Yes, the original Rainbow Pride Flag is here for us all, but I think it’s wonderful that people are putting such specific, creative wordsmithing into naming their experience, and that they’re also celebrating our diversity and insisting on wonderful, colorful plurality. It’s inspiring, honestly. It also confuses me when people are like “you just wanna feels special,” or “you’re just making stuff up, now.” Buddy – I’ve got bad news for you about…words. And language. And pretty much 95% of human culture. Things mean what we decide they mean! And to me, it’s so refreshing to see queer people making so many bold, bright, beautiful declarations of who they are. There is a reason the rainbow was the choice for our community – each color represents a different aspect of begin gay, but it also emphasizes that there’s so many ways to be gay, and that we must always embrace and celebrate our uniqueness.
So, I decided to make a post with all the pride flags I’ve found that could apply to me! Some of them are more accurate than others, but these are all flags I’ve identified with at some point.
Can’t beat a classic!
Oh wait, you totes can. I love how this emphasizes our community’s diversity and challenges us to maintain our commitment intersectionality and listening to the people of color in our ranks.
I identified as bisexual in college, when I was first figuring things out! I still feel fine being called bi…I just think there’s other terms that are more specific for me!
For a while I identified as polysexual, but I never really felt like it was a perfect fit, and also it seemed easily confused with polyamorous (which I also am). Finally I settled on…
IT ME! 😀
OOOoooo so pretty and sparkly! 😀
From here on in, I’ll put them under a Readmore so that your dash isn’t dominated by an epic long post!
Firebird Scratches 