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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 at age 17.<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 |website=austintexas.gov}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=|date=January 2024}}
 
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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 - Hamilton City Magazine |url=https://hamiltoncitymagazine.ca/2slgbtq-community-flags-and-what-they-stand-for/ |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=Hamilton City Magazine - Hamilton lifestyle magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>
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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/ |access-date=2023-10-16 |language=en}}</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/ |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=The Mary Sue |language=en}}</ref>
 
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]] (although some of these expressions were derived from [[African-American Vernacular English|African American Vernacular English, or AAVE]]).<ref name=":0" />
 
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