Allosexual / Zedsexual Pride Flag (FlagsforCisHets, 2016)
Identity Pride Flag ·
FlagsforCisHets published this symmetric seven-stripe design on August 16, 2016 under the title "Allosexual / Zedsexual pride flag [1]." Its description says the same flag represents allosexual and alloromantic people and states that it was designed by the account from the asexual and aromantic pride flags. No meanings were supplied for the individual stripes. [1] A 2018 revision credited to TheGayFoxBoy retained the structure and replaced the pale center with pink. [2]
Key facts
- Designer
- FlagsforCisHets
- Created
- Publication on DeviantArt
- In use
- 2016 to present
- Aspect Ratio
- 113:70
- Stripes
- 7
- Represented Identity
- allosexual and alloromantic
Also known as
- Allosexual Pride Flag
- Zedsexual Pride Flag
- Alloromantic Pride Flag
- Allosexual / Zedsexual Pride Flag [1]
Status Proposed
Archive categories Sexual & Romantic Orientation Pride Flags
Overview
No statement of motivation beyond the design basis has been located. [1]
FlagsforCisHets published the design on 16 August 2016 as "Allosexual / Zedsexual pride flag [1]", a 1130 by 700 file. The description gives both identities and the design's basis: "Flag designed by me, based on asexual and aromantic pride flags". No stripe meanings were supplied. [1]
Identity & Context
- Represented Identity
- allosexual and alloromantic
- Subcommunity
- a-spec discourse contexts
Allosexual and alloromantic are two terms, not one. AUREA defines allosexual as describing "a person who experiences sexual attraction or is not on the asexual spectrum" and alloromantic as describing "a person who experiences romantic attraction or is not on the aromantic spectrum", crediting Hezekiah with coining the first and Queenie with popularising the second. [3] The deviation's own description compresses both into one line: "Allosexual / Alloromantic: Non-asexual and non-aromantic, respectively". [1] Zedsexual is an alternate term for allosexual rather than a third orientation; the deviation's title pairs the two words for the same flag. [1]
Creators
The Creators
FlagsforCisHets
Designer of the 2016 design
A pseudonymous DeviantArt account. It states that it designed the 2016 flag from the asexual and aromantic pride flags, and it published the 2018 revision designed by TheGayFoxBoy. [1][2]
TheGayFoxBoy
Designer of the 2018 revision
Credited on the 2018 deviation page as the designer of the revision, which keeps the seven-stripe structure and replaces the pale centre with pink. The file was published by FlagsforCisHets. [2]
Attribution notes
FlagsforCisHets is a pseudonymous DeviantArt account. Its description of the 2016 design reads "Flag designed by me, based on asexual and aromantic pride flags". [1] No physical location, portrait or biography has been located. The 2018 revision published from the same account is credited on its own page to TheGayFoxBoy: "Designed by TheGayFoxBoy based on my original design". Hosting that file does not make FlagsforCisHets its designer. [2]
Origin
- Digital Origin
- Yes
No verified physical origin location. Without a confirmed location, Indigenous land context cannot be attributed.
Digital origin on DeviantArt. No physical location is documented. [1]
Dates & Chronology
- Year Created
- Exact date
- Publication on DeviantArt
- Period in Use
- 2016 to present
The design remains documented in flag archives and reference collections, but little evidence of broad community adoption has been located. [1][2]
Major revisions
A revision published from the same account and credited on its page to TheGayFoxBoy. It keeps the seven-stripe symmetric structure and replaces the pale #F5F5F5 centre with pink, measured #F14373 in the 3.83 KB source file. [2]
The associated flag-documentation blog pride-color-schemes declined to carry standalone allosexual or alloromantic flags. That is one archive's stated policy and is recorded here as such. [4]
Lineage
- Direct predecessors
- Aromantic Pride Flag, Asexual Pride Flag
The designer names the two sources directly: the flag is "based on asexual and aromantic pride flags". [1] Nothing else is recorded as lineage. Which version of the aromantic flag was used is not stated, so no particular version is identified as the ancestor, and shared category membership with other a-spec flags is not treated as kinship.
Lineage tree
Every record reachable from this one through documented parent and child relationships: 4 records across 3 generations.
- Ancestors -2
- Aromantic Pride Flag (Yellow Center, 2014)
- Ancestor
- Asexual Pride Flag, Aromantic Pride Flag
- This record
- Allosexual / Zedsexual Pride Flag (FlagsforCisHets, 2016)
Colors & Symbolism
No stripe meanings were published with either design. The 2016 description names the identities and the two flags it was built from and stops there. [1]
| Colour | Hex | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| White | #FFFFFF | No creator-issued meaning has been located for this stripe. [1] |
| Dark grey | #A9A9A9 | No creator-issued meaning has been located for this stripe. [1] |
| Black | #000000 | No creator-issued meaning has been located for this stripe. [1] |
| Near-white | #F5F5F5 | No creator-issued meaning has been located for this stripe. [1] |
| Black | #000000 | No creator-issued meaning has been located for this stripe. [1] |
| Dark grey | #A9A9A9 | No creator-issued meaning has been located for this stripe. [1] |
| White | #FFFFFF | No creator-issued meaning has been located for this stripe. [1] |
These hexadecimal values are exact measurements from the cited source file. They document that artifact rather than a creator-issued color specification. [5]
The designer named the asexual and aromantic pride flags as the basis of the design but published no reading of the stripes. Meanings are not inferred here from those two flags. [1]
Four values mirrored across seven stripes. These hexadecimal values are exact measurements from the 19.54 KB file published on 16 August 2016 and document that artifact rather than a creator-issued color specification. [5] The 2018 revision keeps the outer six values and replaces the near-white centre with pink. Measured from the genuine 3.83 KB source PNG, that pink is #F14373; a compressed derivative of the same image samples it about one step away, at roughly #F04273. [6]
Design
- Aspect Ratio
- 113:70
- Orientation
- horizontal
- Stripe Count
- 7
- Layout
- horizontal_stripes
- Stripes (Top → Bottom)
- White, Dark grey, Black, Near-white, Black, Dark grey, White
Seven horizontal stripes, symmetrical about the centre. The published artifact measures 1130 by 700 pixels, an aspect ratio of 113:70, with stripe heights of 100, 100, 100, 99, 98, 98 and 100. The archive's reconstruction is drawn at the artifact's own 1130 by 700 rather than standardized to another ratio. [5]
Seven horizontal stripes with four unique values mirrored about the centre. No emblem. [5]
Seven horizontal stripes: white, dark grey, black, near-white, black, dark grey, white. [5]
Usage & Adoption
- Online Usage
- DeviantArt, where both versions were published [1][2], Flag archives and reference collections
- Current Status
- documented proposal; limited circulation
The design remains documented in flag archives and reference collections, but little evidence of broad community adoption has been located. [1][2]
Image Archive
2016 Publication
2018 Revision
Archive Reconstruction
Discourse & Debates
Zedsexual is an alternate term for allosexual, not a separate orientation: the deviation's title pairs the two for one flag. [1] It is not a British or Commonwealth variant, and no source located here supports that characterisation. Allosexual and alloromantic are separate terms for sexual and romantic attraction respectively. [3]
Footnotes & Citations
Sources and footnotes 6 sources
- 1. Image file page Allosexual / Zedsexual pride flag [1]. FlagsforCisHets. DeviantArt (2016-08-16). Accessed 2026-08-16
The original publication, 1130 by 700 and 19.54 KB. Description: "Allosexual / Alloromantic: Non-asexual and non-aromantic, respectively. Flag designed by me, based on asexual and aromantic pride flags".
- 2. Image file page Allosexual/Zedsexual pride flag [2]. Designed by TheGayFoxBoy; published by FlagsforCisHets. DeviantArt (2018-05-09). Accessed 2026-08-16
The revision. Description: "Designed by TheGayFoxBoy based on my original design".
- 3. Organizations Basic Terms. AUREA. Aromantic-spectrum Union for Recognition, Education and Advocacy. Accessed 2026-08-16
Defines allosexual and alloromantic separately and records who coined and popularised each.
- 4. Social media FAQ. pride-color-schemes. Tumblr. Accessed 2026-08-16
Cited only for that archive's stated policy on standalone allosexual and alloromantic flags.
- 5. Image file page Source file behind the 2016 publication, 1130 by 700. FlagsforCisHets. DeviantArt (2016-08-16). Accessed 2026-08-16 · Archived version
The downloaded file, measured for this entry: 20,008 bytes, stripe heights 100/100/100/99/98/98/100, values #FFFFFF, #A9A9A9, #000000 and #F5F5F5.
- 6. Image file page Source file behind the 2018 revision, 1130 by 700. Designed by TheGayFoxBoy; published by FlagsforCisHets. DeviantArt (2018-05-09). Accessed 2026-08-16 · Archived version
The downloaded 3.83 KB PNG, measured for this entry: the centre stripe is #F14373.
Image Sources
- Rendering
- the 2016 design as published
- Encycloflaggia reconstruction of the 2016 allosexual and alloromantic flag · Credit: Design by FlagsforCisHets; reconstruction by Encycloflaggia · Encycloflaggia · reconstructionRights Archive-produced reconstruction; drawn at the artifact's own 1130 by 700
- The 1130 by 700 file published by FlagsforCisHets on 16 August 2016 · Credit: FlagsforCisHets · DeviantArt · verified
- The 2016 artifact as published: 1130 by 700 pixels, 19.54 KB, titled "Allosexual / Zedsexual pride flag [1]". [1][5] · Credit: FlagsforCisHets · DeviantArt · No explicit licence located
- The 2018 revision, designed by TheGayFoxBoy and published by FlagsforCisHets on 9 May 2018. The structure is unchanged and the pale centre becomes pink, measured #F14373. [2][6] · Credit: Designed by TheGayFoxBoy; published by FlagsforCisHets · DeviantArt · No explicit licence located
- The archive's reconstruction, drawn at the historical artifact's own 1130 by 700 using the measured values. [5] · Credit: Design by FlagsforCisHets; reconstruction by Encycloflaggia · Encycloflaggia reconstruction · Archive-produced reconstruction, subject to the rights status of the underlying design