Inclusive black lesbian and gay flags
PT: Inclusive black lesbian and gay flags. end PT
ID: a flag with nine horizontal stripes. the colors, from top to bottom, are dark brown, brown, light brown, tan, pinkish white, orange, orangish pink, faded magenta, and dark magenta. end ID
ID: a flag with nine horizontal stripes. the colors, from top to bottom, are dark brown, brown, light brown, tan, mint-ish white, pale mint green, a darker shade of mint green, blue, and dark blue. end ID
I made these, because I feel like there should at least be an option for black lesbian and gay flags that acknowledge more of the spectrum of black skin tones. as such, while it is impossible to represent every skin color as there is a lot of diversity, my goal was to portray dark skin tones, medium skin tones, and those on the lighter scale. as such, it may be difficult to simplify these designs, as each stripe is important portrayal wise.
these are also 'inclusive' in the fact that they are pro gaybian, m-spec lesbian and gay, lesboys, and turigirls. that should be a given, but considering the fact that the most common lesbian flag isn't even pro m-spec lesbian (though it's possible that she's since changed her stance on that like she did on asexual lesbians), I figure I should make it known that my flags are inherently inclusionist.
I hope other light skinned people, whether they be biracial like me or albino, feel more included by these flags, and I hope those with dark and medium skin tones feel just as included, as nobody deserves to be shunted aside in the name of 'representation'. black people come in all sorts of colors, and I feel like the more common black queer flags fail to get that across. hell, even the progress pride flag has only one stripe to represent all black people and other POC. I understand that it's meant to be inclusive of all black people, as online queer discussions are very white centered and often forget we exist, but I feel a little weird using those flags. it's like I'm 'not allowed' to, based on the fact that I am lighter than the colors typically used to represent black people.
I plan to make more black queer flags like these, but it's harder to translate other flags into this kind of style. bear with me while I figure that out, lol (I have a prototype for a black nonbinary flag already, so there's that).
