each color seems a little more distinct, whereas the colors of the first flag are very similar to each other.Īs for the meaning of the flag, it’s inspired by the creator’s research into queer history, their and other people’s experiences as gay men, and gilbert baker’s flag. the green stripes are more green than green-blue, and the blue stripes are slightly different shades. The changes made, color-wise, are subtle enough that i still see people thinking they’re the same flag made by the same person. In 2019, someone (gayflagblog) decided to alter the flag that ask-pride-color-schemes made in order to address some of the issues people had with it, such as no meanings being attributed to it, and the assumption that it was just “lesbian flag but blue for boys”. The pride flag account pointed out that the colors of the bear flag might be too associated with bears for that to work, and that purple/blue in that set up was already being used as a butch lesbian flag, so they made a green/blue one instead. they suggested since the lesbian flag (at the time) was the lipstick lesbian flag without the lips, maybe the gay flag could be the bear flag without the paw.Īnother suggestion was to use the same set up as the lipstick lesbian flag (seven stripes with white in the middle). In 2016, someone messaged a pride flag tumblr account (ask-pride-color-schemes) about what the gay/mlm flag could be.
