LGBTQIA+ Community Flags and Their Meanings

1. Progress Pride Flag

• Combines the rainbow flag with chevrons for trans (blue, pink, white), Black and Brown stripes for people of color.
• Designed by Daniel Quasar (2018).
• Meaning: Inclusion of trans and nonwhite queer people, highlighting intersectionality.

2. Rainbow Pride Flag

• Original LGBTQ+ pride flag, created by Gilbert Baker (1978).
• Current six-stripe version: red (life), orange (healing), yellow (sunlight), green (nature), blue (serenity), violet (spirit).
• Widely recognized symbol of LGBTQ+ pride.

3. Nonbinary Pride Flag

• Yellow, white, purple, black.
• Created by Kye Rowan (2014).
• Meaning:
• Yellow: outside the gender binary
• White: many or all genders
• Purple: mix of male and female
• Black: no gender

4. Genderfluid Pride Flag

• Pink, white, purple, black, blue stripes.
• Created by JJ Poole (2012).
• Meaning:
• Pink: femininity
• White: all genders
• Purple: mix of masculinity/femininity
• Black: lack of gender
• Blue: masculinity

5. Transgender Pride Flag

• Blue, pink, white stripes.
• Created by Monica Helms (1999).
• Meaning:
• Blue: traditional male
• Pink: traditional female
• White: nonbinary, transitioning, or undefined

6. Lesbian Pride Flag (Orange-Pink 7-Stripe Version)

• Orange to pink gradient.
• Updated design (2018) is most common.
• Meaning:
• Dark orange: gender nonconformity
• Orange: independence
• Light orange: community
• White: unique relationships to womanhood
• Pink: serenity/peace
• Dusty rose: love/sex
• Dark rose: femininity

7. Agender Pride Flag

• Black, gray, white, green.
• Created by Salem X (2014).
• Meaning:
• Black/white: absence of gender
• Gray: semi-gender or partial gender
• Green: nonbinary

8. Bisexual Pride Flag

• Pink, purple, blue.
• Created by Michael Page (1998).
• Meaning:
• Pink: attraction to same gender
• Blue: attraction to other genders
• Purple: overlap/both

9. Pansexual Pride Flag

• Pink, yellow, blue.
• Circulating since ~2010.
• Meaning:
• Pink: attraction to women
• Yellow: attraction regardless of gender (nonbinary)
• Blue: attraction to men

10. Polysexual Pride Flag

• Pink, green, blue.
• Created by Tumblr user “Samlin” (2012).
• Meaning:
• Pink: attraction to women
• Green: attraction to nonbinary
• Blue: attraction to men