just want to make it clear to anyone who follows or stumbles across this blog that it is not explicitly a gender/attraction hoarding blog anymore, I would much rather keep flags for everything I id with in one place then have to try to sort my stuff (I can't even sort my thoughts lol).
so if I reblogged your thing that isn't a gender flag and you see my blog is mostly genders, that is why :)
Cupid's Aro — A term for aromantic people who have a notable connection to attraction, romance, love, affection, intimacy, and/or partnership. For example, this includes:
People on the aromantic spectrum who experience some level of attraction, regardless of whether that attraction is romantic or not. This includes greyromantics, aroallos, oriented aroaces, etc.
People on the aromantic spectrum who are romance-favorable, romance-indifferent, or otherwise have feelings towards romance which can’t be described as wholly averse or repulsed.
People on the aromantic spectrum who are partnering, regardless of whether they are romantically partnering or not.
People on the aromantic spectrum who experience love.
People on the aromantic spectrum who enjoy being deeply affectionate and/or intimate with other people.
People on the aromantic spectrum who enjoy aesthetics like lovecore, and/or enjoy holidays like Valentine’s day.
The term is intentionally loosely defined.
Etymology, flag symbolism, and further info is below the cut.
Etymology — A pun on "Cupid's arrow" and "aro" (as in aromantic).
Flag Symbolism — The stripes were taken from the aromantic pride flag. There isn’t any symbolic meaning behind the widths being different; I just found it more visually appealing with the heart.
The pink heart in the center represents connection to attraction, love, romance, affection, intimacy, and/or partnership. The grey arrow piercing the heart represents aromanticism.
The symbol references Cupid’s arrows piercing through people’s hearts, which is what the “Cupid’s aro” pun is based on.
A gender where someone is a boy in only a way they can understand, this may be because its too complicated to describe, or because the experience is so personal it feels impossible to make others understand.
I only found a masc version, but I wanted to make one that is for just boys.
so apparently the color green was chosen for aromanticism because red is the color of romance and green is the opposite color of red. except… it’s not. this is due to a misconception of primary and complementary colors etc etc (i talk abt this at theend of the post, or just check wikipedia’s article on complementary colors for simplified proof.) the correct opposite color of red is cyan, sometimes colloquially called light blue. im NOT suggesting the aro flag be replaced or changed in any way, but heres what it would look like if the person who made the aro flag knew their stuff:
(the differences: 2 is the standard variant of the cyan aro flag i just made, 1 is slightly saturated so it’s a bit more calm, and 3 is a little more green than the other 2.)
again, IM NOT TRYING TO REPLACE the aro flag. i just thought it would be cool to see the flag that could’ve been. it looks kinda cool and i like it a little more than the standard aro flag. green seems so washed out but this reminds me of ice and fresh water? pls tell me what u think. feel free to use with credit and reblogs would b dope!
((if you think red and green are complementary colors, this is what is taught in grade school due to a combination of gross oversimplification and discrepancies in the english language. complementary colors are ACTUALLY based on cones in our eyes - there are three types of cones that respond best to to the wavelengths for colors red, green, and blue. (this is also why red, green, and blue are the OBJECTIVE best primary colors.) if the eye sees pure red light, the red cone will be activated, and blue and green cones will NOT. to see the OPPOSITE of red light, it would switch; so green and blue cones will be activated, while the red cone is not. an even mix of green and blue light results in cyan. thus, cyan is the opposite color of red.))
y’all seem to like this, so i added another version. this one has the two blue stripes be a little different in hue. it looks almost identical but reads better imo.
flag id: a flag with 7 stripes, which are purple, soft blue, light cool green, cream, light orange, soft pink-red, and purple. end id.
banner id: a 1600x200 teal banner with the words ‘please read my dni before interacting. those on my / dni may still use my terms, so do not recoin them.’ in large white text in the center. the text takes up two lines, split at the slash. end id.
osumilian: being mlm and wlw in a boygirl rosboy way
[pt: osumilian: being mlm and wlw in a boygirl rosboy way. end pt]
for anon! colors inspired by the rosboy, mlm, and wlw flags in a similar format to the boygirl flag. the term comes from osumilite, a mineral similar to poudretteite, since the term for being mlm and wlw is poudrettian.
User of multiple microlabels. Using many labels because you feel like your identity is just broad and it’s important to you to be specific. This label can be a way to shorten your identity, to show that there is more to your queer identity
a microlabel of apagender/gender apathetic thats correlated to a lack of or mixed view on gender in the essence of how a young child perceives gender; e.g. in the way that a young child does not care about boys vs girls and sees all playmates as equal.
intended for age regressors, younger headmates, transage people, etc etc, but can be used by whoever.
A term for those who experience egonicity with Pink Diamond from Steven universe.
Egonicity is "a term in the same vein as otherkin, otherlink, constelic, etc. for when one does not want to define the nature of their connection with something."
Banner transcript: This term was made by an Endogenic. Anyone can use it however (So don't repost or recoin, ask before adding to wikis) :End Transcript
Written flag ids same as flag id.
Rectangular flag: A flag with 5 stripes consisting of a gradient of light pink on the edges to pink in the center. Outside the flag there is a very light pink border. In the middle of the stripes there is a spiky dark pink shaped icon with a very dark pink star that has a circle behind it. :end id
Square flag: A flag with 5 stripes consisting of a gradient of light pink on the edges to pink in the center. Outside the flag there is a very light pink border. In the middle of the stripes there is a spiky dark pink shaped icon with a very dark pink star that has a circle behind it. The flag is in a square shape. :end id
a flag for those that love or are making the effort to love ones own white hair that is caused by anything that may cause the hair to turn white. examples can include; from excessive stress, depression, genetics etc.
we made this for the purpose that no one ever talks about premature white hair. It's never thought about. And we have struggled to love it for the reason that its not normalized. Where we just began to loath it for the reason it was different. Our stress induced white hair is seen as something that "isnt pretty". And for this flag I am finally saying fuck that, I am loving our premature white hair anyways. Because white hair is beautiful no matter the reason.
Flag meaning; the purple stems from the premature nature of early white hair. The white and gray is the white hair itself. This is simple for the reason that we didn't want to make it complex. But if anyone wants to make a complex one, go ahead.
I wanted a asexual label that fit me so here is me coining that label!
Lotussexual: an asexual spectrum label where one still has desires, sexual fantasies, and/or sexual attraction due to their libido, hypersexuality, societal pressures, or something else entirely. But when attempting to have sexual intercourse, or sexual actions with someone in general, they do not feel attraction to them. They may feel like a 'doll' who cannot recuperate these feelings when having sex or receiving sexual things like touching.
This sexuality can be fluid or fluctuate depending on the person using this label. This label can also be described as being in between cupiosexual and orchidsexual. This label can be used with other aspec identities (Ex: Aceflux and Lotussexual)
Lotusromantic: an aromantic spectrum label where one still has desires, romantic fantasies, and/or romantic attraction due to ones romantic libido, being hyperromantic, societal pressures, or something else entirely. But when attempting to do romantic activities with someone in general, they do not feel attraction to them. They may feel like a 'doll' who cannot recuperate these feelings when on dates or receiving romantic actions like kissing or dates.
This romantic orientation can be fluid or fluctuate depending on the person using this label. This label can also be described as being in between cupioromantic and orchidromantic. This label can be used with other aspec identities (Ex: Aroflux and Lotusromantic.)
Flag stripe meanings!
Lotussexual
Attraction
Acespec
Sexual fantasies
Lack of sexual attraction
Desiring to be in a sexual relationship
Hypersexuality
Hyposexuality
Lotusromantic
Attraction
Arospec
Romantic fantasies
Lack of romantic attraction
Desiring to be in a romantic relationship
Hyperromantic
Hyporomantic
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Coined by me on Thursday, December 22, 2022. Flags also made by me!