The genderfluid flag has five horizontal stripes: pink, white, purple, black and blue. Per Flags of the World, that’s femininity, a lack of gender, a mix of the two, all other gender identities and masculinity. JJ Poole posted it on Tumblr in 2012, Good Good Good reports.
Genderfluid Flag Colors and What Each Stripe Means
| Stripe | Color | Meaning in the guide used here | Hex code (Flag Color Codes) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (top) | Pink | Femininity | #FF76A4 |
| 2 | White | Lack of gender | #FFFFFF |
| 3 | Purple | A mix of masculinity and femininity, or androgyny | #C011D7 |
| 4 | Black | All other genders | #000000 |
| 5 (bottom) | Blue | Masculinity | #2F3CBE |
In Kamrin Baker’s Good Good Good version, pink also stands for people who are female at times, and blue for people who are male at times. The University of British Columbia’s guide has purple as androgyny, black as the nonbinary spectrum.
Hex codes: Flag Color Codes. Brand Palettes prints pink #FF75A2, purple #BE18D6, blue #333EBD.
Why the Genderfluid Pride Flag’s Black and White Stripes Get Swapped
The pride flags glossary from UC Santa Barbara’s Resource Center for Sexual & Gender Diversity has black as “the lack of genders” and white as all genders. Flags of the World, UBC, Good Good Good and flag seller Heckin’ Unicorn have it the other way round.
The sources disagree about the black and white stripes. The table above follows Flags of the World; other readings are noted here so the difference is clear.
Who Designed the Genderfluid Flag, and When
In a December 2018 interview with Majestic Mess Designs, Poole recalled wanting a symbol for genderfluid people and submitting the design to a Tumblr blog. The colors were chosen partly for how they looked together. Poole said they particularly liked the purple.
The design is generally dated to 2012, including in the University of British Columbia’s guide. The Human Rights Campaign gives 2013. Those differing dates should not obscure the shared credit to JJ Poole.
What Genderfluid Means and How It Fits Under Nonbinary
HRC’s glossary describes someone without a single fixed gender, or with “a fluid or unfixed gender identity.” Beth Sissons, in a Medical News Today explainer reviewed by nurse Francis Kuehnle, writes: “Their gender may shift over a day, a week, months, or years.”
MNT files genderfluid under the nonbinary umbrella, and nonbinary under the transgender one. Some genderfluid people skip the word transgender, it adds. HRC lists bigender as its own identity, also under nonbinary.
MNT’s pronoun list runs from they/them, he/him and she/her to neopronouns like ze/zir, which may change day to day. Good Good Good, citing Harvard Medical School: “Not everyone who experiences changes in their gender expression or identity identifies as genderfluid.”
Reversed Stripes and Shade Changes on the Genderfluid Flag
Flags of the World has logged plenty of genderfluid flags hoisted blue side up. Pink-side-up flags still outnumber them. The site calls it nearly a “no right side up” flag, pink on top preferred. It has seen the pink print darker, the purple and blue lighter.
The trans, nonbinary and genderqueer flags are in Gayety’s guide to every Pride flag and our gay culture section. Hanging one this Pride? Pink on top.
Genderfluid Pride Flag FAQ
What do the colors of the genderfluid flag mean?
Pink represents femininity, blue masculinity and purple a mix of the two. Most guides read white as a lack of gender and black as all other genders, though UC Santa Barbara’s glossary swaps them.
Who created the genderfluid flag?
JJ Poole designed the flag, generally dated to 2012. Some guides, including the Human Rights Campaign’s, give 2013.
What is the difference between genderfluid and nonbinary?
Nonbinary is an umbrella term for genders outside the man-woman binary. Medical News Today puts genderfluid under it: a gender that can shift over days, months or years.
What are the genderfluid flag hex codes?
Flag Color Codes lists #FF76A4, #FFFFFF, #C011D7, #000000 and #2F3CBE, top to bottom. Brand Palettes runs the pink, purple and blue slightly different.
Which way up does the genderfluid flag go?
Pink on top, blue on the bottom. Reversed ones are common, Flags of the World says, but pink up is preferred.
