org/edu/flags/1098.php |url-status=live}}{{unreliable source?|date=December 2022}}</ref>
|Demiboy Flag.svg|[[Demiboy]]<ref name="Davis2021">{{cite book |last=Davis |first=Chloe O. |title=The Queens' English: The LGBTQIA+ Dictionary of Lingo and Colloquial Phrases |year=2021 |publisher=Clarkson Potter |page=86-87}}{{verification needed|date=January 2025}}</ref><ref name="Barron2023" />
|Demigirl Flag.svg|[[Demigirl]]<ref name="Davis2021" /><ref name="Barron2023" />
|Genderfluidity Pride-Flag.svg|[[Genderfluid]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=ralatalo |date=September 20, 2021 |title=Flags of the LGBTIQ Community |url=https://outrightinternational.org/content/flags-lgbtiq-community |access-date=September 27, 2021 |website=OutRight Action International |archive-date=October 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010174345/https://outrightinternational.org/content/flags-lgbtiq-community |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Campbell-QXD" />
|Genderflux Pride Flag.png|[[List of gender identities#G|Genderflux]]<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web |title=Pride Flags |url=https://www.unco.edu/gender-sexuality-resource-center/resources/pride-flags.aspx |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=The Gender and Sexuality Resource Center |language=en}}</ref><ref name="auto4">{{Cite web |date=2022-11-06 |title=LGBTQ+ Pride Flags and What They Stand For |url=https://www.volvogroup.com/en/news-and-media/news/2021/jun/lgbtq-pride-flags-and-what-they-stand-for.html#Maverique-Pride-Flag |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=www.volvogroup.com |language=en}}</ref>
|Genderqueer flag-pride.svg|[[Genderqueer#Symbols and observances|Genderqueer]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=31 Queer Pride Flags to Know |url=https://www.advocate.com/pride/2022/6/08/31-queer-pride-flags-know-complete-guide#media-gallery-media-15 |access-date=January 7, 2023 |work=[[The Advocate (magazine)|The Advocate]] |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108011601/https://www.advocate.com/pride/2022/6/08/31-queer-pride-flags-know-complete-guide#media-gallery-media-15 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Campbell-QXD" />
|Intergender.png|[[Intergender]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=» Intergênero |url=https://orientando.org/listas/lista-de-generos/intergenero/ |access-date=2025-06-14 |language=pt-BR}}</ref>|Maverique flag.svg|[[List of gender identities#M|Maverique]]<ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto4"/>
|Nonbinary flag.svg|[[Non-binary flag|Non-binary]]
|Pangender flag.svg|[[Pangender]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=pangender Meaning {{!}} Gender & Sexuality |author= |work=Dictionary.com |date=July 1, 2019 |access-date=April 23, 2023 |url=https://www.dictionary.com/e/gender-sexuality/pangender/ |archive-date=April 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419150024/https://www.dictionary.com/e/gender-sexuality/pangender/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Barron2023" />
|Transgender Pride flag.svg|[[Transgender flag|Transgender]]}}

=== Other flags ===
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|Aroace flag.svg|[[Aroace]]<ref name="Barron2023" /><ref name="Wilson2023" /><br/>(Aromantic-Asexual)
|Bear Brotherhood flag.svg|[[Bear flag (gay culture)|Bear]]<ref name="Campbell-QXD" />
|Intersex flag.svg|[[Intersex flag|Intersex]]<ref name="Campbell-QXD" />
|Intersex-inclusive pride flag.svg|[[Rainbow flag (LGBT)#Variations|Intersex-inclusive Progress Pride Flag]]<ref name="auto2"/>
|Leather, Latex, and BDSM pride - Light.svg|[[Leather pride flag|Leather]]<ref name="Campbell-QXD" />
|LGBTQ+ rainbow flag Quasar "Progress" variant.svg|[[Progress Pride Flag]]<ref name="auto2"/>
|Queer Flag.svg|[[Queer]]<ref name="Barron2023" /><ref name="Wilson2023" />
|Gay flag.svg|[[Rainbow flag (LGBT)|Rainbow flag]]
|Rainbow Gadsden flag.svg|Rainbow [[Gadsden flag]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Gadsden Flag (U.S.) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/us_gad.html |website=Flags of the World |access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Branson-Potts |first1=Hailey |title=West Hollywood plastered with rainbow #ShootBack signs |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-weho-shootback-rainbow-20160616-snap-story.html |access-date=10 February 2021 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=16 June 2016}}</ref>
|Two-Spirit Flag.svg|[[Two-spirit]]<ref name="UNCO">{{Cite web |title=Pride Flags |author= |work=[[University of Northern Colorado]]: The Gender and Sexuality Resource Center |date= |access-date=April 22, 2023 |url=https://www.unco.edu/gender-sexuality-resource-center/resources/pride-flags.aspx |archive-date=May 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528150200/https://www.unco.edu/gender-sexuality-resource-center/resources/pride-flags.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Barron2023" /><ref name="Wilson2023" /><ref name="YukoRD2023" />
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=== Location-based flags ===
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{{gallery|mode=nolines|whitebg=y|height=60|Brazil Gay flag.svg|Brazil<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/Flags/br_gay.html | title=Brazilian Gay Flag }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://victoryinstitute.org/2018-elections-in-brazil-good-news-bad-news/ | title=2018 Elections in Brazil: Good News & Bad News | date=17 October 2018 }}</ref>
|Canada Pride flag.svg|Canada<br>Canadian pride Flag<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canadian gay rainbow flag at Montreal gay pride parade 2017 |date=31 May 2023 |url=https://www.country1073.ca/2023/05/31/canadas-pride-history/ |access-date=November 29, 2023 |publisher=Country Rogers Digital Media: 107.3 (CJDL FM). Published August 20, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Saskatoon's gay pride parade on June 16, 2012 |date=15 June 2012 |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/daryl_mitchell/7469653808/ |access-date=November 29, 2023 |publisher=Daryl Mitchell. Published June 30, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Canada Pride Flag |url=https://shop.flagshop.com/index.php/pride/canada-pride/pride-canada-flag.html |access-date=November 29, 2021 |website=Default Store View  |archive-date=November 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129031914/https://shop.flagshop.com/index.php/pride/canada-pride/pride-canada-flag.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

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|Philadelphia Pride Flag.svg|Philadelphia, United States<br>[[Person of color|People of color]] pride flag<ref name=Philadelphia>{{Cite magazine |last1=Owens |first1=Ernest |url=https://www.phillymag.com/news/2017/06/08/philly-pride-flag-black-brown/ |title=Philly's Pride Flag to Get Two New Stripes: Black and Brown |magazine=[[Philadelphia (magazine)|Philadelphia]] |date=June 8, 2017 |access-date=May 26, 2019 |archive-date=May 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524113915/https://www.phillymag.com/news/2017/06/08/philly-pride-flag-black-brown/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Barron2023" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Philly Pride flag, explained |last=Deane |first=Ben |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=June 12, 2021 |access-date=April 23, 2023 |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly-tips/philadelphia-pride-flag-20210612.html |archive-date=April 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423213709/https://www.inquirer.com/philly-tips/philadelphia-pride-flag-20210612.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

|Gay Pride Flag of Poland.svg|Poland<br>Gay pride flag of Poland<ref>{{Cite news |title=Pride parades in Poland prove flashpoint ahead of general election |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-election-lgbt-idUSKBN1WB0TP |work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=July 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704141248/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-election-lgbt-idUSKBN1WB0TP |archive-date=July 4, 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Polish LGBT people could be prosecuted for 'desecrating a national symbol' |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2018/07/09/prosecute-lgbt-poland-national-symbol-white-eagle/ |work=[[Pink News]] |date=July 9, 2018 |access-date=July 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704141247/https://www.thepinknews.com/2018/07/09/prosecute-lgbt-poland-national-symbol-white-eagle/ |archive-date=July 4, 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref>

|Rainbow Flag with white triangle.svg|[[Sapporo]], Japan<br>Rainbow with white chevron<ref>{{Cite web |title=Variations of the Gay Pride Rainbow Flag (1) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/qq-rb_v.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414042009/https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/qq-rb_v.html#wtri |archive-date=2021-04-14 |access-date=18 August 2023 |website=www.crwflags.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-17 |title=同性婚に向け大きな一歩 {{!}} Human Rights Watch |url=https://www.hrw.org/ja/news/2021/03/18/378266 |access-date=2025-03-24 |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=GOODS／グッズ |url=https://www.sprrainbowpride.com/goods |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=さっぽろレインボープライド |language=ja}}</ref>

|Pride flag Serbia basic.png|Serbia<br/>Gay pride flag of Serbia<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2015/09/20/pride-parade-trans-pride-take-place-in-belgrade/ |title=Pride Parade, Trans Pride take place in Belgrade |date=2015-09-20 |access-date=2023-08-04 |work=European Western Balkans |archive-date=2023-03-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327095016/https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2015/09/20/pride-parade-trans-pride-take-place-in-belgrade/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

|Gay Flag of South Africa.svg|South Africa<br>[[Gay pride flag of South Africa]]<ref>{{cite journal|title=Government Notice 377 |journal=Government Gazette |date=11 May 2012 |issue=35313 |url=http://www.gov.za/documents/download.php?f=165042 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725234520/http://www.gov.za/documents/download.php?f=165042 |archive-date=25 July 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Grange |first1=Helen |title=Coming out is risky business |url=https://www.iol.co.za/lifestyle/love-sex/relationships/coming-out-is-risky-business-1019307 |website=[[Independent Online (South Africa)|Independent Online]] |date=January 31, 2011 |access-date=July 4, 2019 |archive-date=March 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322224137/https://www.iol.co.za/lifestyle/love-sex/relationships/coming-out-is-risky-business-1019307 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://capetownpride.org/news/news/59-south-african-gay-flag-revealed-at-mcqp/|title=South African Flag Revealed at MCQP|date=22 December 2010|publisher=Cape Town Pride|access-date=4 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809150001/http://capetownpride.org/news/news/59-south-african-gay-flag-revealed-at-mcqp/|archive-date=9 August 2011}}</ref>

|Gay Pride flag of the United Kingdom.svg|United Kingdom<br>Pink [[Union Jack]]<ref name=Pink>{{cite news |last1=Knowles |first1=Katherine |title=God save the queers |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2006/07/21/god-save-the-queers |work=[[PinkNews]] |date=July 21, 2006 |access-date=May 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061014051515/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/opinion/2005-2030.html |archive-date=October 14, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pink Union Jack |url=https://www.theflagshop.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?q=pink+union+jack |access-date=November 29, 2023 |publisher=The Flag Shop }}</ref>

|File:United States Gay Pride flag.svg|United States<br>United States rainbow flag<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/3716173-oregon-residents-lgbtq-pride-flag-burned-police-say/|title=Oregon residents' LGBTQ+ Pride flag burned, police say|accessdate=Apr 19, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/wisconsin-couple-threatened-with-eviction-over-gay-pride-flag-2019-4|title=A Wisconsin couple were threatened with eviction if they didn't remove a gay pride flag from their apartment complex|first=Kelly|last=McLaughlin|website=Business Insider|accessdate=Apr 19, 2025}}</ref>

|File:Gay Pride flag of Israel.svg|Israel pride flag<ref>{{Cite web |title=Global LGBTQ group says it'll lift suspension of Israeli member organization after year |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/global-lgbtq-group-says-itll-lift-suspension-of-israeli-member-organization-after-year/ |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=Times of Israel |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Zieve | first=Tamara | title=Andy Cohen: Amazing seeing Pride flag flying alongside the Israeli flag | website= The Jerusalem Post | date=2018-06-07 | url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/andy-cohen-amazing-seeing-pride-flag-flying-alongside-the-israeli-flag-559436 | access-date=2025-06-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=בירון | first=בן | title=החיים בצבע: ההיסטוריה הצבעונית של דגל הגאווה | website=mako | date=2021-06-20 | url=https://www.mako.co.il/pride-pride-events/2021/Article-9e26f2817d92a71026.htm | language=he | access-date=2025-06-07}}</ref>
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