Gay & LGBTQ+ Flags & Icons

Rainbow pride flags

Gilbert Baker designed the rainbow Pride flag for the 1978 San Francisco Gay Freedom Day celebration. The flag does not depict an actual rainbow. Rather, the colours of the rainbow are displayed as horizontal stripes, with red at the top and violet at the bottom. It represents the diversity of gays and lesbians around the world. In the original eight colour version.
Pink - sexuality, Red - life, Orange - healing, Yellow - the sun, Green - nature, Turquoise - art, Indigo - harmony, Violet - spirit.

Original eight stripe version

Seven stripe version with pink colour removed due to a lack of fabric (1978–1979)

Six-stripes version with turquoise colour removed and indigo colour changed to royal blue (1979-present)

Rainbow Mars - (rainbow gay)

Rainbow Venus - (rainbow lesbian)

Rainbow Peace

Progress Flag. In 2018, a designer began a campaign to “re-boot” the Pride flag to make it more inclusive by adding a five-coloured chevron to represent queer people of colour as well as the trans community

This was changed in 2021 to include the Pride Progress flag

Straight ally, or heterosexual ally flag

This new flag, which was created by sex-worker rights (round about August 2021) and PrEP advocate Jason Domino includes a red umbrella symbol which has been used by sex-workers across the globe.

Other Gay pride flags

Age Play pride flag

BDSM pride flag

Bear pride flag, adopted in 1995

Boi Fetish flag

Fat Fetish pride flag

The Femboy Pride Flag

A less popular variation of the femboy flag prominently features a Mars symbol on top

Leather pride flag designed by Tony DeBlase in 1989 and adopted in the 1990s

Master Slave pride flag

Ownership pride flag

QPOC pride flag A representation of Queer People of Colour (QPOC), it represents solidarity with the BLM movement as well as the intersection of the queer and Black communities.

Rubber pride flag

Straight pride flag

Twink pride flag

Lesbian pride flags

Lipstick lesbian pride flag the original design also including a red kiss.

Lipstick lesbian pride flag based on 2010 design by Kasandra Brabaw

Lesbian pride flag Paul Murphy-Kasp 2019 design

Lesbian pride flag (Labrys)

Other LGBTQ+ pride flags

If you are nor sure what any of these meanings stand for, please see our Gay slang dictionary

Aegosexual pride flag

Agender pride flag

Aceflux pride flag

Androgyne pride flag

Androphilia pride flag

Aromantic pride flag

Asexual pride flag

Autosexual pride flag

Bisexual pride flag, adopted in 1998

Caedsexual pride flag

Demisexual pride flag

Fraysexual pride flag

Genderfluidity pride flag

Genderqueer pride flag

Gender Questioning pride flag

Greysexual pride flag

Gynephilia pride flag

Intersex pride flag, adopted in 2013

Nonbinary pride flag

Pansexuality pride flag

Polyamorous pride flag

Polysexuality pride flag

Quiosexual pride flag

Straight And Supportive pride flag

Transgender pride flag

Location pride flags

Philadelphia, United States (People of colour pride flag)

Scotland (Scottish LGBTQ+ Pride Rainbow Saltire)

South Africa (Gay pride flag of South Africa)

United Kingdom (Pink Union Jack)

USA (LGBT)

Wales (Welsh red dragon)

Triangle badges of the Third Reich

Black Triangle The black triangle used to mark individuals considered 'asocial'. The category included homosexual women, nonconformists, sex workers, nomads, Romani, and others.

Pink Triangle Homosexual men

Pink & Yellow Triangle Homosexual male prisoners that were Jewish.

Symbols

These would make good tattoos.

Biangles (Bisexuality)

Double female symbol (Lesbian females)

Double male symbol (Gay males)

Double moon (Bisexuality)

Labrys (Lesbian feminism)

Lambda (Gay Liberation)

Pansexual symbol

Transgender symbol

Trans feminist symbol