#transgender flag

[gayest-historian]

Creating the Transgender Flag

So today I'll be talking about the history and creation of the trans flag! This will probably be a shorter post but still equally as important of course

The transgender flag was originally created by Monica Helms, a trans woman from America, in 1999. She got the idea from Micheal Page who had created the bisexual flag a year earlier. Helms describes the meaning of each stripe in the flag as:

"The stripes at the top and bottom are light blue, the traditional color for baby boys. The stripes next to them are pink, the traditional color for baby girls. The stripe in the middle is white, for those who are intersex, transitioning or consider themselves having a neutral or undefined gender."

- Monica Helms

The original flag (pictured below) was later donated to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in 2014 by Helms.

Later on, in 2019, Helms published a book in which she expresses shock that her flag design has been adopted so wholeheartedly by the trans community. I'd like to end off this post with that quote.

The speed with which the flag’s usage spread never fails to surprise me, and every time I see it, or a photo of it, flying above a historic town hall or building I am filled with pride.

- Monica Helms

[runeehyst]

Whale Shark Pride pt.2🐳🏳️‍🌈

[cholerascum]

its wednesdayyyyyyy

[hootybal-lecter]

I made pride snow cones

Available on stickers, pins, shirts, and more on my Redbubble

[rabidbatboy]

TBOY FLAG: a flag for transboys/tboys, in particular transgender men who prefer the term transboy/tboy over transmasc/tmasc

TGIRL FLAG: a flag for transgirls/tgirls, in particular transgender women who prefer the term transgirl/tgirl over transfem/tfem

🧼 ——— FLAG COINED BY ME

[gwydionmisha]

‘World’s largest transgender flag’ unfurled at Utah State Capitol for Trans Day of Visibility

Utah! Wow!

I admit, I cried a little, seeing it. It means extra coming from Utah somehow.

[color-picked-pride-flags]

trans flag from miku?

I’m back :•D

[pokemonprideflags]

the transgender (trans) flag color picked from Iron Valiant

[krudekraft]

Available on Redbubble

[dreamdropsystem]

they are autistic and trans ok?? genderless nonbinary icon!! - shane/angel

[troylougferdaday]

Day 94. Lougferd says Trans rights

[madame-irys]

Hot Take: The less common trans flags are better than the more common ones. Like, I like the poetry of the inner color being the gender and the outer color being the body, but the 2nd versions are just easier on the eyes imo. They also have a bit more senergy with the enby flag (though, not entirely)

[salad-flavored-adventures]

new header

check it out

made of the colors from the lesbian and trans flag

[color-picked-pride-flags]

Something from these two perhaps?

[pokemonprideflags]

i know you just did Dewott with the transmasc flag but Dewott is my favorite Pokémon so could you please do it with the neutral trans flag 🏳️‍⚧️

the transgender (trans) flag color picked from Dewott

[minifruits]

KNEW IT 🏳️‍⚧️