Okay, quick post about why the “new pan flag”
As you can see here, and here it has been designed with the intent to scrap the original because:
1) the creator [of the original] supports kink at pride (here is why kink does belong at pride)
2) the creator [of the original] supports mspec lesbians (here is why msepc lesbians exist, here is a more word-y and less source-y explanation)
3) the original meaning of the colors is “transphobic”, according to the people who created the new flag.
It’s not inherently more problematic that any gendered attraction. It’s a flag, you can’t pack an entire manifesto in the meaning of the colors. You can’t include a disclaimer that no gender is monolithic because hey. It’s a flag.
I’ve also seen the argument that pansexuality is the attraction regardless of gender, and that it’s why the flag mentioning attraction to women, men, and nonbinary people is problematic. And while that can be true, pansexuality covers all attraction that is one way or another to every gender. You can’t impose “regardless of gender” on every pansexual person.
The label is vague and encompasses a lot of things; it’s supposed to be this way. You’re supposed to have wiggle room in widely used labels. You don’t get to make a rigid box for pansexual people to fit in.
On top of that: flags are community owned. It’s ours. If a flag has a bullshit meaning or a shit creator, we can scrap the bigotry off of it. It’s not the case here, but if the pansexual flag was really scuffed it wouldn’t necessarily mean we should stop using it.
If you dislike the current flag because of how bright it is, for example, I’d strongly advise against using the proposed new flag, as it’s based on serious misunderstandings of our history.
Another thing I’d like to adress is, don’t feel bad if you fell for the rethoric of these twitter threads or any other push to use the new flag. Check the links from 1) and 2) and learn why they are wrong. The intentions behind the new flags are good, just misguided.
I also don’t have a twitter, but feel free to explain or send this to people there or anywhere else.
Lastly, I cannot say anything about the six stripes pan flag. I’ve barely ever seen it, I don’t know what history it has, who made it, etc. Sorry.
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