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If you don't know at least half of these, it's a red flag.

I Seriously Doubt You Can Correctly Identify More Than 3/12 Of These Pride Flags

Philadelphia Pride Flag with six coloured stripes and an extra black and brown stripe

For instance, the above flag is the Philadelphia Pride Flag, created in 2017 to incorporate black and brown stripes representing LGBTQ people of colour!

different pride flags in three rows of four

Of course, it's the [six stripe Philadelphia Pride Flag](https://www.hrc.org/resources/lgbtq-pride-flags), only with another flag on top representing queer people of colour and the trans community! The design was created by Daniel Quasar in 2018. The black stripe is also a nod to the thousands of people who died during the HIV/AIDS crisis in 1980s and '90s.

Let's start easy, click on the Progress Pride Flag:

Yep, it's the pink, blue, and white one! The Transgender Flag was [created by Monica Helms](https://www.military.com/history/how-navy-veteran-monica-helms-created-transgender-pride-flag.html) in 1999. The light pink and blue are colours associated with baby boys and girls, meanwhile the white signifies neutrality.

Click on the Transgender Flag:

The enby flag contains yellow, white, purple, and black, [which respectively symbolise](https://queencitypride.ca/banner-project/) people whose gender falls outside of the binary, people with many/all genders, people whose gender identity is somewhere between male and female or is a mix, and people who are without a gender. The flag was created in 2014 by Kyle Rowan.

Click on the Non-Binary Flag:

Created online in 2012, the [Polysexual Pride Flag](https://www.hrc.org/resources/lgbtq-pride-flags) is for people who are attracted to multiple, but not all, genders. The blue stripe stands for attraction to men, pink represents attraction to women, and green is for attraction to those outside of the binary.

How about the Polysexual Pride Flag, do you know it?

Yep, the [Pansexual Flag came about](https://queerintheworld.com/pansexual-pride-flag/) in 2010 in order to help distinguish the group from bisexuals. Pan folk – who are attracted to people regardless of their gender identity – are represented by a pink stripe (attraction to those who identify as female), a yellow stripe (attraction to those who identify anywhere on the gender spectrum and beyond), and a blue stripe (attraction to those who identify as male).

And the Pansexual Flag, which is it?

Speaking of bisexuals, their flag boasts a large pink and blue stripe, and a smaller purple stripe in the middle. It was [designed by LGBTQ activist](https://www.pride.com/bisexual/2015/5/15/6-facts-you-never-knew-about-bisexual-flag-yes-there-one) Michael Page in 1998, who used pink and blue as the traditional poles of the normative gender binary. These overlap to create purple, signifying an attraction to both genders.

Do you know the Bisexual Pride Flag?

Yep, who knew there was [another flag for gay men](https://queerintheworld.com/gay-mens-pride-flag/) which uses stripes of green, white, blue, and purple?! An earlier version of this flag used blue tones only, but it was changed to incorporate different colours, which acknowledge transgender, intersex, and gender non-conforming men.

Can you guess the Gay Men's Pride Flag?

At the Austin International Drag Festival in 2016, [drag queen Veranda L'Ni](http://www.dragpride.com/dragprideflag) won a contest to create the official flag of drag. The purple represents a passion for drag, the white represents the blank slate you begin with when getting into drag, the blue stands for self expression and loyalty, the crown represents leadership in the community, and stars are for the many forms of drag. This flag replaces the Feather Pride Flag created by Sean Campbell in 1999.

And the Drag Pride Flag?

The [Asexual Pride Flag](https://grpride.org/product/asexual-pride-flag/) came about in 2010 after a period of debate on how to best represent those who lack sexual attraction. The flag consists of four stripes, black denoting asexuality, grey denoting the grey-area between sexual and asexual, white symbolising non-asexual partners and allies, and purple signifying the community.

What about the Asexual Pride Flag, which one is it?

The [Genderqueer Flag (my flag!)](https://genderqueerid.com/about-flag) was created by Marilyn Roxie in 2011, and represents androgyny in the lavender strip, agender folk in the white strip, and those identities are defined outside of a binary are represented by the green.

Click on the Genderqueer Flag:

The Intersex Flag uses [the gender neutral colours](https://queerintheworld.com/intersex-pride-flag/) of yellow and purple, and was created in 2013 by the co-chair of Intersex Human Rights Australia, Morgan Carpenter. The circle symbolises wholeness and completeness.

And the Intersex Flag:

Tony DeBlase [designed this flag in 1989](https://www.rd.com/list/lgbtq-flags/) for Chicago's International Mr. Leather celebration, and to mark the 20th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. Originally symbolising the gay leather subculture, it has now become a representative for kink, especially the BDSM and fetish community. DeBlase wanted to leave the design up to people's interpretation.

Finally, do you know the Leather Pride Flag?

I expect you guessed the main flags and not much else. Don't worry though, you can still come to pride!

Oh dear!

You knew some of these, but a few of them slipped by you. Don't worry though, you can still come to pride!

Almost!

Hello!! Look at you, you know your flags and the LGBTQ+ community inside out! <3

Jonathan Van Ness screaming happily on Queer Eye

Congrats!

It's a red flag if you don't know at least half of these.

If You Can't Identify 10/12 Of These LGBTQ+ Flags Then No Pride For You

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I Seriously Doubt You Can Correctly Identify More Than 3/12 Of These Pride Flags

Since Gilbert Baker created the first Pride flag in 1978, the design has undergone a lot of changes and even birthed some new, more specific flags.

The question is, how many Pride flags do you actually know the meaning of? Let's find out!

Looking for more ways to get involved? Check out all of BuzzFeed's posts celebrating Pride 2023.

I Seriously Doubt You Can Correctly Identify More Than 3/12 Of These Pride Flags

Since Gilbert Baker created the first Pride flag in 1978, the design has undergone a lot of changes and even birthed some new, more specific flags.

The question is, how many Pride flags do you actually know the meaning of? Let's find out!

Looking for more ways to get involved? Check out all of BuzzFeed's posts celebrating Pride 2023.

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