And I made a couple flags actually, but this one I submitted to a blog on Tumblr about genderfluidity and gender fluid people. 'I wouldn’t call myself an artist, but I’ve dabbled with drawing and bits of Photoshop, so I decided to create it myself. The flags had eight stripes, each color representing a component of the community: hot pink for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sun, green for. I found genderfluid to be fitting but was disappointed with the lack of symbolic representation,' Poole said. At the time I knew genderqueer fit me, but it still felt too broad. Bakers iteration of the flag gives a unique meaning to each color, 'hot pink for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sunlight, green for nature, turquoise for magic, blue for harmony and violet for spirit,' he explained. 'I had been trying to find an identity that fit me. The late artist Gilbert Baker is credited with creating the first pride flag, which he designed in 1978 for Gay Pride Day in San Francisco, per CNN.

In an interview with Majestic Mess Designs, Poole said they created the flag because genderfluidity lacked a symbol and the term 'genderqueer' didn't exactly fit. Purple: Represents both masculinity and feminity The flag was created by JJ Poole in 2012 according to OutRight Action International. How often someone's identity shifts depends on the individual. People who are genderfluid don't identify with one gender, but rather their gender identity shifts between male, female, or somewhere else on the spectrum.