Part 3 of my #Pride #vexillology series: Gay Men

A relatively new flag, the gay men’s pride flag was designed in 2019 to be a specific symbol of gay men. From my research, the original design only included various shades of blue, but after pushback from the community that it was not inclusive of and representative of gay men outside the cis-gender binary, some of the blue was changed to green.

In my personal experience, I have not seen this flag used much outside of Pride Festival. All the gay men I know and meet use the simple 6 color rainbow flag, but with that flag representing all LGBTQ+ individuals, I think it’s great to have a more specific flag for gay men.