Non-binary flag: Difference between revisions

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{{Infobox flag

| Name = Non-binary flag

| Image = LogoNonbinary for the Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaignflag.svg

| Adoption = 2014

| Design = Four equally-sized horizontal bars: yellow, white, purple, and black.

| Design = There are TWO genders!

| Designer = Kye Rowan

}}

{{LGBT symbols}}{{Contains special characters|emoticon}}

The '''non-binary flag''' is a [[pride flag]] that represents the [[non-binary]] mentally ill community (two genders). 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 [[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]] ill people.<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:0-3Nonbinary flaccidflag (coloured cosmic latte).jpgsvg|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" />