aromantic flag
{{Short description|Pride flag}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox flag
| Name = Aromantic flag
| Image = Aromantic Pride Flag.svg
| Use = Symbol of the aromantic community
| Proportion = 3:5
| Adoption = 2014
| Design = Five equally-sized horizontal bars; Dark green, light green, white, grey, black
| Designer = Cameron Whimsy
}}
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The aromantic flag is a pride flag representing aromanticism, aromantic individuals and the aromantic community. The flag was designed by Cameron Whimsy in 2014.{{cite web|title=What is the aromantic flag|date=June 2022|url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/what-is-the-aromantic-flag/|access-date=March 11, 2023|website=lgbtqnation.com|archive-date=March 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326211812/https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/what-is-the-aromantic-flag/|url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Gillespie |first1=Claire |title=22 Different Pride Flags and What They Represent in the LGBTQ+ Community |url=https://www.health.com/mind-body/different-pride-flags-what-they-represent |access-date=19 July 2020 |website=Health.com |archive-date=19 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719233822/https://www.health.com/mind-body/different-pride-flags-what-they-represent |url-status=live }}{{cite web|title=Queer Community Flags|url=https://www.queerevents.ca/queer-corner/blog/queer-community-flags|access-date=March 11, 2023|website=queerevents.ca|archive-date=April 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404191338/https://www.queerevents.ca/queer-corner/blog/queer-community-flags|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=whoops yeah i just realised i never actually made a proper post for this version of the flag with meanings and stuff (Origin of the Aromantic Flag)|date=November 16, 2014|url=https://cameronwhimsy.tumblr.com/post/102698477928/whoops-yeah-i-just-realised-i-never-actually-made|access-date=March 11, 2023|publisher=Cameron Whimsy|website=tumblr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319173943/https://cameronwhimsy.tumblr.com/post/102698477928/whoops-yeah-i-just-realised-i-never-actually-made|archive-date=19 March 2023}}
History and design
The first known version of the aromantic flag featured four stripes: green for aromanticism, yellow for friendship, orange for the spectrum between romance and aromanticism and black for alloromantics. The origin of this flag is unknown.{{cite web|url=https://queerintheworld.com/aromantic-pride-flag/|title=What Exactly Is The Aromantic Pride Flag, And What Does It Mean?|date=October 14, 2023|access-date=June 19, 2024|website=queerintheworld.com|archive-date=August 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819093006/https://queerintheworld.com/aromantic-pride-flag/|url-status=live}}
Following some discussion on social media platform tumblr on this initial flag, Cameron Whimsy designed a new flag in February 2014 featuring five stripes, citing lack of inclusivity of the meanings of the stripes of original flag. The new version featured five equally sized horizontal bars. The color of the stripes was dark green, light green, yellow, gray, and black stripes and the meanings described to represent people across the whole aromantic spectrum.{{cite web |url=https://cameronwhimsy.tumblr.com/post/75868343112/ive-been-reading-up-on-a-lot-of-the-discussion |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=Tumblr |title=volbol, i've been reading up on a lot of the discussion... |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614155743/https://cameronwhimsy.tumblr.com/post/75868343112/ive-been-reading-up-on-a-lot-of-the-discussion |archive-date=June 14, 2024 |url-status=live }}
Following this version, Whimsy followed up with another slight redesign in November 2014 into its current version that has since been adopted widely by the aromantic community.
The flag features five equally-sized horizontal bars.
The main color, green, was chosen as it is the opposite of red, which is most commonly associated with romantic love.
The two shades of green represent the aromantic spectrum, white represents platonic love and friendship, and grey and black represent the different parts of the sexuality spectrum.
Whimsy described the meaning of the stripes in further detail:
{{blockquote|
Green-light green - the aro-spectrum (and aromanticism itself represented by green because green belongs to us now hell yeah). this covers every identity under the aro umbrella - demi, grey, lith/akoi, wtf/quoiro, cupio etc. EVERYTHING. even ones that don’t have names yet.
White - basically the ‘platonic’ stripe - friendship/platonic and aesthetic attraction/queerplatonic relationships/family, the importance and validity of all non-romantic relationships and feelings and non-romantic forms of love etc. etc. etc. etc.
Black-grey - the sexuality spectrum - acknowledging aro-aces, aromantic allosexuals, and everything in between because we are a diverse lot.}}
Gallery
File:Aromantic flag (original).svg|First aromantic flag, before February 2014
File:Second Aromantic Flag.svg|Second aromantic flag, February–November 2014
File:Aromantic Pride Flag.svg|Current aromantic flag, November 2014–
See also
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References
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External links
- {{FOTW|title=Aromantic Pride flag|id=qq-arom}}
{{Aromanticism topics}}
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