Gender identity
Genderflux Pride Flag
What does this flag represent?
A person whose gender identity fluctuates in intensity over time.
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The genderflux glyph uses modern gender-symbol vocabulary to suggest fluctuation: the identity is not only about which gender, but how strongly gender is experienced.
How to cite or reuse this flag
Source status
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Attribution
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Educator use
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Design Symbolism
The pink, blue and yellow families are shown in stronger and lighter forms to suggest gender intensity moving up and down.
Layout: 6 horizontal colour bands, read from top to bottom in the public asset.
- Pink tones
- Female or feminine gender, including changes in intensity.
- Blue tones
- Male or masculine gender, including changes in intensity.
- Yellow
- Nonbinary gender experience.
- Grey
- Agender, neutral or low-intensity gender states.
Story and Usage Notes
Genderflux individuals experience changes in the intensity of their gender identity. Unlike genderfluidity, which involves shifts between different genders, genderflux is about the strength or prominence of a particular gender identity at different times. A genderflux person might feel strongly connected to their gender at one time and less so at another. This identity acknowledges the variability in how strongly one might experience their gender, emphasiing the fluid and dynamic nature of gender intensity. Understanding and respecting genderflux identities helps to broaden the recognition of diverse gender experiences.
Timeline Connections
Origin and Provenance
- Introduced
- 2010s; commonly attributed to community Tumblr use
- Designer / attribution
- Unknown community designer
- Source confidence
- low
Created for people whose sense or intensity of gender changes over time, extending genderfluid visual language from shifts in category to shifts in intensity.
The relationship to genderfluid symbolism is documented more clearly than the exact genderflux flag attribution; the exact creator trail remains unclear unless an archived creator source is found.
