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Line 10: 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> ~~== Design ==~~ 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). The yellow stripe represents people outside the [[~~cisgender]]~~gender binary]]. The white stripe represents people with multiple genders. The purple stripe represents people who identify specifically 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/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20231016201846/https://hamiltoncitymagazine.ca/2slgbtq-community-flags-and-what-they-stand-for/ \|archive-date=2023-10-16 \|access-date=2023-10-16 \|website=Hamilton City Magazine \|language=en-US}}</ref~~><gallery~~> File:Nonbinary flag (coloured cosmic latte).svg\|Alternate version later proposed by Kye Rowan, which uses [[Cosmic latte]] instead of plain white.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=thejasmineelf-blog \|title=genderweird \|url=https://thejasmineelf-blog.tumblr.com/flagfaq \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240623160705/https://thejasmineelf-blog.tumblr.com/flagfaq \|archive-date=2024-06-23 \|access-date=2024-06-21}}</ref> ~~</gallery>~~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 == 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/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240113165408/https://www.akt.org.uk/web/20240113165408/https://www.akt.org.uk/resources/resources-for-the-non-binary-community/ \|archive-date=2024-01-13 \|access-date=2024-01-13 \|website=[[Akt (charity)\|Akt]] \|language=en}}</ref> The flag was not intended to replace the [[genderqueer flag]], which was created by Marilyn Roxie in 2011, but to be flown alongside it, and many believe it was intended to represent people who did not feel adequately represented by the genderqueer flag.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Miller \|first=Cecilia \|date=2021-11-10 \|title=What Is The Non-Binary Pride Flag, And What Does It Stand For? \|url=https://queerintheworld.com/non-binary-pride-flag/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20231016201845/https://queerintheworld.com/non-binary-pride-flag/ \|archive-date=2023-10-16 \|access-date=2023-10-16 \|website=Queer in the World \|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> The second stripe was initially plain white, but Rowan later proposed that it be the shade [[cosmic latte]].<ref>{{Cite web \|last=thejasmineelf-blog \|title=genderweird \|url=https://thejasmineelf-blog.tumblr.com/flagfaq \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240623160705/https://thejasmineelf-blog.tumblr.com/flagfaq \|archive-date=2024-06-23 \|access-date=2024-06-21}}</ref> {\| class="wikitable" ! The flag was not intended to replace the [[genderqueer flag]], which was created by Marilyn Roxie in 2011, but to be flown alongside it, and many believe it was intended to represent people who did not feel adequately represented by the genderqueer flag.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Miller \|first=Cecilia \|date=2021-11-10 \|title=What Is The Non-Binary Pride Flag, And What Does It Stand For? \|url=https://queerintheworld.com/non-binary-pride-flag/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20231016201845/https://queerintheworld.com/non-binary-pride-flag/ \|archive-date=2023-10-16 \|access-date=2023-10-16 \|website=Queer in the World \|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> ! colspan="2" \|Original design ! colspan="2" \|Later design 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>▼ \|- ! !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 [[blanket policy]] on not adding any additional flag [[emoji]]s, an emoji for the non-binary flag will not be added unless the flag policy is rescinded or modified.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2024-04-01 \|title=Guidelines for Submitting Unicode Emoji Proposals \|url=https://www.unicode.org/emoji/proposals.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240628204147/http://unicode.org/emoji/proposals.html \|archive-date=2024-06-28 \|access-date=2024-06-28 \|website=[[Unicode]]}}</ref> A [[blog]] post by the Unicode Consortium in 2022 recommended using different coloured heart emojis as an alternative (''{{Abbr\|eg\|for example}}'': 💛🤍💜🖤), though using squares or circles is equally-common (''{{Abbr\|eg\|for example}}'': 🟨⬜🟪⬛, 🟡⚪🟣⚫).<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Jennifer \|first=Daniel \|date=2020-03-28 \|title=The Past and Future of Flag Emoji \|url=http://blog.unicode.org/2022/03/the-past-and-future-of-flag-emoji.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240628041540/http://blog.unicode.org/2022/03/the-past-and-future-of-flag-emoji.html \|archive-date=2024-06-28 \|access-date=2024-06-28 \|website=blog.unicode.org \|publisher=[[Unicode Consortium]]}}</ref> == References == Line 34 ⟶ 64: [[Category:Flags introduced in 2014]] [[Category:Non-binary gender\|flag]] [[Category:Horizontally symmetrical flags]]