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.

Queer Pride Flag – The word Queer has been reclaimed by many people within the communities that had it used against them. Queer can mean something different to each individual that identifies with the label, but it is generally used when someone branches out from traditional binaries such as man/woman or gay/straight.

Demigender Pride Flag – A flag of unknown origin for people who feel only partially connected to a certain gender identity. Demigender people may feel somewhat disconnected from the concept of gender.

Achillean Pride Flag – This flag is for primarily men or masculine people outside the gender binary that are attracted to other men or masculine people.

Omnisexual Pride Flag – A flag that represents those who experience sexual attraction to people of all genders, but where the attraction is influenced by gender in some way. Someone may identify with this label because they experience attraction differently to people of different genders, or because they have a gender preference.

Pomosexual Pride Flag – Coined in 1997, pomosexual is a word for people who do not identify with any other label for their sexuality. This word was created at a time when the word “Queer” was commonly used as a slur.

Sapphic Pride Flag – This flag is for women or femme people who love other women or femme people.

Two-Spirit Pride Flag – This term is exclusive to Indigenous North American people, and usually describes those who have experiences with gender roles and responsibilities that combine what is typical for men and women. This identity means something slightly different for each tribe that uses the term, and not all Native people who fit this description identify with the term.

Aro/Ace Pride Flag – For people who are both aromantic and asexual as a combined identity.

Polyamorous Pride Flag – This flag represents people who fall into a subgroup within the umbrella of ethical nonmonogamy called polyamory, which is when a person desires to have multiple romantic partners with the consent of everyone involved.