Polyamorous people have the ability to love more than one person, and may desire relationships with more than one person, with the consent of all partners involved. The traveller community flag is similar to the standardised rainbow version, but features the flag of the Romany people in its centre. The stripe in the middle is white, for those who are transitioning or consider themselves having a neutral or undefined gender.” Traveller Prideįor the first time this year, the LGBTQ+ travellers’ community will march in London Pride, with Gypsy, Roma, Irish Traveller and Scottish Traveller community members marching. The stripes next to them are pink, the traditional colour for baby girls. She said: “The stripes at the top and bottom are light blue, the traditional colour for baby boys. Trans woman Monica Helms, who designed the flag, first displayed the design at a Pride parade in Arizona. The flag consists of five horizontal stripes: two light blue, two pink, and one white in the centre. Trans pride flags flutter in the wind at a gathering to celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility (photo: ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images) Transgender is an umbrella term for people whose gender identity, gender expression or behaviour does not conform to that typically associated with the sex to which they were assigned at birth.Īlthough there are different designs for the transgender flag, it normally is taken from the first design created in 1999. Musician Janelle Monae, comedian Joe Lycett and model Tess Halliday are among some of the most famous members of the community, and the flag has pink, yellow and blue stripes. Pansexual flag at Stockholm’s Euro Pride (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) While bisexual people say they attracted to people of more than one gender, pansexual people say they have a romantic or emotional attraction towards people regardless of their sex or gender identity.
The non-binary pride flag, which has yellow, white, purple, and black horizontal stripes, was created in 2014. Nonbinary flag (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) It can define several genderqueer, and trans identities on this list. Non-binary a represents spectrum of gender identities that are not exclusively masculine or feminine, and lie outside of the male and female binary. While lesbian-only spaces dwindle, many lesbians still feel like they are not considered in the queer movement.
However, the most used symbol is the lesbian flag, featuring seven different shades of pink, white and red. Others may also feature a lipstick mark to represent lipstick lesbians, representing the more feminine attributes of some. Lesbian pride flag (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) The blue represents sexual attraction to the opposite sex only (straight) and the resultant overlap color purple represents sexual attraction to both sexes (bi).” DemisexualĪ demisexual is a person who does not experience sexual attraction unless they form a strong emotional bond with someone. Mr Page said to : “The pink colour represents sexual attraction to the same sex only (gay and lesbian). People marching with anBi, a bisexual organisation (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) Bisexualīisexual people are attracted to both men and women, and make up 0.7 per cent of the UK population.ĭesigned by Michael Page in 1998, the bisexual pride flag is made up of 40 per cent pink and blue stripes, and 20 per cent purple. The flag not only pays tribute to BAME people in the world, but is designed to highlight the disproportionate level of discrimination non-white people face.Īccording to research carried out by Stonewall, in the UK alone, more than half (51 per cent) of BAME people face discrimination within the LGBTQ+ community. The BAME Pride flag features black and brown colours (Photo by Quintina Valero/Getty Images) A more inclusive flag was put on display at Philadelphia Pride in 2017, paying homage to the black, Asian and minority ethnic LGBTQ+ community.