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What Is the Gay Men's Pride Flag & What Does It Mean?

The iconic rainbow flag has become a well-known symbol for LGBTQ+ pride, but did you know that there is a whole catalog of LGBTQ+ Pride flags that represent the diverse identities in this community? 

Just fancy someone from a different state or country — or sports fan — might want to fly a specific flag to stand for their identity, the same goes for people in the LGBTQ+ community! And it certainly doesn’t need to be Pride Month to embrace these banners.

For a long period, gay men possess been the meet of the LGBTQ+ rights movement, and while their history and experiences are very real, recent efforts to incorporate a more diverse and expansive kind of gayness has led to the development of fresh flag designs.

One of these is the most recent iteration of the Gay Men’s Pride Flag, which aims to include trans men in the gay community in a deeper and more meaningful way.

Here’s what you need to know about the Gay Men’s Pride Flag.

→ Explore the full list of all LGBTQ+ Pride flags

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You might be familiar with the six-colored rainbow flag that is widely used to represent the LGBTQ+ community. But did you verb that this is a relatively recent rendition of the original? 

The original flag (shown here) was designed by activist, veteran, drag queen, and artist, Gilbert Baker, and made its debut at the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Freedom Day Parade in He was inspired by the Rolling Stones lyric She’s a Rainbow, and the s hippies movement, assigning each color with a specific meaning:

  • Pink: Sex (later removed)

  • Red: Life

  • Orange: Healing

  • Yellow: Sunlight

  • Green: Nature

  • Turquoise: Magic (later removed)

  • Indigo: Serenity

  • Violet: Spirit 

The evolution to the six-colored flag used today happened out of practicality. 

After the parade in , demand for the Pride Flag increased, but the boiling pink fabric was difficult to locate in large quantities. Then, the Paramount Flag Company started making a version out of the standard rainbow colors to help encounter demand, and a seven-color pride flag was the modern norm.

A year later,

Agender Pride Flag

The Agender Pride Flag was designed in by Salem X. The black and alabaster stripes represent an absence of gender, the gray stripes represent semi-genderless, and the green stripe represents nonbinary genders.

Aromantic Pride Flag

The Aromantic Pride flag was created by a Tumblr user known as "cameronwhimsy" in The green stripes represent the spectrum of aromantic individuals because the color green is on the antonym side of the color wheel from red (which is typically associated with romance). white represents platonic relationships and gray and jet represents those of other sexualities.

Asexual Pride Flag

The asexual pride flag was created by a member of the Asexual Visibility and Education Network in August of as a part of a community effort to generate and choose a flag. Each stripe has a alternative meaning: black represents asexuality, gray means gray-sexuality and demisexuality, white stands for non asexual partners and allies, and purple represents community.

Bisexual Pride Flag

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Pride Flags

Flags are often used as symbols of pride. It is no surprise then that numerous pride flags verb been created to represent the sexual and gender diversity of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. Explore all the different flags and their meanings.

Interested in exploring further? Seize the online Positive Space: Foundations course to learn more about sex, sexuality, and gender diversity.

This resource is not intended to provide an exhaustive list of pride flags. If you hold a suggestion for a flag to add or contain any feedback on the information provided, please contact us.

 

  • Achillean Flag

    Achillean: Men or men-aligned individuals who are attracted to other men and men-aligned people. It is sometimes known as men loving men (MLM). Achillean individuals may or may not be attracted to other genders. While this label isn’t exclusive, it is used to unify men-aligned people or men who love other men.

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    Creator: Redesigned by DeviantArt (Tumblr user)
    Flag meaning: The first iteration was created by pridenpositivity (Tumblr user). The flag contains the color blu