RESOURCES: LGBTQ+ Pride Flags
LGBTQ+ Pride Flags and Identities
Pride flags serve as vital symbols of identity and solidarity within the LGBTQ+ community, representing diverse gender identities, sexual orientations, and intersectional experiences. Below is an organized and expanded list of various pride flags and the identities they signify.
Umbrella & Intersectionality Pride Flags
Gilbert Baker: Original rainbow flag, symbolizing life, healing, sunlight, nature, harmony, and spirit.
Traditional: The widely recognized six-color rainbow flag.
Philadelphia: Adds black and brown stripes to honor LGBTQ+ people of color.
Progress: Incorporates the trans community and people of color with additional stripes.
Intersex-Inclusive Progress: Updated to include the intersex community.
Pride of Africa: Pan-African LGBTQ+ flag.
Queer People of Color: Highlights racial and queer identities.
Two-Spirit: Represents Indigenous Americans with dual gender identities.
Queer: General term for gender and sexual minorities not cisgender and/or heterosexual.
Pomosexuality: Rejects traditional sexual and gender labels.
Sexual Orientation Flags
Lesbian: Attracted to women.
Gay Men's: Attracted to men.
Bisexual: Attracted to both men and women or two distinct binaries.
Pansexual: Attracted to people regardless of their gender identity.
Asexual: Experiences little or no sexual attraction.
Polysexual: Attracted to multiple genders, but not necessarily all.
Straight/Heterosexual: Attracted to the opposite sex or gender.
Homosexual: Attracted to the same sex or gender.
Omnisexual: Sexuality fluctuates with gender identity.
Gender Identity & Expression Flags
Transgender: Identifying with a gender different from the one assigned at birth.
Nonbinary: Identifying outside the traditional binary of male and female.
Intersex: Born with variations in sex characteristics that do not fit traditional definitions of male or female.
Genderfluid: Experiencing shifts in gender identity over time.
Genderqueer: Challenging, transcending or rejecting traditional gender distinctions or identifying as neither strictly male nor female.
Agender: Identifying as having no gender or neutral gender.
Bigender: Identifying as having two distinct genders.
Demigender: Partial connection to one gender.
Androgyne: Identifying as a blend of feminine and masculine genders.
Omnigender: Experiencing or expressing all genders.
Cisgender: Identifying with the gender assigned at birth.
Extended Gender and Sexual Identities
Abimegender: Associated with being profound, deep, and infinite.
Adamasgender: Indefinable or indomitable gender.
Aerogender: Changes according to surroundings.
Aesthetigender: Derived from aesthetics.
Affectugender: Based on mood swings.
Agenderflux: Mostly agender with brief shifts to other genders.
Alexigender: Fluid gender identity between more than one type of gender.
Aliusgender: Strong gender identity apart from male or female.
Amaregender: Changes based on emotional attachments.
Ambigender: Two specific gender identities simultaneously without fluidity.
Ambonec: Identifies as both man and woman yet not belonging to either.
Amicagender: Gender-fluid identity depending on friends.
Anesigender: Feels close to a specific gender despite identifying with another.
Angenital: Desires to be without any primary sexual characteristics but does not identify as genderless.
Anogender: Fades in and out in intensity but returns to the same gendered feeling.
Anongender: Has a gender identity but does not label it.
Antegender: Protean gender, can be anything but is formless.
Anxiegender: Prominent characteristic is anxiety.
Apagender: Apathy toward gender identity.
Apconsugender: Knows what gender is not but hides its characteristics.
Astergender: Bright and celestial gender identity.
Astral gender: Related to space.
Autigender: Closely related to being autistic.
Autogender: Deeply personal gender experience.
Axigender: Between agender and another gender without overlapping.
Biogender: Closely related to nature.
Blurgender: More than one gender identity blurring into each other.
Boyflux: Varies in intensity of male identity.
Burstgender: Intense feelings that quickly return to calm.
Caelgender: Qualities or aesthetics of outer space.
Cassgender: Gender is irrelevant or unimportant.
Cassflux: Fluctuating intensity of irrelevance toward gender.
Cavusgender: Close to one gender when depressed, another when not.
Cendgender: Changes from one gender to its opposite.
Ceterogender: Nonbinary with specific masculine, feminine, or neutral feelings.
Ceterofluid: Fluctuates between different genders while being ceterogender.
Cloudgender: Gender cannot be comprehended due to depersonalization or derealization.
Collgender: Various genders present at the same time.
Colorgender: Gender described using colors.
Commogender: Not cisgender but identifies as one for a while.
Condigender: Feels gender only under specific circumstances.
Deliciagender: Multiple genders but prefers one over the others.
Demifluid: Multiple genders, some fluid, others static.
Demiflux: Multiple genders, some static, others fluctuate in intensity.
Domgender: Multiple genders with one dominating.
Duragender: More than one gender with one lasting longer.
Egogender: Personal type of gender based on individual experience.
Epicene: Strong feeling of not relating to any or both binary genders.
Esspigender: Relates gender identity with spirits.
Exgender: Denial to identify with any gender.
Existigender: Gender identity exists only when consciously realized.
Femfluid: Fluctuates between feminine genders.
Femgender: Nonbinary feminine gender identity.
Fluidflux: Fluid between two or more genders with fluctuating intensity.
Gemigender: Two opposite genders that flux and work together.
Genderblank: Closely related to a blank space.
Genderflow: Fluid gender identity between infinite feelings.
Genderfuzz: More than one gender blurred together.
Genderpuck: Resists fitting into societal gender norms.
Gender witched: Inclined toward one gender but unsure which.
Girlflux: Identifies as female with varying intensities.
Healgender: Gender identity that brings peace and positivity.
Mirrorgender: Changes based on people surrounding.
Ninsexual: Attracted to neutral or non-binary people.
Novisexual: Complicated attraction or lack thereof.
Novosexual: Sexuality fluctuates with gender identity.
Onesexual: Only experiences sexual/romantic attraction to one person in their lifetime.
Penultisexuality: Attracted to anyone with a different gender.
Proculsexual: Attracted to individuals they can never be in a relationship with.
Additional Resources
For more detailed information on these flags and their meanings, please refer to the following sources:
Conclusion:
Pride flags and the identities they represent play a crucial role in fostering visibility, acceptance, and understanding within the LGBTQ+ community and society at large.