Oregon Designer debuts new Pride flag

Daniel Quasar, an Oregon-based designer, has unveiled a new iteration of the Pride flag, meant to be more inclusive and progressive. Quasar – who identifies as a ‘queer non-binary demiguy’ and prefers xe/xem/xyr pronouns – created the flag in response to the brown and black stripes that were proposed last year.

Quasar’s design incorporates the original six colours – representing life (red), healing (orange), sunlight (yellow), nature (green), harmony/peace (blue), and spirit (purple/violet) – plus five new stripes arranged in an arrow on the left – representing trans individuals (light blue, light pink, white), marginalized POC communities (brown, black), as well as those living with AIDS, those no longer living, and the stigma surrounding them (black).

“We still have movement forward to make. There still is work to be done. I wanted to highlight that”, Quasar says. “The trans flag and marginalized community stripes were shifted to the Hoist of the flag and given a new arrow shape. The arrow points to the right to show forward movement, while being along the left edge shows that progress still needs to be made. We need to always keep progress moving forward in all aspects of our community.”

Xe has since launched a Kickstarter campaign to produce the flags in bulk. Within two days he has already raised over half of the $14,000 target. “I am very surprised by what has happened and very grateful for the support I’ve gotten,” Quasar said. “People have been really amazing and I’m just happy to see it resonating with so many individuals.

“The only thing I would say, to those saying I shouldn’t change the flag… I’m not trying to replace the current rainbow Pride flag. This is just another option to have alongside the many other flags that we use to show Pride.

“If someone feels compelled to use it, then cool. If not, then that’s cool too. I know it’s not meant for everyone, and that’s fine. Like I said, it’s meant as a supplement, not a replacement.”

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