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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.

 
gay eight stripe flag
Original eight stripe version
gay Seven stripe flag
Seven stripe version with pink colour removed due to a lack of fabric (1978–1979)
gay current
Six-stripes version with turquoise colour removed and indigo colour changed to royal blue (1979-present)
rainbow mars flag
Rainbow Mars - (rainbow gay)
rainbow venus flag
Rainbow Venus - (rainbow lesbian)
rainbow peace flag
Rainbow Peace
rainbow progress flag
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
Intersex flag 2021
This was changed in 2021 to include the Pride Progress flag
gay straight flag
Straight ally, or heterosexual ally flag
sex-worker rights
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 flag
Age Play pride flag
bdsm flag
BDSM pride flag
bear flag
Bear pride flag, adopted in 1995
boi fetish flag
Boi Fetish flag
fat fetish flag
Fat Fetish pride flag
femboy flag
The Femboy Pride Flag
femboy mars flag
A less popular variation of the femboy flag prominently features a Mars symbol on top
Leather flag
Leather pride flag designed by Tony DeBlase in 1989 and adopted in the 1990s
master slave flag
Master Slave pride flag
ownership flag
Ownership pride flag
QPOC
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 flag
Rubber pride flag
Straight flag
Straight pride flag
twink flag
Twink pride flag

Lesbian pride flags

Lipstick Lesbian original flag
Lipstick lesbian pride flag the original design also including a red kiss.
Lipstick Lesbian flag
Lipstick lesbian pride flag based on 2010 design by Kasandra Brabaw
Lesbian flag
Lesbian pride flag Paul Murphy-Kasp 2019 design
Lesbian pride flag
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 flag
Aegosexual pride flag
Agender flag
Agender pride flag
Aceflux flag
Aceflux pride flag
Androgyne flag
Androgyne pride flag
Androphilia flag
Androphilia pride flag
Aromantic flag
Aromantic pride flag
Asexual flag
Asexual pride flag
Autosexual flag
Autosexual pride flag
Bisexual flag
Bisexual pride flag, adopted in 1998
caedsexual flag
Caedsexual pride flag
Demisexual flag
Demisexual pride flag
fraysexual flag
Fraysexual pride flag
Genderfluidity flag
Genderfluidity pride flag
Genderqueer flag
Genderqueer pride flag
Gender Questioning flag
Gender Questioning pride flag
greysexual flag
Greysexual pride flag
Gynephilia flag
Gynephilia pride flag
Intersex flag
Intersex pride flag, adopted in 2013
Nonbinary flag
Nonbinary pride flag
Pansexuality flag
Pansexuality pride flag
Polyamory flag
Polyamorous pride flag
Polysexuality flag
Polysexuality pride flag
quiosexual flag
Quiosexual pride flag
Straight And Supportive
Straight And Supportive pride flag
Transgender flag
Transgender pride flag

Location pride flags

Philadelphia flag
Philadelphia, United States (People of colour pride flag)
Scotish flag
Scotland (Scottish LGBTQ+ Pride Rainbow Saltire)
South Africa flag
South Africa (Gay pride flag of South Africa)
United Kingdom flag
United Kingdom (Pink Union Jack)
USA flag
USA (LGBT)
welsh flag
Wales (Welsh red dragon)

Icons

Triangle badges of the Third Reich

Black Triangle
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
Pink Triangle Homosexual men
Pink & Yellow Triangle
Pink & Yellow Triangle Homosexual male prisoners that were Jewish.

Symbols

These would make good tattoos.

Biangles
Biangles (Bisexuality)
Double male symbol
Double female symbol (Lesbian females)
Bisexual moon
Double male symbol (Gay males)
Double moon
Double moon (Bisexuality)
Labrys
Labrys (Lesbian feminism)
Lambda
Lambda (Gay Liberation)
Pansexual
Pansexual symbol
Transgender
Transgender symbol
Trans feminist
Trans feminist symbol
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