Pride Flag Guide

Gilbert Baker Pride Flag – The original rainbow flag was created by Gilbert Baker in 1978. In order from top to bottom, the colors represent sex, life, healing, sunlight, nature, magic, serenity, spirit. Due to a fabric shortage in the following years, the pink and turquoise stripes were removed and created the six stripe flag that is so recognizable today.

Philadelphia Pride Flag – This flag was created in 2017 through a partnership between Philadelphia’s Office of LGBT Affairs and design agency Tierney.

11-Stripe Pride Flag – The Seattle LGBTQ Commission and SEqual Seattle collaborated to create and raise this flag on June 1, 2018. It merges the rainbow and trans pride flag by Monica Helms, incorporating additional stripes to represent people of color, inspired by the Philadelphia Pride flag.

The Progress Pride Flag – In June 2018, Daniel Quasar released a design blending elements of the Philadelphia flag and the trans pride flag. Light blue, pink, and white stripes represent trans and non-binary individuals, while brown and black stripes symbolize People of Color (POC) communities. The black stripe also pays tribute to those affected by AIDS and the stigma associated with it.

Asexual Pride Flag – Someone who experiences little or no sexual attraction to anyone.

Aromantic Pride Flag – Someone who experiences little or no romantic attraction to anyone.

Graysexual Pride Flag – Someone who experiences sexual attraction intermittently, infrequently, or have less of a desire to engage in sexual activity.

Demiromantic Pride Flag – Someone who develops romantic feelings for someone after they have a strong emotional connection to them.

Demisexual Pride Flag – Some who develops sexual attraction to someone after they’ve formed a strong emotional bond with them.

Bisexual Pride Flag – Someone who is attracted to more than one gender.

Polysexual Pride Flag – Someone who is sexually attracted to various (at least two, could be more), but not necessarily all, genders.

Pansexual Pride Flag – Someone who can be sexually, romanticly, or emotionally attracted to a person of any gender.

Abrosexual Pride Flag – Someone whose sexuality is fluid or changes over time. The timeframe could be anywhere from hours to years.

Lesbian Pride Flag – A woman or nonbinary person who has a romantic and/or sexual orientation toward women.

Gay Man Pride Flag – A man or nonbinary person who has a romantic and/or sexual orientation toward men.

Transgender Pride Flag – Someone whose gender identity differs from the sex they were assigned at birth.

Nonbinary Pride Flag – Someone who is not exclusively male or female, their gender is somewhere along the gender spectrum.

Genderqueer Pride Flag – Someone may be non-binary, agender, pangender, genderfluid, or another gender identity. Genderqueer can also be an umbrella term for people who identify outside the gender binary.

Agender Pride Flag – Someone who is neither male nor female nor some combination of male and female. It is often described as lack of gender, genderfree, or genderless.

Genderfluid Pride Flag – Someone whose gender identity is different at different times.

Intersex Pride Flag – Someone born with reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t fit the boxes of “female” or “male.” Intersex is an umbrella term that describes bodies that fall outside the strict male/female binary.