And I made a couple flags actually, but this one I submitted to a blog on Tumblr about genderfluidity and gender fluid people. 'I wouldn’t call myself an artist, but I’ve dabbled with drawing and bits of Photoshop, so I decided to create it myself. I found genderfluid to be fitting but was disappointed with the lack of symbolic representation,' Poole said. At the time I knew genderqueer fit me, but it still felt too broad. 'I had been trying to find an identity that fit me. In an interview with Majestic Mess Designs, Poole said they created the flag because genderfluidity lacked a symbol and the term 'genderqueer' didn't exactly fit. The flags had eight stripes, each color representing a component of the community: hot pink for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sun, green for. Purple: Represents both masculinity and feminity At the NAVA conference in Sacramento, Steve Tyson, a former employee of the former flag company, Paramount Flag Co. The flag was created by JJ Poole in 2012 according to OutRight Action International. Regarding the gay pride rainbow flag, there was a good article in the Flag Bulletin some years ago that gave a long history of rainbow flags and their use as a symbol of hope for difficult causes.

How often someone's identity shifts depends on the individual. People who are genderfluid don't identify with one gender, but rather their gender identity shifts between male, female, or somewhere else on the spectrum.