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The '''non-binary flag''' is a [[pride flag]] that represents the [[non-binary]] community. It was designed by Kye Rowan in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Brief History of the Evolution of the Pride Flag |url=https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/ATD%20PIO/Smart%20Mobility/Pride%20Flag%20Update%2005.26.22.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240630174705/https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/ATD%20PIO/Smart%20Mobility/Pride%20Flag%20Update%2005.26.22.pdf |archive-date=2024-06-30 |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=austintexas.gov}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Shotwell |first=Alyssa |date=2022-05-31 |title=The History & Meaning Behind the Nonbinary Flag Design |url=https://www.themarysue.com/nonbinary-flag-colors-design-explained/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016201844/https://www.themarysue.com/nonbinary-flag-colors-design-explained/ |archive-date=2023-10-16 |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=The Mary Sue |language=en}}</ref>
The non-binary flag consists of four equally-sized horizontal bars: yellow, white, purple, and black. There is no official or agreed-upon [[Aspect ratio|proportion]] (the images in this article are 2:3).
Kye Rowan created the pride flag for non-binary people in February 2014 to represent people with genders beyond the [[Gender binary|male/female binary]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-27 |title=Resources for the non-binary community |url=https://www.akt.org.uk/resources/resources-for-the-non-binary-community/ |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=[[Akt (charity)|Akt]] |language=en}}</ref> The yellow stripe represents people outside the [[cisgender]] binary. The white stripe represents people with multiple genders. The purple stripe represents people who identify as a blend of male and female. The black stripe represents [[agender]] people, who feel they do not have a gender.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-19 |title=2SLGBTQ+ community flags and what they stand for |url=https://hamiltoncitymagazine.ca/2slgbtq-community-flags-and-what-they-stand-for/ |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=Hamilton City Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>▼
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The design of both the genderqueer flag and the nonbinary flag include the colour lavender (purple) in reference to [[LGBT history|LGBTQ+ history]]. The word [[Lavender (color)|lavender]] had long been used to refer to the gay community. A 1935 dictionary of slang included the phrase "a streak of lavender" meaning a person who was regarded as effeminate. A different-gender marriage where both parties were assumed to be gay was called a [[lavender marriage]]. The [[Lavender Scare]] was a moral panic in the mid-20th century, where [[LGBT community|LGBT+ people]] were dismissed ''en masse'' from their jobs with the United States government. Expressions used by the LGBT+ community are sometimes referred to as [[lavender linguistics]].<ref name=":0" /
== History ==
{| class="wikitable"
!
! colspan="2" |Original design
! colspan="2" |Later design
|-
!
!Hex triplet
!Color
!Hex triplet
!Color
|-
|Yellow
|<code>#FFF433</code>
|style="background:#FFF433" title="#FFF433" width=60px|
|<code>#FFF433</code>
|style="background:#FFF433" title="#FFF433" width=60px|
|-
|White
|<code>#FFFFFF</code>
|style="background:#FFFFFF" title="#FFFFFF" width=60px|
|<code>#FFF8E7</code>
|style="background:#FFF8E7" title="#FFF8E7" width=60px|
|-
|Purple
|<code>#9B59D0</code>
|style="background:#9B59D0" title="#9B59D0" width=60px|
|<code>#9B59D0</code>
|style="background:#9B59D0" title="#9B59D0" width=60px|
|-
|Black
|<code>#2D2D2D</code>
|style="background:#2D2D2D" title="#2D2D2D" width=60px|
|<code>#2D2D2D</code>
|style="background:#2D2D2D" title="#2D2D2D" width=60px|
|}During [[Eurovision Song Contest 2024|Eurovision 2024]], the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] singer [[Nemo (singer)|Nemo]], who came in first place, [[Eurovision Song Contest 2024#Enforcement of flag policy|sneaked a non-binary flag]] into the opening ceremony. Nemo later said "I had to sneak in the flag of my non-binary gender because Eurovision told me I couldn't take it out."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Català |first=Elisenda Forés |date=2024-05-17 |title=Nemo criticizes Eurovision after his victory: "I had to sneak in the flag of my non-binary gender" |url=https://en.ara.cat/misc/nemo-criticizes-eurovision-after-his-victory-had-to-sneak-in-the-flag-of-my-non-binary-gender_1_5032425.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628045301/https://en.ara.cat/misc/nemo-criticizes-eurovision-after-his-victory-had-to-sneak-in-the-flag-of-my-non-binary-gender_1_5032425.html |archive-date=2024-06-28 |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=Ara in English |publication-place=[[Catalonia]] }}</ref> Despite banning the non-binary flag, Eurovision's official [[Instagram]] account posted an image of the flag after the contest.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ragozhina |first=Nadia |date=2024-05-13 |title=Eurovision song contest: EU lodges official complaint over flag ban |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw4dd9lzx02o |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628050532/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw4dd9lzx02o |archive-date=2024-06-28 |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=[[BBC]] }}</ref>
== Emoji ==
Due to the [[Unicode Consortium]] having a
== References ==
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[[Category:Flags introduced in 2014]]
[[Category:Non-binary gender|flag]]
[[Category:Horizontally symmetrical flags]]
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