The votes are in and the new Polyamory Flag is here!
The intention behind this design was to create a simple, bold tricolor, with a contemporary approach to traditional vexillological (relating to the study of flags) elements from the original “Pi” flag.
It takes the best of the original flag, including its color symbolism, and improves on those elements of the Pi flag which alienated viewers.
A white chevron flows outward to depict the growth and possibility of the non-monogamous community. It sits asymmetrically on the flag to reflect the non-traditional style of polyamorous relationships.
The heart reminds us that love in all forms is the core of non-monogamy.
As in the original polyamory flag:
Red stands for love and attraction.
Blue stands for openness and honesty.
However, this redesign also makes thoughtful alterations:
Gold represents the energy and perseverance of those in the non-monogamous community.
Purple to represent a united non-monogamous community.
Is it ok if you please made an Electric Dreams Edgar stimboard with a theme based on the polyamorous (Pi)flag please? Any stim you want?(preferably tech/computer wise but anything you want! Have fun with it. It can even be your favorite stims if you wish. :>)
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Electric Dreams Edgar Stimboard ✨
Hope thou enjoys thine gift ✨ thy attempted to make it the poly flag ✨
I have heard about The Vote 🗳️, which is running until November 22
I have mixed feelings. 😖 I won't be weighing in on any particular 🚩designs, simply because this blog has a following of several hundred and I don't want to sway anyone who wants to vote. (I did vote myself.)
I think the group putting it on has amazing intentions and sought a lofty goal, and I respect that. I love the idea of us having a widely accepted flag the community can actually get behind. I think their social media campaigns have also helped push polyamory to a wider audience. I like that they had a diverse and knowledgeable panel to select finalists. I really respect their commitment to having a creative commons flag.
Having said all that, and with acknowledgment there are likely very good reasons why some of these things aren't easy to address, I'm not McLovin' it. I think most the designs miss the mark and a lot of the color symbolism stated of the new designs are unintuitive (though I concede that is a common issue with pride flags lol). I dislike that none of the options pay homage to any popular designs (the infinity heart symbol, the colors 💙❤️🖤, etc). Most importantly, I feel this risks further splintering our community's means of representation.
i made a new polyamorous flag because i dont like the design much of the poly flag. the colors and rabbit have no meaning i just like the way it looks :]
So I'm poly and really didn't pay attention to the flag business a while ago. Looked into it now...what a mess.
This will forever be the Poly flag to me (with the only variation being that infinite heart some peeps use).
The "new" one Poly proud or whatever made doesn't even look that good.
Like sure the colors are nice, but it isn't difficult to change the saturation on the OG. Also the triangle bit being so far off irritates me FAR too much. It just looks like a less complex progress flag.
It also loses some of the meaning and shifts the meanings around. The purple color referencing the diversity in types of people who are a part of the community doesn't make sense, if it's referencing the type of people who are a part of the community it should be black or brown considering that's how most of those kind of meanings go...
Also I just genuinely dislike this flag. It adds more colors and adds more meanings that the site doesn't properly explain. Like why does the magenta represent desire, love, and attraction? Desire isn't necessary, love and attraction cover what desire would mean... I already discussed purple being STUPID. They say gold represents "the energy and perseverance of those in the community" I get perseverance, but how does energy come to play? THEY DON'T EXPLAIN IT. If you put something in the meaning and WRITE AN EXPLANATION on why it's involved INCLUDE ALL the meanings, not just some.
Alright rant over, Thanks for coming to my TED talk yet again.