Where did the Bi Flag come from?

[miamiuu]

I have never heard of it until I found this site. Who decided what the flag should look like? Who came up with the colors? Whose idea was it to even have a bi flag? Is that only for this website or did some organization decide to make a flag without hearing the thoughts on it from the bi community?

[glantern954]

It was designed by Michael Paige, whom I have had the pleasure of meeting. Great guy, ugly flag though LOL. Here is what was intended by the color selection:

The pink color represents sexual attraction to the same sex only (gay and lesbian), the blue represents sexual attraction to the opposite sex only (straight) and the resultant overlap color purple represents sexual attraction to both sexes (bi). The key to understanding the symbolism in the Bi Pride Flag is to know that the purple pixels of color blend unnoticeably into both the pink and blue, just as in the 'real world' where

For more information:
http://www.biflag.com/

[smokey]

There's a bi flag??? What the fuck for? Personally it has always annoyed me that gay pride ran off with the rainbow...a rainbow should represent ALL of humanity.

[DiamondDog]

There's a bi flag??? What the fuck for? Personally it has always annoyed me that gay pride ran off with the rainbow...a rainbow should represent ALL of humanity.
yeah.
I'm not big into politics either.

[bigregory]

I like the BI flag.
:flag3:
I salute it and all that it stands for.
It is simple yet represents what a Bisexual person is.
:flag2: :flag1: :flag3:

[Brian]

It was designed by Michael Paige, whom I have had the pleasure of meeting. Great guy, ugly flag though LOL. I'm not big on the choice of colours either - something about them seems unpleasent to the eye (they sort of break the "colour triad" principle of graphics design). And I sometimes wonder if the pink and purple turns off some bi guys who cringe at the idea that bisexuality involves "femininty" which pink and purple implies.

But I love the bi flag because it is the bi flag. It is OURS! And we all owe much to Michael (whom I have not yet met) for it.

It's hard to believe that the bi flag is only 8 years old. You see it at almost every pride event these days. It's hard to imagine what we bis did prior to 1998 without it.

- Drew :paw:

[Tynary]

No offense but any guy who is put off by the colours because he thinks they are feminine is thinking in stereotyped terms and allocating a colour to a gender is stupid (I'm a feminist (a strange one but one never the less)) I like blue and I'm a girl. I know guys who like pink. I like the colours in the Bi flag.
I think our flag is prettier than the gay rainbow flag. The rainbow flag kinda clashes fashion wise. I've known about the Bi flag for ages. It is good it was created since the gays had something to unite them and be recognised with we should have something to. It was to help stop us disappearing into obscurity. There is also the Bi triangles. Two triangles that overlap-one blue, one pink and where they overlap it changes to purple.
Its pretty and I feel safe and special when I see it.

[smokey]

I have to agree with Drew...the colors are rather jarring and not for gender reasons...they just don't work as well as it could....I kinda like a black pirate style flag with the female (Isis) sign and an arrow rising up to the right off the circle to form a male/female symbol... like the one Prince used.

I could see Jack Sparrow flying it...watch out Orlando Bloom :bigrin: :bigrin: :bigrin:

[ScifiBiJen]

Well, I like the bi pride flag, though I feel like if the colors stood out more, it'd be more noticeable and others would get the know the meaning sooner. I embrace the bi flag because it's a symbol of who I am and I like the sentiment behind it... but it has some room for improvement.

By the way smokey, that symbol you described is already used for transgender. Sorry, they called it first (plus it makes more sense for transgender because it has the two symbols coming off the same circle to mean in the same body).

[eltoro]

And where the hell are the colors to represent masculinity in some form? No self-respecting bi-man who is manly is going to use that flag. Honestly, I never particularly felt part of a "movement" as such, but with that banner, I definitely don't. How do we get a re-design? Guess I'll have to settle for the bear/leather flags. . .

[smokey]

I still think that Orlando Bloom should be careful bending over around Jack Sparrow. :bigrin: :bigrin: :bigrin:

[DiamondDog]

And where the hell are the colors to represent masculinity in some form? No self-respecting bi-man who is manly is going to use that flag. Honestly, I never particularly felt part of a "movement" as such, but with that banner, I definitely don't. How do we get a re-design? Guess I'll have to settle for the bear/leather flags. . .

yeah I'm not big into the bi flag either or sexual orientation label politics.

But honey, 100 years ago pink was seen as a masculine color!
And pink's a nice colour. I have a neon dayglo pink polyester tie.
It's very kitschy and if I ever have another Pink Flamingos party I'll wear it as I serve chocolate pudding. ;)

[Just_Gem]

Geeeee no wonder I've LOVED purple and all it's shades and tones all my life :devil:
Thanks for decoding the flag for those of us that didn't already know what the colors were for :kiss:

Gemm :grouphug: :bibounce:

[Tynary]

There is a masculine colour on the bi flag its got a blue strip. Pink can be masculine. Its stereotyped to say its girly and that makes me cross. I think the flag is the way it is cause its easy to understand. :bipride:

For those who don't like the Bi flag why design do you think it should have? (perhaps you could design the new and improved bi flag for our community)