Transgender Pride Flag

The Transgender Pride flag is a symbol of transgender pride and diversity, and transgender rights.

The Transgender Pride flag was created by Monica Helms (a transgender woman) in 1999, and was first shown at a pride parade in Phoenix, Arizona, United States in 2000.

The flag represents the transgender community and consists of five horizontal stripes: two light blue, two pink, and one white in the center.

Helms describes the meaning of the transgender flag as follows:

"The stripes at the top and bottom are light blue, the traditional color for baby boys. The stripes next to them are pink, the traditional color for baby girls. The stripe in the middle is white, for those who are intersex, transitioning or consider themselves having a neutral or undefined gender. The pattern is such that no matter which way you fly it, it is always correct, signifying us finding correctness in our lives"

On Transgender Day, the Brighton council flies this flag. It was flown from the large public flagpole in San Francisco's Castro District (where the rainbow flag usually flies) for the first time on November 19 and 20, 2012 in commemoration of the Transgender Day of Remembrance. The flag-raising ceremony was presided over by local drag queen La Monistat.