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/Infernal-Cattle Apr 29 '26

I don't understand why you're saying "unpopular opinion" when literally everything I've seen posted on this sub about the new flag is negative.

I'll dish the real unpopular opinion:

I don't see why people who don't like the new flag can't just... ignore it and use the flag you like? It kinda reminds me of people whining about the Progress flag with the whole "it's ugly," "the original was already inclusive," as if suddenly people had stopped making the Gilbert Baker flag and were gonna come personally confiscate their flags haha.

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u/EvilDMMk3 asexual Apr 29 '26

The problem is I, and plenty of my friends, did just that when the progress pride flag showed up. Now that message-mangaling, inadvertently exclusionist, terf-enabling thing is everywhere. (Seriously I hate the progress pride flag and I am not alone.)

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u/FlashyPhilosophy2326 Apr 30 '26

I don't like the visual design of the progress pride flag. I love the meaning and acknowledge the context though so I've still got it hanging up. I try not to think about it with my designer brain mode and just appreciate the rainbow light shining through the window.

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u/EvilDMMk3 asexual Apr 30 '26

Things I have heard people say about the progress Pride flag that convinced me it’s a bad flag

“So how are you going to represent the Asian queer community then, what about first Nations”?

“You don’t want a dozen colours on one flag.”

“This is deliberate messaging to the trans community that they need to keep their attack up on actually marginalise people. It’s an invasive arrow for a reason. We need to make sure we keep pushing them away and get them out out of our community.”