#epicene flag

[latefrequencies]

epicene pride flag

[image ID: the first image is a four-striped pride flag, with all stripes horizontal and equally-sized. they are, in order, blue, beige, brown, and lavender. the second image is the same as the first image but the stripes are labelled by their meanings. they are, in order, “epicenity”, “neutrality”, “humanity”, and “the overlap of masculine and feminine”. end ID.]

I decided to remake the epicene pride flag, since it’s an identity I am rather attached to but 1. I dislike the currently accepted flag for it, and 2. the currently accepted flag’s color scheme is extremely similar to the genderfluid flag, so I wanted to make something I thought was simpler and more distinct.

flag color meanings:

blue - epicenity. while blue is seen as a masculine color, it’s statistically the most common favorite color of both men and women, making it epicene in that way.

beige - neutrality. while epicene and being gender neutral aren’t the same thing, they’re similar, and a lot of the time, when people say “gender neutral”, they really mean “epicene”. beige is seen as a neutral color, hence its presence on the flag.

brown - humanity. being epicene can also be described by seeing yourself as not a man or a woman but a person, and brown is a very human color in that it’s the color of melanin, present in virtually everyone’s bodies. also, brown is often used in pride flags to recognize the people of color in the communities for which the flag is designed, and I am using it in that way also.

lavender - the overlap of masculine and feminine. epicenity isn’t just about disconnect from masculinity and femininity; it’s also about the ways in which those two gendered expressions are similar. lavender is the mix between blue and pink (the traditionally masculine and feminine colors) and is thus symbolically an overlap between masculine and feminine without being either.

This flag is free for anyone with few exceptions to use for anything they’d like. The exceptions are if you’re a racist, TERF, fascist, or similar filth or if you’re going to use it to convey something hateful. Otherwise, you can use this flag with or without credit for edits, icons, art, pride merch, etc. 

[latefrequencies]

okay I said I was editing the epicene flag and I posted the edit but as it is i have some other flags that i think would make for good epicene flags. i’m no longer sure which one i really want to use so input would be helpful

for the curious, the colors all have the same meaning on each flag. blue is the predominant favorite color of both men and women, making it symbolic of epicinity. the gray represents the shades of gray between male and female. brown represents people/humanity, since the epicene gender is not unlike being asked “are you a man or a woman?” and answering “I’m a person”. lavender is for the overlap between masculine and feminine. the tan in one of them is because tan is sort of a “neutral” color, and epicinity is a form of gender neutrality. the white stripe in one of them is....idk what it means, really. I know a lot of flags have white stripes to represent inclusiveness so you could see it as being like that. 

idk anyway if no one gives me any input, i’ll figure out which one i like best and that’ll be My epicene flag but yeah

[latefrequencies]

this is my redesign of the epicene flag! I personally didn’t like the existing epicene flag because the vertical lines didn’t look quite right, and the colors when used together look a lot like the genderfluid flag, so I gave it a more unique color scheme.

the gray is for the gray area between traditionally masculine and traditionally feminine things.

the purple is for the overlap of masculine (blue) and feminine (pink)

the blue is because blue is statistically the favorite color of both men and women, thus making it something of an epicene color.

so yeah, reblog this if you want, i’m pretty proud of it

[slimeflags]

under a mysterious chest in your attic, you find this epicene flag, it fills you with determination

epicene term is historical and coiner is unknown, the design is by @lizardqueen-only17 

like/reblog if you use (credit is appreciated :3)