i often see this flag get confused between being tomcat and stag, and i don’t actually know which it really is. for example, on the same blog regarding icons, this post claims it as tomcat, while this one says it represents stags. in the former, an extra orange/red flag is presented in stag’s place so that this blue one can be tomcat.
.......but i kind of love that about it. some people will say you can’t be multiple identities at once along the scale, or even be fluid between them, just like they’ll say “futch” isn’t a real or valid identity. they’re wrong. i am primarily a tomcat, but labelling myself a stag wouldn’t be entirely incorrect. i am definitely a tomcat butch because i’m kind of androgynous but wish to appear more masculine and identify with masculinity as a concept, so why can’t i be a tomcat stag??
this flag, for me at least, represents a vague combination and/or in-between of both identities, and/or the “different but inseparable” nature of them, as it literally kind of does already (considering its usage up until now) ─ just like i did with butchcat. that is me!! that fits how i see myself!! why wouldn’t i use it?? (also i love blues, like... a lot)