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Pride flag
Asexual flag
Adopted 2010; 14 years ago (2010 ) Design Four horizontal stripes colored respectively with black, grey, white, and purple
The asexual flag was created in 2010 by a member of the
Asexual Visibility and Education Network (AVEN). The flag features four horizontal stripes of equal size.
[1] From top to bottom, the stripes are black, gray, white, and purple.
[2]
[3] The black stripe represents
asexuality , the gray stripe represents
gray-asexuality and
demisexuality ,
[4] the white stripe represents
sexuality or
allosexuality (or, sometimes,
allies ),
[5] and the purple stripe represents the community as a whole.
[6]
[7] The flag is often flown at
pride events and is used to represent the asexual community.
[8]
[9]
The
flag design has been widely accepted and has become a
symbol of asexuality.
[10]
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The Big Book of Pride Flags . Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
ISBN
978-1-83997-259-1 .
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^
"What are the colors of the Asexual Flag? What to know about meaning and asexual identity" . USA TODAY . Retrieved 2024-01-23 .
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"The Asexuality Flag" . Asexuality Archive. February 20, 2012.
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The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project (2023). Ace and Aro Journeys . Jessica Kingsley Publishers. pp. 44–45.
^ Foster, Aasha B.; Scherrer, Kristin S. (December 2014).
"Asexual-identified clients in clinical settings: Implications for culturally competent practice" . Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity . 1 (4): 422–430.
doi :
10.1037/sgd0000058 .
ISSN
2329-0390 .
^
"Performing Asexy: Asexual Identity and Neo-Burlesque in Mississippi, Texas, and Florida" . ProQuest . Retrieved 2024-01-23 .
^ Gilman, Lisa (2023).
"Cake is Better than Sex: Pride and Prejudice in the Folklore of and about Asexuality" . Journal of Folklore Research . 60 (2): 196–228.
doi :
10.2979/jfolkrese.60.2_3.09 .
ISSN
1543-0413 .
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"The Complete Guide to Queer Pride Flags" .
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