Allosexual Pride Flag (2016, FlagsforCisHets)

Overview

To provide a standalone visual symbol for allosexual identity, which is already represented as the white stripe in the asexual pride flag but did not have its own separate flag.

The flag was posted by DeviantArt user FlagsforCisHets in 2016. Allosexuality is not itself a minority identity but rather the complement of asexuality, describing the experience of feeling sexual attraction. The flag appears to have been created as part of a broader project of designing flags for identities that lacked them, including identities that are not marginalized. ^[1]

Identity & Context

Represented Identity

allosexual / zedsexual

Allosexual describes the normative experience of feeling sexual attraction. It exists primarily as a complement term to asexual, used within asexual-spectrum communities to name the non-asexual counterpart rather than to signal a distinct subcultural identity.

Creators

Attribution notes

FlagsforCisHets is a DeviantArt user who posted this flag design. No further biographical information about the account holder has been verified. ^[1]

Origin

Digital Origin

true

No verified physical origin location. Without a confirmed location, Indigenous land context cannot be attributed.

Originated on DeviantArt. ^[1]

Dates & Chronology

Year Created

2016

First public use

2016

Period in Use

2016–present

The flag has seen very limited community adoption. Allosexual identity does not carry the same need for community visibility as marginalized identities, and most people who experience sexual attraction do not seek a flag to represent that experience. The flag circulates primarily in pride flag databases as a matter of documentation completeness. ^[1]

The term allosexual gained currency within asexual-spectrum communities as a neutral way to refer to non-asexual people, analogous to cisgender as a complement to transgender. The term zedsexual has been used as a synonym in some communities. Whether this flag or any allosexual flag will gain lasting community traction remains uncertain.

Lineage

Direct predecessors

Asexual Pride Flag

Sibling flags

Akoisexual / Lithsexual Pride Flag (2014), Apothisexual Pride Flag (2016, pride-color-schemes), Cupiosexual Pride Flag (2014, attribution unstable), Demisexual Pride Flag, Graysexual Pride Flag, Reciprosexual Pride Flag (creator unknown)

The three-stripe white-grey-black design appears to be an inversion or adaptation of the asexual pride flag's color palette. The asexual flag uses black, grey, white, and purple; this flag drops the purple and reverses the order, placing white (allosexuality) at the top. No explicit lineage statement from the creator has been located, and this relationship is an editorial interpretation based on the visual similarity.

Lineage tree

Every record reachable from this one through documented parent and child relationships: 2 records across 2 generations.

Ancestor

Asexual Pride Flag

This record

Allosexual Pride Flag (2016, FlagsforCisHets)

Colors & Symbolism

The flag represents allosexual identity, the experience of feeling sexual attraction. The design is assumed to be an inversion or adaptation of the asexual pride flag, with white (allosexuality) placed at the top and black (asexuality) at the bottom.

This flag has no official digital palette. Color values shown are approximate.

The creator did not publish color meanings for this flag. The meanings listed here are editorial interpretations based on the assumed relationship to the asexual pride flag's established color symbolism. They should not be treated as authoritative.

No creator-published hex specification has been located. White and black are assumed standard values. The grey hex value (#A3A3A3) is an approximation and is unconfirmed; it may differ from the creator's original file.

Design

Aspect Ratio

3:5 · standard

Orientation

horizontal

Stripe Count

3

Layout

stripes_only

Stripes (Top → Bottom)

White, Grey, Black

Three horizontal stripes of equal width.

Three horizontal stripes of equal width, top to bottom: white, grey, black.

A pride flag for allosexual identity consisting of three horizontal stripes of equal width. From top to bottom: white, grey, and black. The design appears to adapt the asexual pride flag's greyscale palette (black, grey, white) in reversed order, omitting the purple stripe. ^[1]

Usage & Adoption

Online Usage

Listed in the Pride-Flags DeviantArt archive. Minimal circulation beyond pride flag databases. ^[1]

Current Status

active

This flag has seen very limited community adoption. Allosexual identity does not typically carry the same need for community visibility as marginalized identities, and the flag remains a niche proposal rather than a widely recognized symbol.

Discourse & Debates

• Whether complement-identity flags (flags for non-marginalized counterparts of marginalized identities) serve a useful function or dilute the political purpose of pride flags.

Common confusions

• The simple white-grey-black palette can be confused with greyscale flags for other identities or with the asexual pride flag if the stripe order is not carefully noted.

Criticisms

• Some community members question whether allosexuality, as the normative experience of sexual attraction, needs or benefits from its own pride flag.

Allosexual is the standard complement term to asexual within ace-spectrum communities. Zedsexual is a synonym used in some communities, primarily in British and Commonwealth English contexts where 'zed' is the standard pronunciation of the letter Z.

Footnotes & Citations

Image Sources

Rendering

FlagsforCisHets (2016)