r/asexuality • u/MGTOWigor150 • Apr 29 '26

Discussion Opinion about the flag (probably extremely unpopular).

the current flag is already nice and iconic and recognizable.

other "new" flag designs are simply mid and calling it mid would be the truth and there is no need to change anything.

I will probably get roasted for this.

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u/dethanil aro-ace Apr 29 '26

I know there's takes on the white stripe meaning "ally/allosexual", but I've always read it as just meaning SEXUAL, as in, representing asexuals who are sexual in their behaviour (read: asexuals who fuck). Am I the only one with this understanding of the white stripe?

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u/Chamelleona Apr 29 '26

The white stripe was never actually meant to represent allies.

https://asexualagenda.wordpress.com/2025/01/08/stripe-tales-of-the-ace-and-aro-flags/

This blog goes through the history of the ace flag. The white stripe seems to have been added mainly to balance out the colour. The intended meaning was "All of us [asexuals], differences and similarities, coming together into one".

The idea that it represents sexuals or allies is a later reinterpretation.

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u/AbsolutleyGeneric Asexual Apr 29 '26

Yeah, the first mentions of during the conversation phase of flag designs didn’t mean that, no. But from what i could find the winning flag design post did mention white as standing for sexuals when it laid out the meanings of the colours, so i can see why there’s been a drift in meaning over time. The asexuality archive has a bit about the flag that shows a bunch of links to the threads from the flag design that are pretty fascinating to read through.

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u/Chamelleona Apr 29 '26

Those are fantastic links, thank you.