The aromantic flag is a
pride flag
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representing
aromanticism
Aromanticism is a romantic orientation characterized by experiencing little to no romantic attraction. The term "aromantic", colloquially shortened to "aro", refers to a person whose romantic orientation is aromanticism.
It is distinct from, ...
, aromantic individuals and the aromantic community. The flag was designed by Cameron Whimsy in 2014.
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.
Following some discussion on social media platform
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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.
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:
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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Aromanticism
Aromanticism is a romantic orientation characterized by experiencing little to no romantic attraction. The term "aromantic", colloquially shortened to "aro", refers to a person whose romantic orientation is aromanticism.
It is distinct from, ...
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LGBT symbols
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Pride flags
References
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Pride flag
A pride flag is any flag that represents a segment or part of the LGBTQ community. ''Pride'' in this case refers to the notion of LGBTQ pride. The terms ''LGBTQ flag'' and ''queer flag'' are often used interchangeably.
Pride flags can represen ...
Flags introduced in 2014
LGBTQ flags