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	Gay Pride (Original 1978 Design) The original gay pride flag was designed by Gilbert Baker, and debuted in 1978 at the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Freedom Day. The pink strip represents sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sun, green for nature, turquoise for art, indigo for harmony and violet for spirit. In 1979, when the flags were planned for mass-production, the hot pink and turquoise were removed from the design, since they were not commercially available.
	Gay Pride (Current 6 Colour) The six colour version of the mass-produced flag from 1979 spread from San Francisco to other cities, and soon became the widely known symbol of LBGT pride and diversity. It is even recognized by the International Congress of Flag Makers. There are many variations on the gay pride flag, specific to each country. (For example, deviations using the US Flag, the Union Jack, the Canadian Maple Leaf, the Southern Cross, Silver Fern, etc.)
	Transgender Pride (Helms) The three colour transgender flag was designed by Monica Helms and made it's debut in a Phoenix, Arizona pride parade. It is the most widespread and recognized symbol of the transgender community. The light blue is the traditional color for baby boys, pink is for girls, and the white in the middle is for those who are transitioning, those who feel they have a neutral gender or no gender, and those who are intersexed. The pattern is such that no matter which way you fly it, it will always be correct. This symbolizes us trying to find correctness in our own lives.
	Transgender Pride (Pellinen) This version of the transgender pride flag was created by Jennifer Holland in 2002. She was unaware of the Helms flag (above) and wanted to give a symbol to the transgender community. The five horizontal striped field of the flag represents female (pink at the top) and male, (blue at the bottom), with three shades of purple to represent the diversity of the transgender community, and the genders other than 'male' and 'female'. More information on this design is available at http://www.transflag.org
	Transgender Pride (Holland) The Queer Nation's Transgender Focus Group, Transgender Nation, created this flag in 1991 in San Francisco, California, USA. The interlocked gender symbols in the charge of the flag are meant to represent various transgendered people working in unity.
	Hermaphrodite Pride (Mercury) The Herm-Pride flag is based on the principle that yellow represents a neutrality in gender, (where pink is typically representatie of females, and blue of males.) Taking the rainbow spectrum from the gay pride flag, the herm-pride flag opens the spectrum between the colours that border the yellow, (orange and green), and create a six-barred field with shades of yellow ranging from orangish to greenish. The center of the flag holds a modified venus symbol to represent both genders. The designer of this flag is unknown.
	Genderqueer Pride (Roxie) The Genderqueer pride flag was accepted by the genderqueer (persons who do not identify themselves by one specific gender) community in September of 2010. The field of the flag is divided into three horizontal stripes, the top lavender stripe representing a mix of blue and pink, (traditional male and female colors) meant to represent those under the genderqueer umbrella who feel they are both male and female in identity. The greenish chartruse color is the inverse of the lavender color, ; meant to represent individuals who feel they are neither male nor female in identity, and the white meant to represent individuals falling completely outside of the gender binary. The design is by Marilyn Roxie. Version two of the design was replaced by this current version (3) in June, 2011
	Genderqueer Pride (Alternate) This alternate Genderqueer Pride flag has recently been seen in the genderqueer community. It's origins are unknown. Though not thoroughly accepted because it too closely resembles some commercial product color schemes, it is expanding in recognition in the community. The field is divided into five equal horizontal lines of a unique, non-heraldic colour scheme. The top bar, a shade of purple is meant to represent androgyny, followed by robin's egg blue for masculinity, the yellow for genders outside the standard male/female binary, and pink for feminitity. The orange was adopted to represent the invert of purple, to represent agender identities, as yellow (the true opposite of purple) was already used for another purpose.
	Bisexual Pride The bisexual pride flag was designed by Michael Page,and debuted in December of 1998 at the BiCafe's first anniversary party. The flag is an evolution of the pink and blue triangles, (an earlier symbol of the bisexual community,) and the resulting purple colour when they overlap, representing the middle ground.
	Polyamory Pride The poly pride flag consists of three equal horizontal colored stripes with a symbol in the center of the flag. The colors of the stripes, from top to bottom, are as follows: blue, representing the openness and honesty among all partners with which we conduct our multiple relationships; red, representing love and passion; and black, representing solidarity with those who, though they are open and honest with all participants of their relationships, must hide those relationships from the outside world due to societal pressures. The symbol in the center of the flag is a gold Greek lowercase letter 'pi', as the first letter of 'polyamory'. The letter's gold color represents the value that we place on the emotional attachment to others, be the relationship friendly or romantic in nature, as opposed to merely primarily physical relationships. The flag was created by Jim Evans.
	Polyamory Pride The red heart with the blue inifinity logo is the most widely recognized symbol of polyamory. This pride flag is a white field with that symbol centered.
	Androgyny Pride The androgyny pride flag's origin is unknown, but is meant as a symbol for androgynous people of all sexualities. The grey field represents the ambiguousness of androgynous people, and the blue and pink equal sign represents an equality between genders.
	Lesbian Pride The Labrys Pride Flag is a symbol for the lesbian community. The lavender field represents the lesbian community features a black triangle in the charge. The triangle is a symbol from Nazi Germany, which was used to designate prisoners with anti-social behaviour, including lesbians. The triangle includes a labrys, which is a double-sided hatchet or axe which is an ancient symbol from European, African and Asian matriarchal societies. The flag was created by Sean Campbell in 1999, and was first used nationally in 2000 for a Pride edition of GLT Magazine.


	Pink Triangle Paragraph 175, a clause in German law prohibiting homosexual relations, was revised by Hitler in 1935 to include kissing, embracing, and gay fantasies as well as sexual acts. Convicted offenders were sent to prison and then later to concentration camps. Their sentence was to be sterilized, and this was most often accomplished by castration. In 1942 Hitler's punishment for homosexuality was extended to death. Each prisoner in the concentration camps wore a colored inverted triangle to designate their reason for incarceration, and hence the designation also served to form a sort of social hierarchy among the prisoners. A green triangle marked its wearer as a regular criminal; a red triangle denoted a political prisoner. A black triangle denoted people with mental disabilities (which often included lesbians.) Two yellow triangles overlapping to form a Star of David designated a Jewish prisoner. The pink triangle was for homosexuals. A yellow Star of David under a superimposed pink triangle marked the lowest of all prisoners--a gay Jew. Estimates of the number of gay men killed during the Nazi regime range from 50,000 to twice that figure. When the war was finally over, countless many homosexuals remained prisoners in the camps, because Paragraph 175 remained law in West Germany until its repeal in 1969.
	Black Triangle Like the pink triangle, the black triangle is also rooted in Nazi Germany. Although lesbians were not included in the Paragraph 175 prohibition of homosexuality, there is evidence to indicate that the black triangle was used to designate prisoners with anti-social behavior. Considering that the Nazi idea of womanhood focused on children, kitchen, and church, black triangle prisoners may have included lesbians, prostitutes, women who refused to bear children, and women with other "anti-social" traits. As the pink triangle is historically a male symbol, the black triangle has similarly been reclaimed by lesbians and feminists as a symbol of pride and solidarity.
	Lambda In the early 1970s, in the wake of the Stonewall Rebellion, New York City's Gay Activists Alliance selected the Greek letter lambda, which member Tom Doerr suggested from its scientific use to designate kinetic potential, as its emblem. (Curiously, in some ancient Greek graffiti the capital lambda appears with the meaning fellate, representing the first letter of either lambazein or laikazein.) Because of its militant associations, the lambda symbol has spread throughout the world. It sometimes appears in the form of an amulet hung round the neck as a subtle sign of recognition which can pass among unknowing LBGTs as a mere ornament. Such emblems may reflect a tendency among LBGT individuals toward tribalization as a distinct segment of society, one conceived as a quasi-ethnic group. The lowercase Greek letter lambda carries several meanings. First of all, it represents scales, and thus balance. The Greeks considered balance to be the constant adjustment necessary to keep opposing forces from overcoming each other. The hook at the bottom of the right leg of the lambda represents the action required to reach and maintain a balance. To the Spartans, the lambda meant unity. They felt that society should never infringe on anyone's individuality and freedom. The Romans adopted the letter to represent "the light of knowledge shed into the darkness of ignorance." Finally, in physics the symbol designates and energy change. Thus the lambda, with all its meanings, is an especially apt symbol for the gay liberation movement, which energetically seeks a balance in society and which strives through enlightenment to secure equal rights for homosexual people. Reportedly, Ancient Greeks may have also placed the lambda on shields of gay men and their lovers who were among the fighting elite of the Greek Army.
	Male Symbols Gender Symbols are common astrological signs handed down from ancient Roman times. The pointed Mars symbol represents the male and the Venus symbol with the cross represents the female. Double interlocking male symbols have been used by gay men since the 1970s.
	Female Symbols Double interlocking female symbols have often been used to denote lesbianism, but some feminists have instead used the double female symbols to represent the sisterhood of women. These same feminists would use three interlocking female symbols to denote lesbianism. Also, some lesbian feminists of the 1970's used three interlocking female symbols to represent their rejection of male standards of monogamy.
	Mercury The astrological sign of Mercury is traditionally the symbol of transgendered peoples. In Greek mythology, Hermes (the Greek version of the Roman god Mercury) and Aphrodite (the goddess of love) had a child named Hermaphroditus. That child possessed both male and female sexual organs, hence the term hermaphrodite. Also, rituals associated with worship of Aphrodite are believed to have been highly sexual, involving castration, transvestism, and homosexual relations. In the symbol itself, the crescent moon at the top is supposed to represent the masculine, and the cross at the bottom represents the feminine. The ring represents the individual, with the male and the female balanced at either side.


	BDSM Pride (metal) The BDSm Rights Flag is intended to represent people who's sexual preferences include Bondage and Discipline, (BD,) or Sadism and Masochism (SM) regardless of their sexual preference. The triskelion was meant to represent the idea that fetishist deserve the same rights as anyone else, without discrimination for their sexual practices. The triskelion is meant to represent the threes of BDSm: Dom, sub and Switch; and Safe, Sane and Consensual. The triskelion is a symbol which dates back thousands of years, and was adopted as a symbol which the BDSm community could recognize without the mainstream culture being aware of it's meaning.
	BDSM Pride (mainstream) This is the most widely recognized BDSm flag in the community to date. While the original flag was meant to contain a metallic triskellion, this is not possible to represent in flag form, so the adaptation to the left was established. It is a derivation of the leather-pride flag (below) with a triskelion in the charge of the flag's field.
	Leather Pride Designed by Tony DeBlase, the flag debuted in Chicago, Illinois, USA in May of 1989 as a symbol for the leather subculture. The designer of the flag states that the colours of the flag are to be determined by the individual. Although the flag is common in the gay community, it stands as a symbol to the fetish community at large, regardless of sexual orientation.
	Master/Slave Pride Unveiled during the Master/Slave Conference on July 29, 2005, this flag was designed by Master Tallen of Washington, DC, USA. The black field has an indented white border on a black field. The vertical stripe is a universal symbol of dominance. The set of three horizontal red stripes is a universal symbol meaning passive of submissive. The flag was created to provide a universal symbol that represents the foundation of the Master/Slave relationship, and create a symbol of unity and pride.
	Ownership Pride Flag The Ownership Pride Flag was created by Tanos in the United Kingdom in 2006, as part of the Ownership Icons. The black and white striped field represents the clear distinction between owners and property, as well as to represent the bars of a cage or jail cell on the uniforms of convicts sentenced to penal servitude. The charge features a red shield, with a thick circle, representing the collar, and owned submissives and slaves.
	Boi / Boy Pride Flag The boy pride flag made it's debut at Mid-Atlantic Leather 1998 in the United States, by creator Keith P., who got the idea after meeting Tony DeBlase, the creator of the Leather Pride Flag. The design was based on the leather pride flag, equal number of stripes, but they are diagonal from left to right, left higher symbolizing the Sir, and the right lower representing the boy. The heart was moved to the right to show where the boys heart is. and the blue changed to green to represent boy.
	Switch Pride Flag The switch pride flag was designed in January 2009 by an unknown person in Washington, DC. Though the flag was intended as a first draught, it has already been used in pride parades in the US. The flag is an obvious derivation on the Leather Pride flag (above) with the heart moved to the charge of the flag, and red arrows to represent the role of the Switch.
	Bear Pride Designed by Craig Byrnes, this flag was elected as the official Bear Pride flag at the 1995 CBB "Bears of Summer" event. The bars of the flag represent each colour of [human] fur bears might have, regardless of race or creed. The bear claw in the canton of the flag is without claws intentionally.
	Rubber Pride Flag / Latex Pride Flag The international Rubber Flag was designed by Peter Tolos and Scott Moats in 1994 as a means to identifying like-minded rubberists. The design reflects the sensory, sensual, and mental passion for rubber: Black - our lust for the look and feel for shiny black rubber. Red - our blood passion for rubber and rubberists. Yellow - our drive for intense rubber play and fantasies. The chevron represents the kink enjoyed by many rubberists.
	Bootblack Pride Flag The bootblack flag was designed and created by Jesse “Spanky” Penley from Kansas City, Kansas, USA. The flag premiered at International LeatherSir/ International Leatherboy weekend in Atlanta, GA on Oct 6th, 2005. Using the Leather Pride colors, he used a diagonal stripe to differentiate from the leather pride flag. The flag only uses three stripes, two blue, and one white. The width of the stripes, signify the wide range of people who are, and appreciate boot blacks. The unisex boot, stands for the non-gender specific nature of boot blacking. The large red heart positioned behind the boot, signifies the heart that the bootblack puts behind his or her boots.
	Boot Fetishists Flag This boot fetishists flag is less-widely accepted than the one pictured above. It is a derivation of the Leather Pride flag, with the red heart removed from the canton, and a black boot featured in the charge. The origin of this flag is unknown.
	Puppy Pride Flag / Dog Play Pride While I have not been able to locate the creator or debut date of this flag, I recall reading the lines were a tribute to the leather pride flag (above), with the colours representing different colours of dog fur. If you have information regarding the source of this flag, please contact me.
	Puppy Pride Flag / Dog Play Pride This version of the Puppy Pride flag was created by 'Nipper', who submitted it to a Yahoo! Group, "PupOut!". This flag was voted by 300+ members as the best choice. The flag featured the same black, blue, and white lines as the leather flag (above), but the red heart in the canton has been replaced by a paw print.
	Puppy Pride Flag / Dog Play Pride This is another puppy pride flag which is commonly found. The flag featured the same black, blue, and white lines as the leather flag (above), but the red heart in the canton has been replaced by a canine head (which appears to be a great dane.) The origin of this flag is unknown, but if you have information regarding it's source, please contact me.
	Puppy Pride Flag / Dog Play Pride This is yet another puppy pride flag which is commonly found. The flag featured the same black, blue, and white lines as the leather flag (above), but the red heart in the canton has been replaced by a large red bone in the charge. The origin of this flag is unknown, but if you have information regarding it's source, please contact me. (Much like real canines, getting a general consenus among this fetish community to choose a single flag to stand above the others to represent them has been... difficult.)
	Furry Pride (Canine) This flag represents the "furry" canine community; (also sometimes referred to as Yiffy, Anthro or Morph communitiy.) The origin of this flag, or the specifics of it's symbolic meaning is unknown. The acceptance of this flag by the community of this fetish group could not be verified.
	Furry Pride (Canine) This simple flag also represents the "furry" canine community; (also sometimes referred to as Yiffy, Anthro or Morph communitiy.) The origin of this flag, and it's acceptance by the community could not be verified.
	Furry Pride (Feline) / Kitten Pride This flag represents the "furry" feiline community; (also sometimes referred to as Yiffy, Anthro or Morph communitiy.) The pale blue at the top of the field is meant to represent the male gender; the pink in the center of the field is meant to represent the female gender, and the pale purple at the bottom of the field is meant to represent the transgendered. The center of the field is a feline paw print, representing feline anthropormorphism across all gender boundaries. The flag was designed by 'Ponygirl Linsey', and was posted on ponyplay.org, a furry community based in Florida, USA.
	Pony Pride Flag The pony pride flag was created by Carrie, (a.k.a. Mystic Storm), who presented the flag to the crowd at the Florida Fetish Weekend in October of 2007. The black field represents a tie to the leather community; the white bar represents the true/pure inner spirit within each pony. The blue line across the centre represents the ponies who strive to exceed at their craft, as well as the competition aspects of pony play; it's also a nod to denim, for all the cowboys and cowgirls who love their ponies. The green circle represents the grass and nature of a horse's environment, and the overlaying shoes represent the pony in it's natural environment, and the unification of all ponies.
	Cowboy Pride Flag This (leather) cowboy fetish flag was intended to give a symbol to the cowboy fetish community, and was designed by Sean Campbell in 2001. Sean is the same artist who designed the Lesbian and Transgender pride flags above.
	Cowboy Gay Pride Flag Prior to Sean Campbell's design, Frank Harrell (a.k.a. Cowboy Frank) designed a symbol for the gay cowboy fetishist community in March of 1998, which is more widely recognized as the 'official' symbol of the cowboy community. His design featured a cowboy hat image in the canton of the gay pride rainbow. Because the image of a cowboy hat could not be produced as a flag without screen printing, I contacted Frank, and he sanctioned the "true flag" version, shown here. An etymology of the flag can be found here.
	Foot/Feet Fetishist Pride Flag The foot fetishist pride flag is a black field with white footprints in the charge, and a woven red and blue border. The origin of this flag, or it's meaning are unclear. If you have information regarding it's creation, please contact me.
	Fat Fetishism The fat fetishism flag is a horizontally striped field, with five equally spaced stripes. From top to bottom: black, pink (strawberry) [E0167F], cream (french vanilla) [FFF9BD], brown (chocolate) [604043], and black again. The colours are a play on neopolitan ice cream, each colour representing a distinct aspect of the fetish. Created by Kevin Seguin, (also known as 'The Cosmopolitan',) as a symbol of the fat fetishism community, who describes the flag's entomology in great depth. View the full description and symbology by clicking here.
	Gasmask Fetish Pride Flag The gasmask pride flag is of my own creation. The field is a tribute to the leather pride flag, but the lines have been angled to represent the airflow variations of gasmasks. The change of the flag is a red and black gasmask symbol.
	Gothic Sexuality Pride Flag The gothic sexuality pride flag came about as an evolution of a symbol which was established by Erik Dunesque of London, England established in 1990 for people interested in the gothic sex scene to identify each other easily. The symbol is the Eye of Horus, reversed, and is in the charge of the flag in purple, representing funereal colours. The black field represents the night, and the dark sensuality of gothic sexuality.
	Gay Gothic Sexuality Pride Flag The gay gothic sexuality pride flag is an obvious derivation of the original 1990 version (above) for the gay community interested in gothic sexuality. Other versions of the gay pride version show the rainbow reversed, with purple at the top, as a nod to the original purple design of the flag.
	Longhaired Fetish Pride Flag The longhaired fetish pride flag is my own creation, presented to the longhaired community on 20 April, 2009. While there were symbols for the longhaired community, none of them could be translated into actual fabric flags, and I felt it was time to have a symbol which was meaningful to those in the longhaired community, but which had no particular meaning to others. The field is striped in red, purple and blue, and has a circular shape at the top of the charge, (representing the top of a head,) and expanding strands of colour coming downward, in the various colours of hair which exist in all creeds and races of people. See the complete etymology here.
	Skinhead Fetish Pride Flag The gay skinhead pride flag was created for the 10th anniversary of FENIX Global Skin Movement in an effort to unite skins behind one symbol. Designed by SkinDavid and Shadowskin in 2006 in Antwerp, Belgium. The laurel wreath is meant to represent the unity and brotherhood of the skin movement.
	Skinhead Fetish Pride Flag The gay skinhead community often battle the stereotype of racist and neo-nazi skinheads. The gay skinhead culture is generally not racially biased in any way. The flag's specific origin is unclear, but is a modified version of the gay pride rainbow, with a skinhead outline in the charge and a boot in the fly.
	Freak Pride Flag The freak pride flag was created by Mitchel McAllister in 2004, where it debuted on the now defunct "Freak Farm" website. Designed to unite fetishists into tattoos, piercings, and body modifications, as well as unique or strange outward appearances and fetish wear, the 11 barred field contains six colours, mirrored from the centre: Black symbolizes change and strength; dark blue represents all fetish gear; maroon for the blood and bonds of body modification; dark goldenrod for the courage to be unique and one's self; grey for the metal worn by the pierced; white represents the purity in purpose. The canton is reversed to represent the journey away from the mainstream, and the kinky aspects of the community.
	The Military Uniform Fetish Flag This flag has been appearing on the internet for a few years on personal webpages, as well as in fetish communities. The creator is unknown.
	Chav Fetish Pride Flag Chavs, or Charvers, are somewhat specific to the English culture. The flag is a recreation of the Burberry brand tartan pattern, which is a brand name of clothing commonly associated with the chav sub-culture. This flag was seen first in the London Gay Pride of 2008.
	Feather Pride - Drag Pride The feather pride flag was designed as a symbol for the Drag community, which encompasses people of all sexual preferences who are into Drag Queens, Fancy Kings, their courts, and other fetishes. The phoenix which the gay community has embraces for it's own as a symbol of rebirth, it is symbolic display here for the fires of passion which the drag community had in the early days of HIV/AID epidemic, raising funds for research within the gay community. The flag was created by artist Sean Campbell in 1999 and first national use as an graphic element for a pride edition in GLT Magazine.

While I have tried to encompass as many pride flags as I could, this does not mean that this is the definitive list of flags. The flags represented here are the most commonly recognized and identifiable flags. If you know of a flag which is not on this page, but which you feel should be added to the list, please let me know by clicking here.

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