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Today’s straight flags or heterosexual flags were created in the name of “straight pride” – a concept that, while seemingly harmless enough, is often rooted in homophobic and transphobic...
A straight flag or heterosexual flag is a pride flag intended to represent heterosexuality. Some straight flags represent straight pride, a conservative countermovement to gay pride. There is also the straight ally flag, which is intended to represent allyship by straight people with the LGBT community. Although there are many proposed straight ...
Now, flags for bisexual, pansexual, trans, asexual, queer people of color, and dozens more exist to represent and show support for all LGBTQ+ folks.
Writer Katherine J. Igoe lists 38 Pride flags in the LGBTQAI+ community, and the origin and meaning behind each Pride flag in 2024.
The rainbow flag or pride flag (also common known as LGBTflag, LGBT+flag, LGBTQflag, LGBTQ+ flag, LGBTQIAflag, LGBTQIA+flag and formerly gay pride flag) is a symbol of LGBTQ pride and LGBTQ social movements. The colors reflect the diversity of the LGBTQ community and the spectrum of human sexuality and gender.
June 23, 2021. Since its first flight at 1978’s Gay Freedom Day Parade in San Francisco, the rainbow flag has evolved multiple times. That earliest iteration included pink and turquoise stripes,...
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.
During Pride Month, it is not uncommon to see the rainbow flag being proudly displayed as a symbol for the LGBTQ rights movement. But how did that flag become a symbol of LGBTQ pride? It goes back to 1978, when the artist Gilbert Baker, an openly gay man and a drag queen, designed the first rainbow flag.
While many in the LGBTQIA+ community identify with the all-encompassing rainbow flag, each group has its own flag to represent its unique contributions and stories within the community. Here’s a rundown of the different flags and what they represent.
Read on to see what each LGBTQ+ flag looks like, and the important sexual orientations and gender identities they represent.