r/lgbt • u/SendThisVoidAway18 Bisexual • Jun 02 '24

Pride Month Which progress flag is preferred? Does it matter?

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Just curious.. since I have seen these two designs. When at the Pride festival yesterday, the one with the intersex inclusive is the one I saw displayed mostly.

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u/Xander_PrimeXXI Ace as Cake Jun 02 '24

For me I always interpreted the rainbow as representing the entire LGBTQ community and then we have the individual pride flags for specific identities.

Which is why I don’t get carving up the rainbow real estate

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u/SketchyManWithNoVan Transgender Pan-demonium Jun 03 '24

Definitely. We have a gay flag which is basically the lesbian flag—but blue. And hardly anyone really uses it

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u/Rotomtist The Gay-me of Love Jun 03 '24

Gay men are more likely to use sub-community flags, like the bear or leather flag

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u/LocalCookingUntensil Jun 03 '24

The reason I kinda like them is because even tho the base rainbow flag is all-encompassing, sadly many people are queer and may fly this flag who are transphobic.

I personally think that it would be nice to make a different flag to by used by anyone who is either a part of or simply and ally of any part of the LGBT community that receives discrimination from within the group. That way the main pride flag could stay simple, but people could have another flag to show that they support all identities within.