Finding Your Flag.
A Guide To Pride Flag's And What They Mean.
Published: April 2026 | The Smitten Society Proudly Smitten Blog
There are a lot of pride flags!
Like a LOT. And if you've ever found yourself looking at a sea of beautiful colours and thinking "I recognise about three of these" you are absolutely not alone. Even the most seasoned members of the community will occasionally spot a flag they haven't seen before.
And that's actually a beautiful thing. Because every new flag represents an identity that deserves to be seen, celebrated and carried with pride. Every colour tells a story. Every design represents real people living their real, authentic, brilliant lives.
So consider this your friendly, judgement-free guide to the flags of our community. Pull up a chair. You're going to learn something wonderful today.
Where Did Pride Flags Come From?
The original rainbow pride flag was designed by artist Gilbert Baker in 1978 created as a symbol of hope, unity and visibility for the LGBTQ+ community. Each colour carried meaning: Sexuality, life, healing, sunlight, nature, Art, harmony and spirit.
Since then the flag has evolved and multiplied as our understanding of identity has grown, so too has our need for flags that represent every beautiful variation of human experience. Today there are dozens of pride flags, each one a visual declaration of identity, community and belonging.
The Flags: Your Guide
The Rainbow Pride Flag The iconic. Six stripes of red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet representing the full spectrum of the LGBTQ+ community. Universal, inclusive and instantly recognisable worldwide.
The Progress Pride Flag An evolution of the original designed by Daniel Quasar in 2018 to be more explicitly inclusive. The chevron adds white, pink and blue for the trans community, plus brown and black stripes representing LGBTQ+ people of colour. Progress in both name and design.
The Transgender Pride Flag Five horizontal stripes: light blue, pink and white. Blue representing boys, pink representing girls and white representing those transitioning, those with a non-binary identity and those who are intersex. Created by trans woman Monica Helms in 1999.
The Bisexual Pride Flag Three stripes: pink, lavender and blue. Pink representing same-gender attraction, blue representing different-gender attraction and lavender representing attraction to both. Designed by Michael Page in 1998 to give bisexual people greater visibility within the community.
The Lesbian Pride Flag A gradient of dark orange to white to pink, representing gender non-conformity, independence, community, unique relationships with womanhood, serenity and peace, love and sex and femininity. Beautiful, warm and increasingly visible.
The Pansexual Pride Flag Pink, yellow and cyan. Representing attraction to women, non-binary people and men respectively. A flag that celebrates love without limits and attraction without boundaries.
The Non-Binary Pride Flag Yellow, white, purple and black. Yellow representing gender outside the binary, white representing all genders, purple representing mixed genders and black representing agender identity. Created by Kye Rowan in 2014.
The Asexual Pride Flag Black, grey, white and purple; representing asexuality, the grey area between sexual and asexual, non-asexual partners and allies, and the asexual community respectively. A flag for people whose experience of attraction exists beyond the conventional.
The Genderfluid Pride Flag Pink, white, purple, black and blue; representing femininity, all genders, both masculinity and femininity, lack of gender and masculinity. For those whose gender identity moves and shifts beautifully over time.
The Intersex Pride Flag A yellow background with a purple circle; representing wholeness and completeness. Created by Organisation Intersex International Australia in 2013 to represent people born with variations in sex characteristics.
The Aromantic Pride Flag Green, light green, white, grey and black; representing the aromantic spectrum, the aromantic community, the sexual spectrum and sexuality respectively. For those who experience little or no romantic attraction.
The Demisexual Pride Flag Black, white, purple and grey; representing asexuality, sexuality, community and the grey area in between. For those who only experience sexual attraction after forming a deep emotional bond.
Our Flags. Always Evolving, Always Growing
One of the most beautiful things about our community is that it never stands still.
Pride and identity are living, breathing, evolving experiences and our flags reflect that. New flags emerge as new identities find their voice and their visibility. Designs evolve as our understanding of ourselves deepens. The conversation around identity is richer, more nuanced and more expansive today than it was five years ago and it'll be richer still in five years time.
That's not confusion. That's growth. And it's something worth celebrating.
At The Smitten Society we're committed to growing alongside this community, not just observing it from a distance but genuinely evolving with it. As new flags emerge, as new identities find their voice and as our community expands and deepens so do we. New designs, new flags, new products and new conversations. Always.
💜 Why Flags Matter
A pride flag isn't just a design. It isn't just colours on fabric or ink on card. It's a declaration. It's visibility. It's the feeling of seeing yourself represented in the world around you perhaps for the very first time.
For many people in our community finding their flag is a genuinely profound moment. A moment of recognition. Of "that's me. That exists. I exist."
And that matters more than words can really express.
Carry Your Flag Everywhere
At The Smitten Society we believe every flag deserves to be carried with pride, literally. Our Proudly Smitten collection includes pride badges, metal pride membership cards and more across every flag in our community.
Because; small badge. Loud message.
Can't find your specific flag in our collection? Drop us a message we can often create custom designs to match your identity. No flag left behind.
Browse the full Proudly Smitten collection at www.smittensociety.com
We Want To Hear From You
Is there a pride flag you love that we haven't mentioned here? A flag that represents your identity or someone you love that deserves more visibility? A new design you've recently discovered that stopped you in your tracks?
Tell us in the comments below!
Every flag shared, every identity named and every conversation started in this community helps us grow. And growing together is the whole point.
Your pride evolves. So do we.
With love and pride always, The Smitten Society.
Personalised. Unique. A Little Bit Naughty.
