#nominally I'm like. a cis woman but also idrc it doesn't really matter to me yk

[dodgebolts]

Hello! Happy June! It's Pride and I have another question (6/30)

Okay, today we are back with flags, this time of the gender variety.

Agender: Created by Salem X ("Ska") in 2014 (Tumblr user formerly known as Transrants), this flag consists of 7 horizontal stripes [black, grey, white, green, white, grey, black] The black and white represent the absence of gender (in different ways), the grey represents semi-genderless and the light green represents non-binary gender.

Bigender: There are actually quite a lot of widely used bigender flags,(like more than you think), largely due to the original flag creator being accused of transphobia (among other things). So I have picked the probably second most common [after the original]. This one was created by camp-MLM on tumblr in 2019 and it has 7 stripes [Blue, light blue, white, lilac, white, light pink, pink], and the colours dont actually have a set meaning, with the original poster giving an idea of meaning, but leaving the majority of it up to each persons own feelings with their experience basically.

Demiboy, Demigirl, and Deminonbianry: These flags were designed by the same person Salem X, who also happens to be the person who designed the Agender Flag. All three flags consist of 7 horizontal stripes [Grey, Light Grey, Blue(boy)/Pink(girl)/Yellow(nonbinary), White, Blue/Pink/Yellow, Light Grey, and Grey] The pops of colour in the middle are to represent the aspects of either masculinity/feminity/nonbinary(-inity?) experienced by demigender people, while the greys are to represent the partial connection to gender.

Genderfluid: This flag was created by JJ Poole in 2012, and they designed it to "encompass all gender identities". It has 5 horizontal stripes. [Pink(Femininity), White(all genders), Purple(interlinking/crossover of femininity and masculinity), Black(lack of gender(s)), Blue(masculinity)]. However, in 2021, LGBTA wiki user "FruitIndividual" designed an alternative flag, and it is rapidly catching on, so you might see this one instead, it consists of 9 horizontal WAVY stripes (meant to represent the fluidity of this gender) [Colours Pink, Light Pink, White, Lilac, Purple, Lilac, White, Light Blue, Blue]

Genderqueer: This flag was designed in 2011 by Marilyn Roxie. The flag has 3 horizontal stripes. [Lavender(androgyny/meshing of masc and fem), White(Neutral), Chartreuse(Outside the binary)]

Non-Binary: Kye Rowan created this flag in 2014 to be flown alongside the genderqueer flag (NOT replace it). This flag has 4 horizontal stripes. [Yellow (Genders outside the binary), White (All/many genders), Purple (Genders which are a mix of masc and fem) and Black (Lack of gender)]

Transgender: Monica Helms designed this flag in 1999, and she said that the idea came to her early one morning; "When you wake up, and you're still sort of groggy and everything but you're starting to think, and your mind is starting to fill with images - that's when it came to me" and also called it "divine intervention". She brought the first trans flag to the 2000 Phoenix Pride Parade, and it is now in the possession of the Smithsonian. The flag consists of 5 horizontal stripes, [Blue, Pink, White, Pink, Blue], the pink and blue stand for girls and boys while the white represents thouse who are transitioning, intersex people and people who feel like they have no/neutral gender. A quote of hers i love about the design is "The pattern is such that no matter which way you fly it, it is always correct, signifying us finding correctness in our lives"

So, since we talked about gender pride flags today, im going to ask a slightly personal question (but it is vague on purpose, share as much or as little as you want), but please describe your gender WITHOUT using any traditional words, so for example, personally i would describe my gender as an out of body experience, like im witnessing my gender from below me in a hospital bed while i float aimlessly near the ceiling. <- have fun with it, use whatever comes to mind first, anything but traditional gender words please!

Happy Pride 🌈 🎉

this one is probably going to be boring just because I don't put thought into my gender dgkfslhkj like the best way I can put it is like a little kid playing a video game mindlessly but also if there's something interesting they'll stray from the path a little to check it out