#progress trans flag

[describe-things]

I post these in the hopes that maybe someday nonbinary people who are not transmasculine or transfeminine or whatever the next Brand New Progressive This Time Gender Binary will be in the next five years will actually have our voices heard and respected by the rest of the trans community, instead of constantly being erased and told that we're the reason conservatives hate trans people.

It's May 2025. Pride month starts in 16 days. You'd think we wouldn't have to keep asking for the bare minimum level of inclusion in conversations that affect us, but you'd be wrong.

The only nonbinary people the trans community even remotely respects are transfeminine and transmasculine people, and even they don't even get real respect. But at least they get to have their existence acknowledged on posts claiming to be about uplifting the most invisible trans people.

But we're so invisible we don't even get the privilege of being mentioned in passing, even by the most seemingly progressive people talking about trans issues.

If you think saying "trans men and transmascs and trans women and transfems" is you including the entire trans community, you are admitting you only see nonbinary people as trans if we force ourselves back into the gender binary that makes you so comfortable.

It's May 15 2025, 16 days until Pride Month begins, and I just had to see someone respond to a post about not excluding nonbinary people by saying that nonbinary people who want to be included are, and I directly literally quote, "the reason grandpa can't keep up with all the different term changes."

So.

Before Pride Month actually gets here, how about everyone, cis women, cis men, trans women, trans men, transfems, transmascs, how about you all please just take five minutes to think about the nonbinary people who do not fit into any of those categories and please actually take the time to remind yourself that we exist, and do your part to not actively exclude us from the community we have always been apart of and always will.

Are you trying to talk about the whole trans community? You need to just flat out say "nonbinary people". Not "transfem and transmasc nonbinary people" they are already included when you say transfems and transmascs.

You need to actually care about those of us who have nothing to do with the gender binary. You need to acknowledge us. You need to care about us. You need to listen to us.

If you do not care enough to just say "nonbinary people" when you're claiming to support the entire trans community, please just actually think about why that is. Ask yourself why you think we don't need to be included.

Ask yourself why the only nonbinary people you'll even pretend to include are the ones who are willing to fit into the gender binary.

Please just actually try to care about the rest of us too.

You are encouraged to download these and share them to other sites / blogs as long as you copy and paste the image description too. Including the part describing the flag. You should always describe the pride flag involved in art instead of just listing the name. It will always be someone's first time encountering it.

[ID: The progress trans flag, with text in front reading, "You still have to include nonbinary people in the conversation even when we aren't transfeminine or transmasculine". The progress trans flag has eight horizontal stripes of: Purple, black, blue, pink, white, yellow, black, and brown. In the center is a gold circle with rings of purple and black around it. End ID.]

[ID: The same flag, now reading, "If the only trans people you stand up for are trans men, transmascs, trans women, and transfems...you're abandoning so many nonbinary people to fend for ourselves". End ID.]

[ID: The same flag, now reading, "If you can't even bring yourself to say the words 'nonbinary people' you have no right to say you care about all trans people". End ID.]

[ID: The same flag, now reading, "You have to care about all nonbinary people, not just the ones who are transmasculine or transfeminine". The words 'all nonbinary people' are underlined for emphasis. End ID.]

[ID: The same flag, now reading, "Nonbinary people should not have to force ourselves back into the closet just to get you to acknowledge our existence". End ID.]

[neopronouns-in-action]

So can we start calling this the progress trans flag and using this, or is that too radical a concept for people in 2023?

[ID: A version of the progress trans flag with eight horizontal stripes of: purple, black, blue, pink, white, yellow, black, and brown. In the center are concentric circles of black, dark purple, and gold. End ID.]

Explicitly include nonbinary and intersex people in the trans pride flag. Not just “including nonbinary people” as a single single white stripe for people with “neutral” genders that 99% of people don’t even know is for nonbinary people, and instead think is there to represent transitioning.

If you want support nonbinary people, one small step is to explicitly include us in the trans pride flag, and not just by lumping all of us together into a single “neutral” category that seems like it’s only there to separate the pink and blue stripes.

I’m tired of binary people, both cis and trans, promoting exorsexism and erasing and speaking over nonbinary people. If the pride flag can change to explicitly include and support trans people and people of color, then the trans flag can change too.

Being trans is not just for binary men and women. It’s not just for perisex people or white people. It’s 2023. How about we put the most erased parts of our community front and center in the trans community, and how about the rest of the trans community be proud to fight with us?

There are three main versions of this flag, with the most simplified version up top.

Symmetrical version:

[ID: Three versions of the trans progress pride flag, both with symetrical horizontal stripes of purple, black, blue, pink, yellow, white, yellow, pink, blue, black, and purple. The first version includes a brown sideways chevron, followed by a gold triangle of the intersex flag, with the dark purple circle in the center. The second version has a brown diamond in the center, with concentric circles of black, dark purple, and gold inside it. The third version has only the stripes. End ID.]

The white and yellow stripe on this six-striped version are reversed so that the white stripe, like the black, is easy to see against all background colors.

[ID: Two versions of the six-striped version of the trans progress pride flag, with stripes of purple, black, blue, pink, white, and yellow. The first version includes a brown sideways chevron, followed by a gold triangle of the intersex flag, with the purple circle in the center. The second version has a brown diamond in the center, with concentric circles of black, dark purple, and gold inside it. The third version has only the stripes. End ID.]

Here is the web archive link where you can download the HD versions of these flags, including the symbols:

“https://archive.org/details/progress-trans-flag”

Do not add images to this post unless they include a plain text image description in the body of the post directly below the image.

ALT text is not accessible for everyone who needs an image description. Plain text image descriptions are the most accessible option. That’s why I used an image description and not ALT text.

Please also do not suggest replacements or variations of this flag that leave out the black, white, purple, or yellow. They were all chosen for a reason. You can add other colors if you want, but removing the purple, yellow, black, or white is just as egregious as removing the blue or pink would be.

The black, white, yellow, and purple all represent forms of identity outside the binary. Combining the black and white into grey erases so many people and completely misunderstands the purpose of those stripes.

These are the baseline colors for the flag, you can customize them via less saturation, darkness, ect, when making art or using it for your own purposes. You do not need to color pick directly from this flag any time you use it.

Edit 12/10/23: go read this post too.

[rjalker]

And one version of the post with just the simplest version.

Here's the expanded post.

Here's the web archive link to download this flag, and the other versions, in HD.

The trans progress flag, created to explicitly include intersex people, nonbinary people, and people of color.

This flag is public domain because I created it and I said so. You are allowed to do anything you want with it, including sell things you make with it.

The only thing I ask is that if you share it to other sites or repost it, copy and paste the image description I am including below.

[ID: The trans progress flag, with stripes of purple, black, blue, pink, white, yellow, black, and brown. In the center are concentric circles of black, purple, and gold. End ID.]

These are the baseline colors for the flag. You are under zero obligation to color pick directly from here when making art or crafts.

Do not add undescribed images to this post. If you are going to add images, they must include a plain-text image description in the body of the post. ALT text is not accessible to everyone who needs an image description.

[phoebeebies]

Happy Pride Month! 💖🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Here's all the medieval pride flag personas I've drawn over the past year, I have some more in the works so keep an eye out hehe

[puppyubus]

Lesbian progress flag thing

[runeehyst]

Whale Shark Pride pt.1 🐳🏳️‍🌈

[silveredcircuitry]

a Progress Flag version of the Mad Science Pride Flag for pride month! now featuring oil black, chemical bottle brown, and stained labcoat white

Other flags and all the stripes to make your own below

all flags and colourbars in this post are free for anyone to use for anything as long as it is not hateful, and ideally with credit.

[utter-dismae]

Happy Pride Month!!!

something I made for pride month a year ago that I'm still genuinely proud of!

like I drew Vector correctly, that's a flex to any Sonic artist lmao

(((also this features my headcanons for everyone based on what flag their holding shfsdfhsjd)))

[katetorias]

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 happy pride month! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

as usual every year we try to make something Miku themed for pride. This year we redid the stickers from last year! this batch includes both the original collection and the updated ones (minus the disability flags). We also set up sticker sheets for both the Classic pride flags, and the less known ones.

http://katetorias.printify.me

Please consider grabbing a sticker!! It would help us so much, especially since we have a trip to visit our fiancé later this month.

happy pride!! 🩷❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

[morning-st48]

What do you think of the first design?! come check it out:

[summerstar135]

I'm on etsy now! You can now buy my space keychains and my soon-to-be-increasing stock of stickers here!

[candycornstudios]

I refuse to celebrate the fascist nation that continues to let down its POC, queer, trans, disabled, and indigenous citizens to this day.

Also I have good news. I finally got hired again and started yesterday. I will try to get the commissions done as soon as possible despite no longer having unlimited free time.

(also yes I know she's British lmfao do you have any idea how much fan art of anything in general on the internet breaks canon? It's more common than you think, so who cares )

[rjalker]

Remaking this on the correct blog this time so I can actually get notifications. I posted it to @neopronouns-in-action by accident the first time, and that blog is meant to just be the short stories. So there's two of this post now and IDC.

Here is a version of this post with only the most simplified version of the flag.

So can we start calling this the progress trans flag and using this, or is that too radical a concept for people in 2023?

[ID: A version of the progress trans flag with eight horizontal stripes of: purple, black, blue, pink, white, yellow, black, and brown. In the center are concentric circles of black, dark purple, and gold. End ID.]

Explicitly include nonbinary and intersex people in the trans pride flag. Not just "including nonbinary people" as a single single white stripe for people with "neutral" genders that 99% of people don't even know is for nonbinary people, and instead think is there to represent transitioning.

If you want support nonbinary people, one small step is to explicitly include us in the trans pride flag, and not just by lumping all of us together into a single "neutral" category that seems like it's only there to separate the pink and blue stripes.

I'm tired of binary people, both cis and trans, promoting exorsexism and erasing and speaking over nonbinary people. If the pride flag can change to explicitly include and support trans people and people of color, then the trans flag can change too.

Being trans is not just for binary men and women. It's not just for perisex people or white people. It's 2023. How about we put the most erased parts of our community front and center in the trans community, and how about the rest of the trans community be proud to fight with us?

There are three main versions of this flag, with the most simplified version up top.

Symetrical version:

[ID: Three versions of the trans progress pride flag, both with symetrical horizontal stripes of purple, black, blue, pink, yellow, white, yellow, pink, blue, black, and purple. The first version includes a brown sideways chevron, followed by a gold triangle of the intersex flag, with the dark purple circle in the center. The second version has a brown diamond in the center, with concentric circles of black, dark purple, and gold inside it. The third version has only the stripes. End ID.]

The white and yellow stripe on this six-striped version are reversed so that the white stripe, like the black, is easy to see against all background colors.

[ID: Two versions of the six-striped version of the trans progress pride flag, with stripes of purple, black, blue, pink, white, and yellow. The first version includes a brown sideways chevron, followed by a gold triangle of the intersex flag, with the purple circle in the center. The second version has a brown diamond in the center, with concentric circles of black, dark purple, and gold inside it. The third version has only the stripes. End ID.]

Here is the web archive link where you can download the HD versions of these flags, including the symbols:

"https://archive.org/details/progress-trans-flag"

Do not add images to this post unless they include a plain text image description in the body of the post directly below the image.

ALT text is not accessible for everyone who needs an image description. Plain text image descriptions are the most accessible option. That's why I used an image description and not ALT text.

Please also do not suggest replacements or variations of this flag that leave out the black, white, purple, or yellow. They were all chosen for a reason. You can add other colors if you want, but removing the purple, yellow, black, or white is just as egregious as removing the blue or pink would be.

The black, white, yellow, and purple all represent forms of identity outside the binary. Combining the black and white into grey erases so many people and completely misunderstands the purpose of those stripes.

These are the baseline colors for the flag, you can customize them via less saturation, darkness, ect, when making art or using it for your own purposes. You do not need to color pick directly from this flag any time you use it.

[enby-art-creations]

Progress pride flag x original Gilbert Baker pride flag 🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[green-enby]

Don't mind me, I saw a similar attempt at an "uimate progress pride flag" a long time ago on Reddit and I wanted to see if I could do better. I left this project dormant for many months but I came back to it and finished it just now.

I call it:

The X Progress Pride Flag!

Disclaimer: it's just for funsies, I don't expect anyone to fly this or anything! I'm very well aware that it's an eyesore haha.

I also know that the rainbow flag already covered every identity, but the newer Progress Pride flag was made to shine a light on the trans, intersex and QPOC communities that were (and still are) being targeted in a particularly strong way, even within the queer community itself. That's the sentiment that inspired me to make this.

My stylistic decisions into the making of this flag were also influenced by what I feel were the most prominent (inner)discriminations that certain queer identities experience. Some of them have simply stayed stuck in the background because on top of that, they are invisibilized and as such there is little research on what they face.

(But it was also just a challenge to see how many flags I could fit onto the rainbow lmao.)

Anyway: can yoy guess what every bit of this monstrosity means? It's basically a riddle lmao.

Here's the image description, which doubles as an explanation:

The background is the regular rainbow flag—six horizontal stripes, from top to bottom: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple.

This doubles as a symbol for gay and lesbian people. I did not include their specific flags because LG people have been using this one for decades as their specific identity flag, especially gay men, although I'm well aware that being gay or lesbian can be much more complex than just homo attraction (e.g. lesbian as a gender identity) and that having a flag just for them matters. However, in the making of this flag, I had to weigh out which identities are more vulnerable to their fights being left in the dust by the movement, and I felt that gays and lesbians are basically never excluded from the conversation and therefore "including them" explicitly wasn't really a priority.

Over the background, there is a chevron on each of the 4 sides, pointing towards the center, which leave the rainbow flag taking the shape of an X.

Each chevron contains diagonal stripes parallel to its borders, and is split into two halves; top with bottom, for the side chevrons, and left with right, for the top and bottom chevrons.

Let's start from the left chevron, which overall stands for the a-spec community:

The top half represents the asexual flag through the first four colours, and the asensual flag through the orange stripe, while the yellow stripe stands for both the aplatonic flag and the first half of the queerplatonic attraction/relationship flag—six stripes, from top to bottom: black, gray, white, purple, orange, yellow.

The bottom half represents the aromantic flag, while the very first stripe stands for the other half of the queerplatonic flag, and for the (a)aesthetic attraction flag—six stripes, from top to bottom: pink, green, light green, white, gray, black.

Here's the aplatonic flag I used (I know it's not the most common), and the queerplatonic flag, for reference:

And here's the asensual flag—I actually picked the shade of orange from the demisensual flag, because it was too light:

Sadly I couldn't find a way to represent alterous attraction or the analterous flag (I personally use it almost interchangeably with queerplatonic but ymmv).

Moving onto the right side chevron, directly influenced by the original intersex-inclusive Progress Pride flag, and therefore standing for AIDS awareness, QPOC, the trans umbrella, and the intersex community:

The top half represents QPOC, and the trans and agender flags—six stripes, from top to bottom: black, brown, white, light green, baby blue, light pink.

The bottom half represents the non-binary and intersex flags—four stripes, from top to bottom: yellow, white, purple, black. The yellow stripe has triple the thickness as the other stripes, and inside of it there is a purple ring.

Of course, the black stands for both QPOC and AIDS awareness.

(For those wondering why I explicitly included agender even though it's technically included under the non-binary umbrella: many agender people see their identity as separate from it since the experience of having no sense of gender can feel different from having a non-binary gender. Many, in fact, see themselves more as being under the a-spec umbrella.)

Now, the top chevron, standing for fluid identities and the label "queer":

The left side represents the abro- orientation flag, and the last stripe is one half of the queer chevron—six stripes, from top to bottom: green, light green, white, light red, red, dark lavander.

The right side represents the genderfluid flag, and the last stripe is the other half of the queer chevron—six stripes, from top to bottom: pink, white, purple, black, blue, light lavander.

I felt the need to explicitly include genderfluid, even though, again, non-binary technically covers for it, because I've seen fluidphobia even from staticly-gendered non-binary people, so perhaps it is not as implicit as it should be. Same for abro within the m-spec community.

And here's the "queer chevron" I'm referring to, for those who've never seen it:

The V shape is also a direct reference to the way this flag looks.

This can also stand to represent all queer attractions not otherwise explicitly included, e.g. mono attractions like trixic, toric, feminamoric, viramoric… literally anything. Plus those who identify as genderqueer but not non-binary can refer to this!

And finally, the bottom chevron—probably the most cryptic of the four. It overall stands for plurian identities, using colours from the polyamorous, multigender, and multi-spectrum orientation (aka m-spec) flags:

The left side represents the polyamorous flag for the first three colours, and the multigender flag for the last three—six stripes, from top to bottom: blue, hot pink, dark purple, orange, blue, dark blue.

The right side represents the m-spec flag, combining the colours from the bi, omni, pan, and ply flags—six stripes, from top to bottom: pink, purple, dark purple, yellow, green, blue.

Here's the polyamorous and multigender flags I used for reference, for those who've never seen them:

(The latter isn't that widely spread, as it is mostly used as an umbrella term to talk about identities like bigender, trigender, polygender, and pangender, and not that often as a personal identification term.)

For m-spec, the pink and blue I used are a combination of the shades used for them in the bi, pan, ply, and omni flags. Ply would also cover every other m-spec attraction that excluded some genders (such as neptunic and uranic).

It was inspired by this m-spec flag (on the left), but I also added the dark purple stripe from the omni flag (on the right):

That's all! Hope this entertained you, and feel free to tell me what you think.

[thecomputermorgue]

This looks so shitty but please take my meager offerings for pride and for the delta of runes! These are my personal headcanons so I hope people won't get upset at me for them :,^]

Happy pride!