Asexual flag

Black, grey, white and purple, chosen by the asexual community itself in 2010.

What the colours mean

Black Asexuality.
Grey Grey asexuality and demisexuality.
White Non-asexual partners and allies.
Purple Community.

Where it comes from

The asexual flag was chosen in 2010 through a process run by asexual communities, including AVEN, the Asexual Visibility and Education Network, which asked members to propose and vote on designs. It is one of the few pride flags chosen by a community vote rather than drawn by a single person.

What it covers

The grey stripe matters: it includes people on the asexual spectrum who experience sexual attraction rarely, weakly or only in particular circumstances, such as demisexual people. The flag is not only for people who experience no sexual attraction at all.

How it is used

It is flown at Pride and during Ace Week, held each October. A black ring worn on the middle finger of the right hand is another, older asexual symbol.

Questions people ask

What do the asexual flag colours mean?

Black for asexuality, grey for grey asexuality and demisexuality, white for non-asexual partners and allies, and purple for community.

Who made the asexual flag?

It was chosen in 2010 through a community process run by asexual groups, including AVEN.

Is the demisexual flag the same as the asexual flag?

No, but it uses the same four colours, arranged with a black chevron, because demisexuality sits on the asexual spectrum.

In the glossary

Asexual A-spec Greysexual (spelling)

Other pride flags

Transgender flagLight blue, pink and white, in a pattern that reads the same whichever way up you fly it.Rainbow pride flagThe first pride flag, designed in 1978, and still the one most people mean by the pride flag.Progress Pride flagThe rainbow flag with a chevron that brings people of colour and trans people to the front.Bisexual flagPink, purple and blue, with the purple where the other two overlap.Pansexual flagPink, yellow and blue: attraction regardless of gender, with a stripe for people outside the binary.Demisexual flagThe asexual flag's colours, rearranged around a black chevron.Aromantic flagFive stripes from green to black, with green chosen as the opposite of romance's reds and pinks.Genderfluid flagFive stripes for a gender that moves: femininity, the absence of gender, the mix, all genders and masculinity.Agender flagSeven symmetrical stripes, with black and white for the absence of gender and green for non-binary genders.Genderqueer flagLavender, white and green: androgyny, agender identities and genders outside the binary.Intersex flagA yellow field and a purple circle, in colours chosen to be free of gender associations.Demiboy flagGreys, light blue and white: a partial connection to being a boy or a man.Demigirl flagGreys, pink and white: a partial connection to being a girl or a woman.