There are a lot of flags out there designed to represent various sexual preferences. More are coming out all the time. For us, even though we try to stay on top of the world of sex flags, it is damn tough to keep up. As you will probably be able to tell as we discuss sex flags on this page, there is many a sex flag that has changed often over the years. It is even tough to keep up with that!
On this page, we want to talk to you about 29 sex flags that we know about. Do bear in mind that some of the flags that we talk about here may end up changing their design later on! It is an incredibly fluid thing here. That, and some people may have their own version of certain flags that we haven’t covered.
Anyway, let’s jump right in with the first sex flag.
Asexual Pride Flag
The asexual pride flag first started to appear in 2010. This flag has four colors on it. You have purple, white, grey, and black. They may seem like some rather bland colors, but they do have a purpose. Each of these colors is meant to symbolize something a little bit different about asexuality.
For example, purple is meant to symbolize the community around asexuality. The grey is meant to symbolize the greyness between being a sexual and an asexual person. The other two colors are meant to symbolize sexual and asexual. This is one of the few flags on this list where it feels as if almost the entire community came together in order to put this flag together. We love that!
Bear Pride Flag
As you may well know, the Bear pride community is a sub-community in the male gay community. it is meant to represent the people that grave body hair, beards, etc. Guess what? They have their own sex flag! This one is represented by a variety of colored lines, mostly black, brown, and white. There is then the paw print of a bear in the top left of the flag.
Bisexual Pride Flag
As you will quickly tell when we discuss sex flags, a lot of them have very, very simple designs. No design is simpler than the bisexual pride flag which only has three different colors on here. You have pink, blue, and purple. The top of the flag, which is the pink part, is meant to represent the people that are attracted to the same gender only.
The bottom part of the flag, which is the blue part, is meant to symbolize people that are attracted to the opposite gender. The final color which, if you are keeping track, you will know is pink is meant to symbolize the tying of these two groups i.e. bisexual people that are attracted to both the same and the opposite gender! As we said, it is incredibly simple.
Leather Pride Flag
As you will discover, there is pretty much a sex flag for everything. The leather pride flag is for those in the BDSM community that wear a lot of leather garments in their adventures.
This flag is formed by three different colors. You have purple, black, and white. In the top left-hand corner is a heart. Obviously, since this flag represents a pretty small subculture, you are unlikely to see it used all that much. However, it has still been around since the 1980s, so it could pop up every so often at certain pride events!
Lipstick Lesbian Pride Flag
The lipstick lesbian pride flag has, mostly, been replaced by the standard lesbian pride sex flag nowadays. However, it is still likely going to be used by some people. This particular flag is meant to show off the sub-community in the lesbian.
This is lesbians that have a more feminine look to them. This flag has pink bars on the top, reddish-orange bars on the bottom, and a white stripe in the center. The left hand corner of the flag is a kiss. We suppose that it is not going to be used all that often nowadays
Pansexual Pride Flag
Again, yet another simple sex flag. This one also has three colors to it. You have purple, yellow, and blue. Each color is meant to represent a different gender identity. So, you have female, male, and non-binary. Well, that is at least what most people seem to believe! This is an older flag, but you will see it appear at various pride events.
Lesbian Pride Flag
The current lesbian pride flag is formed of 7 bars of color. On the top of the flag, you have three different shades of red. On the bottom of the flag, you have three different shades of purple. Dead in the center of the flag is a white stripe. As with many of the flags on this page, the lesbian pride flag has gone through a lot of changes over the years.
The idea of the more modern version (i.e. this one) was decided upon to cover all types of lesbian, rather than the various individual flags that exist. You may not find it as commonly used as, say, the gay pride flag. However, it is out there, and many people are proud to rock it.
Gay Pride Flag
The gay pride flag is one that we are pretty sure that all of you will have heard of. It is a rainbow-striped flag. Over the years, the colors of the gay pride flag have varied considerably. At one point, there were eight colors on the flag. Nowadays, there are just six colors on it. As you can imagine, this flag is meant to symbolize gay people i.e. both gay men and lesbians.
Although, a lot of people have seen it be used as more of a general-purpose flag to cover LGBTQ+ nowadays, although that is not technically when you will be seeing it used the most. You will see this flag flying at pretty much every single gay pride event ever. In fact, it will probably be flown even when there is no gay pride event running.
Polyamorous Pride Flag
The polyamorous pride flag was originally developed in 1995. However, a lot of people have not been happy with the design of this flag over the years. Therefore, it has probably changed more than any other on this. It seems that most people can’t seem to agree what should be going in the center of the flag.
Originally, it was the Pi symbol. Now, it is a variety of heart-shaped designs. Even the order of the colors has changed a little bit. Nowadays, it mostly includes green and blue. However, in the past it was black, red, and blue. It isn’t a wildly popular flag due to the different designs of it. However, you may still see it here and there.
Straight Pride Flag
We know that there are some people that do not agree with the idea of straight pride. it is fair to say that the event was created out of hatred. Seems that a lot of people were not a fan of people creating flags for various gay pride events, so they needed a flag to show straightness.
Obviously, there is no commonly agreed flag here. The most commonly accepted design is an interlocking male and female symbol on a flag with blue and pink colors. Obviously, this is not a flag that you are going to be seeing about all that much. Nobody is flying a straight pride flag.
Straight Allies Pride Flag
The straight allies pride flag is meant to represent straight people that are supportive of the LBGTQ+ community. The background of the flag is a black and white stripe combo. The main image that sits in the center of the flag is a rainbow-colored pyramid.
This is not a flag that will be flown that often. This is because most straight allies that do attend pride events will tend to use the standard pride flags. This flag has been around since the 1960s, though! This means that you certainly will have seen it at least once or twice.
Intersex Pride Flag
Remember when we said earlier that the flag that we spoke about was one of the simplest on this list? Well, we have an even simpler flag with this one! Just two colors. The background of the flag is yellow, and the center of the flag has a purple circle on it.
Because being born intersex is not really a common thing, this is not a flag that will be used often. However, many people believed that those that were intersex should have a flag on their own so that they could show off that they were proud of who they are. This is the flag that they ended up with!
Transgender Pride Flag
The Transgender sex flag has been around since 1999. In this flag, you have a white stripe in the middle. There is a blue stripe on the top and bottom. Next to the blue stripes is a pink stripe. The white stripe is supposed to show the intersex. The blue and the pink stripe should be fairly obvious.
The white stripe is meant to symbolize people transitioning between the two genders! We know that there are a few other transgender pride flags that people out there have flown. however, it is this design that does seem to be the most common among people nowadays. It is certainly available on a lot of different pieces of merchandise.
Genderqueer Pride Flag
The genderqueer flag has had a lot of thought put into it when it comes to the colors. Now, when you look at the colors, they may seem rather simple. You have:
- Purple (technically lavender)
- White
- Green
The purple is actually formed from a mixture of blue and pink colors. This is meant to blur the line between males and females. The white is meant to be the intersex representation. But, what about the green?
Well, this is the polar opposite to the purple color. This is meant to represent everybody else that is not currently represented on the flag. As a result, just three of these colors can represent just about everybody that identifies as genderqueer.
Genderfluid Pride Flag
The genderfluid flag is one of the newest flags on this list. It came out in the early 2010s. This flag is formed of several different colors. Five of them, in fact. They are as follows:
- Black is meant to symbolize the people that do not have any gender identity.
- White is meant to symbolize every single gender that exists.
- Blue is for males.
- Pink is for females.
- Purple is the meshing of the blue and the pink colors.
You will often see this flag used on sites such as Twitter, etc. Although, we have noticed that it has started to appear more and more at pride events around the world.
Demisexual Pride Flag
One of the odd things about the demisexual pride flag is that nobody has any idea who made it. It is one of those flags that seemed to appear out of nowhere! Although, we do suppose that makes sense. Demisexuality is one of those sexual preferences that has only been recently defined.
Well, at least in comparison to some of the other sexual preferences on this list. The demisexual pride flag has a black arrow pointing to the right on the left-hand side of the flag. The stripes are purple, white, and grey. This, we assume, is meant to symbolize the requirement to have a sexual attraction.
Agender Pride Flag
Black, grey, white, and purple are the four colors here. As you have probably guessed by now, each of these have their own symbolism, but we have talked about that a lot on this page. Again, since agender is not a particularly common thing at the moment, you will not see this flag used all that much.
To us, it seems that it has mostly been reserved for use on sites like Twitter and Tumblr. Although, we have no doubt that as more people open up about their asexuality in the future, it will be used in a variety of other places.
Androgynous Pride Flag
The androgynous pride flag is probably the newest one that you are going to see on this list. This is because we are writing this article in 2021. This flag was first introduced in 2021. Now, over the years, it seems that there have been a few attempts at putting together an androgynous pride flag.
However, none of them really seem to have taken on. The androgynous pride flag, the more recent one, has. This flag is formed of various purple colors. It is a purple gradient from heavy pink down to a light shade of pink at the bottom. If you have been paying attention to when we talk about sex flags on this page, then you will know that the purple is all about showing masculinity and feminity together.
Aromantic Pride Flag
Aromantic is, of course, a term used to define those that do not experience romantic attraction. They can be attracted to people but, a lot of the time, it is purely sexual attraction. This flag is another one that has gone through a variety of different designs over the years.
The most recent version of this flag is a combination of black, white, and green colors. The green color is a particularly important color on the romantic pride flag. This is because green is the opposite to the color of red. The color red, as you may well know, is meant to be the color of romance. Black is meant to represent those people that reject the idea of romance.
Bigender Pride Flag
The bigender pride flag is a combination of blues and purples which come together to meet at a white line. By now, you should probably already have an idea of what each of these colors represents, so we won’t go into the actual symbolization of these colors any more than that. Bigender, of course, means people that identify as both men and women.
Labrys Lesbian Pride Flag
The Labrys Lesbian Pride Flag is just a variant of the standard lesbian flag. It is just meant to represent lesbians rather than a specific group of lesbians. The current Labrys Lesbian Pride Flag, and currently the only one that has ever been made, was made by Sean Cambell way back in 1999.
The background of the flag is purple. On top of this, you have a black triangle. On top of that, you have something known as a Labrys. This is sort-of like an axe that has an important part in mythology. You see, the Labrys was meant to have been used by Amazonian women. It is meant to be a symbol for feminity. So, it is perfect for lesbians.
Non-Binary Pride Flag
The non-binary pride flag is formed of yellow, white, black, and white. Interestingly, this flag was created by a 17-year-old. Some people felt that the standard genderqueer flag wasn’t good enough for them. As a result, this flag was created. Perhaps the main addition to the flag is the color yellow.
The idea is that the yellow is there to cover anybody that does not identify as one of the binary genders. The other colors, black, white, and purple cover pretty much the same as what we have talked about elsewhere on this page, so you will already know what they do!
Omnisexual Pride Flag
A lot of omnisexual people will fly the pansexual flag. While they are not the same thing, because omnisexual means that you are attracted to all genders, but your recognize the gender of the person you are attracted to, there is enough of an overlap between the two that most have not felt the need to use the omnisexual flag.
That being said, some people do still use the omnisexual flag. The top of it is purple, the bottom blue, and there is a black stripe running through the middle. In some cases, there may be a heart imposed over the top of the flag, but this seems to be pretty rare at the moment. A lot of the sex flags do seem to be ditching the idea of having symbols on top unless they are absolutely needed.
Twink Pride Flag
Twinks are, of course, adult males who are attracted to younger men (legal men, we hasten to add!). Because it is really just a gay thing, a lot of people will just use the standard gay flag. It is rare that you will see the twink flag flying. Well, at least unless somebody really wants the world to know that they are into twinks.
The top of the flag is pink. The middle is white, and the bottom is yellow. There are two overlapping male symbols on the flag. There have been a few variants of this flag over the years. however, since the twink flag isn’t pretty common as it is, most of these other flags haven’t really taken off.
Genderflux Pride Flag
Genderflux is the term given to those that are in an intense amount of fluctuation between genders. So, it isn’t really as common as some of the other gender-switching sexualities listed on this page. That being said, there are actually several different Genderflux pride flags that have been introduced over the years.
The most common one is yellow, pink, grey, and blue. This is a simple color, which most people do seem to love. Some of the other genderflux pride flags that have been created over the years seem to use a ton of different colors and that isn’t really going to be all that easy on the eye!
Gilbert Baker Pride Flag
The most common pride flag flown nowadays has eight colors on it. This is a design that was put together by Gilbert Baker. As a result, it has come to be known as the Gilbert Baker Pride Flag. The flag design is actually based on the American flag, albeit without the stars.
The eight colors on here are meant to be the colors of the rainbow. While Gilbert Baker has said that each of the colors has its own meaning, we aren’t going to go into them. This is because some of these colors don’t really seem to be related to gay pride, and they were just given a definition. That being said, if you have only ever seen one flag, then it will probably have been this one.
Demigender Pride Flag
The demigender pride flag is grey, pink, and white. Again, there have been a few variants of this flag over the years. However, the main flag nowadays is just grey, pink, and white stripes.
The variants are meant to cover different types of demisexuality e.g. you have flags for demifluid, demiboy, demigirl, etc. Basically, there are a lot of flags around. You won’t really need to know all that much about them since this isn’t really a flag that is flown that much nowadays.
Maverique Pride Flag
The Maverique Pride Flag is a flag that falls under the non-binary category of flags. The Maverique Pride Flag is meant to represent those people that have what is known as a ‘present feeling’ of gender. Yes. This is a confusing term. Yellow is on the top of this flag, a white stripe in the middle, and there is a dark orange color at the bottom of the flag.
Polysexual Pride Flag
Polysexual is, of course, the term that is used to define those that will be attracted to multiple genders, but it does not necessarily mean that they are attracted to all genders. This flag has purple on the top, a green stripe in the middle, and the bottom of the flag is a blue strip.
Like many of the flags on this page, it came out from Tumblr. It is really a combination of the pansexual and bisexual flags. Because polysexuals are currently a very niche group, you will not find this flag flown all that much, sadly. However, it is starting to appear more and more often. Due to the origins of this flag, it is mostly going to be found around social media websites.
Conclusion
As you can see, these 29 sex flags do have a lot of overlap with one another. Many people will find that there will be more than one sex flag that represents who they are as a person. There are dozens and dozens more flags out there that we haven’t even been able to mention.
Hell, there are probably flags being created at this very second that we will never even hear of. We are sure that the 29 that we have mentioned on this page will be covering most of the flags that you see appear, though.
