Biromantic Five-Stripe Flag (2020)

Overview

To create a biromantic flag that explicitly represents distinct subcommunities within biromantic identity, including varioriented, perioriented, and aroace biromantics.

An anonymous wiki user created this five-stripe biromantic flag on October 24, 2020, and uploaded it to the LGBTA Fandom Wiki. Unlike the earlier biromantic pride flag (which uses the bisexual color palette with a heart motif), this design assigns each stripe to a specific biromantic subcommunity.

Identity & Context

Represented Identity

Biromantic people, who experience romantic attraction to two or more genders

Subcommunity

biromantic / bisexual umbrella

Biromantic describes the experience of romantic attraction to two or more genders, distinct from bisexual, which describes sexual attraction. The split-attraction model allows individuals to identify with different romantic and sexual orientations. This flag is notable for explicitly representing varioriented, perioriented, and aroace biromantics as distinct subcommunities.

Creators

Attribution notes

Created by an anonymous wiki user on October 24, 2020. The flag was uploaded to the LGBTA Fandom Wiki. The designer is unknown and no creator handle, account, or attribution is recorded in any wiki source.

Origin

Specific Place

LGBTA Fandom Wiki

Place Type

online community

Digital Origin

true

Digital origin; no verified physical location.

Uploaded to the LGBTA Fandom Wiki (now the LGBTQIA+ Wiki on Miraheze) by an anonymous user on October 24, 2020.

Dates & Chronology

Year Created

2020

Exact date

October 24, 2020

First public use

October 24, 2020

Period in Use

2020-present

The flag circulates on LGBTQIA+ identity wikis and flag reference sites. It is listed as 'Biromantic Alternate #2' on flagcolorcodes.com.

This flag represents a shift from the symbolic approach of the original biromantic flag (bisexual colors plus heart) toward a more taxonomic design where each stripe maps to a defined subcommunity.

Lineage

Indirect influences

Biromantic Pride Flag, Rainbow Pride Flag

Related to the original biromantic pride flag but uses a completely different color scheme and meaning structure. The original uses the bisexual pink-purple-blue palette with a heart, while this variant assigns unique colors to distinct biromantic subcommunities.

Colors & Symbolism

Each of the five stripes represents a specific biromantic subcommunity or aspect of the biromantic experience, from the broad definition of attraction to two or more genders through the specific experiences of varioriented, trans/nonbinary, perioriented, and aroace biromantics.

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

Stripe meanings are documented on wiki sources and the flagcolorcodes.com reference page. They have not been verified from a direct creator statement since the designer is anonymous.

No creator-issued color values exist since the designer is anonymous. Hex codes are circulating values from schemecolor.com and flagcolorcodes.com. These may correspond to the 'Biromantic Alternate' rather than 'Biromantic Alternate #2' specifically, so exact values should be verified against the original wiki upload.

Design

Aspect Ratio

3:2

Orientation

horizontal

Stripe Count

5

Layout

horizontal stripes

Stripes (Top → Bottom)

dark purple, lighter purple, white, orange, dark blue

Five equal horizontal stripes.

Five equal horizontal stripes, from top to bottom: dark purple, lighter purple, white, orange, and dark blue.

Usage & Adoption

First Users

LGBTA Fandom Wiki community

Online Usage

LGBTQIA+ identity wikis, Flag color reference sites

Current Status

active

Circulates primarily on LGBTQIA+ identity wikis and flag reference sites such as flagcolorcodes.com.

Image Archive

Variant flag

Flag design

Discourse & Debates

• Whether the proliferation of biromantic flag variants (heart overlays, five-stripe, etc.) reflects healthy community engagement or fragments biromantic visibility. The five-stripe variant specifically attempted to encode multiple biromantic subcommunities (varioriented, perioriented, aroace) into the design itself.

Common confusions

• Multiple biromantic flag variants exist, and this one may be confused with other alternate biromantic flags.

The flag uses terminology from the split-attraction model: 'varioriented' (romantic and sexual orientations differ), 'perioriented' (romantic and sexual orientations align), and 'angled aroace' (aroace individuals who experience some directional attraction).

Footnotes & Citations

Image Sources

• The Biromantic Five-Stripe Pride Flag, created anonymously on October 24, 2020. Dark purple represents attraction to two or more genders, lighter purple represents varioriented biromantics, white represents transgender, nonbinary, and intersex biromantics, orange represents perioriented biromantics, and dark blue represents aroace biromantics (typically angled aroaces). · Credit: Anonymous · Original 2020 design
• The Biromantic Five-Stripe Flag (2020). Colors from documented sources. · SVG reconstruction