Deminonbinary Pride Flag

Overview

To represent a partial connection to nonbinary identity within the demigender framework, and to establish a visual template that could be adapted for other demigender identities.

Deminonbinary identity describes a partial connection to nonbinary gender specifically, as opposed to a partial connection to masculinity (demiboy) or femininity (demigirl). A deminonbinary person identifies partly with a gender that is neither male nor female, while the rest of their gender may be agender, male, female, fluid, or undefined. The identity highlights the fact that nonbinary is not a single gender but a category containing many possible genders, and that one's relationship to that category can itself be partial.

The deminonbinary flag is the architecturally foundational design of the demigender flag family. Its seven-stripe mirrored structure (gray outer bands grading inward to colored interior stripes around a white center) established the template that demiboy, demigirl, and demifluid variants would follow, each substituting the interior color to specify the particular gender connection (yellow for nonbinary, blue for masculine, pink for feminine, spectrum for fluid). This design logic, a shared structural frame with swappable interior colors, allowed a family of related flags to maintain visual cohesion while preserving individual specificity. ^[1][2][3]

Identity & Context

Represented Identity

deminonbinary / demienby

Subcommunity

demigender umbrella

Creators

The Creator

Origin

Digital Origin

Tumblr

Digital origin; no verified physical location.

Earliest documented appearance is June 21, 2013 (attributed to alexander--the-great). ^[4] The widely recognized version was created by Salem/Transrants in 2014. ^[4][5] Secondary sources place the design prior to the demiboy and demigirl flags. ^[2][6]

Dates & Chronology

Period in Use

pre-2013?–present

The deminonbinary flag is less institutionally prominent than the demiboy or demigirl flags, reflecting both the relatively smaller community that uses the specific deminonbinary label and the lower mainstream familiarity with it as a concept.

However, it is recognized in demigender flag guides as the earliest entry in the visual family and holds an important historical position as the design that made the demiboy, demigirl, and demifluid flags possible. Its yellow interior stripes maintain visual continuity with the nonbinary pride flag designed by Kye Rowan in 2014. ^[1][2][3]

The origin of the deminonbinary flag is somewhat disputed. A yellow-stripe version can be traced to as early as June 21, 2013, attributed to Tumblr user alexander--the-great (account no longer accessible). The well-known version is frequently attributed to druxydeity, with the flag posted around 2014 to 2015 on Tumblr.

The flag's yellow interior stripes were chosen to match the yellow stripe of the nonbinary pride flag, where yellow represents gender outside the male-female binary. This color choice creates a direct visual link between the two flags: the nonbinary flag says 'my gender is outside the binary,' while the deminonbinary flag says 'part of my gender is outside the binary.' The gray frame adds the 'demi' modification, specifying that the nonbinary connection is partial rather than total. Because each visual element has a consistent role across the family, someone familiar with one demigender flag can read the others. ^[1][2][3]

Like the demiboy and demigirl flags by the same creator family, the deminonbinary flag did not come with explicit color meanings from the designer. The community has attributed meanings: yellow for nonbinary identity, white for transition or multiplicity, and gray for the partial or in-between nature of demigender experience. These are community-attributed, not creator-issued.

Lineage

Indirect influences

Rainbow Pride Flag, Transgender Pride Flag

Direct children

Demiboy Pride Flag, Demigirl Pride Flag

Related flags

Agender Pride Flag, Bigender Pride Flag, Nonbinary Pride Flag

The earliest documented entry in the demigender visual family. ^{[2] [6]} The seven-stripe mirrored gray/colored/white structure served as the template for demiboy, demigirl, and demifluid variants. ^[1]

Lineage tree

Every record reachable from this one through documented parent and child relationships: 3 records across 2 generations.

This record

Deminonbinary Pride Flag

Children

Demiboy Pride Flag, Demigirl Pride Flag

Colors & Symbolism

A member of the demigender flag family, using the shared mirrored seven-stripe structure with the specific color set for partial nonbinary identity. ^[1]

Circulating community values from reference sites

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

The demigender flag family shares a consistent visual grammar: gray outer bands for partiality, colored interior stripes for the specific gender direction, and a white center. The deminonbinary variant uses yellow to locate itself within the nonbinary spectrum. ^[1]

No official creator-published hex specification. The values given are drawn from widely circulating community reference sites. ^[1]

Design

Aspect Ratio

3:5 · standard

Orientation

horizontal

Stripe Count

7

Layout

horizontal_stripes

Stripes (Top → Bottom)

Dark Gray, Light Gray, Yellow, White, Yellow, Light Gray, Dark Gray

Seven equal horizontal stripes in a mirrored pattern: dark gray, light gray, yellow, white, yellow, light gray, dark gray, from top to bottom. No emblem or additional symbols. ^[1]

Usage & Adoption

Geographic Usage

Internet circulation

Online Usage

Circulated through Tumblr and demigender flag reference guides

Current Status

active

Less institutionally prominent than demiboy or demigirl, but historically important within the demigender flag family. ^{[1] [2]}

Discourse & Debates

• Whether deminonbinary is meaningfully distinct from nonbinary, critics argue that nonbinary already encompasses partial, fluid, and undefined gender experiences, while deminonbinary users maintain that the 'demi' prefix specifies a particular structure (one part nonbinary, one part something else) that 'nonbinary' alone does not communicate ^[3][4]
• The flag's position as the foundational design in the demigender family is well-attested in secondary sources but lacks direct primary confirmation, creating a chronological claim that is widely repeated but not independently verifiable from archived primary posts ^[2][6]

Common misidentifications

• Sometimes confused with the nonbinary pride flag due to the shared yellow color, the key distinction is the gray 'demi' frame indicating partiality rather than full nonbinary identification
• Occasionally conflated with the demifluid flag, which shares the same gray/white structural frame but uses a multicolor spectrum interior rather than solid yellow
• The flag has been widely adopted as a general demigender flag rather than specifically a deminonbinary flag, creating confusion about what the design actually represents, the yellow stripes specifically signify nonbinary identity, not demigender broadly ^[4][5]

Common confusions

• Deminonbinary is sometimes misunderstood as meaning 'almost nonbinary' or 'not quite nonbinary enough' rather than 'having a partial connection to nonbinary gender alongside other gender experiences' ^[3]
• The relationship between deminonbinary and agender can be confusing, a deminonbinary person may have an agender component alongside their nonbinary component, but deminonbinary and agender are distinct identities with different emphases ^[3][4]

Criticisms

• Deminonbinary faces the same 'too niche' dismissal directed at demigender identities broadly, the argument that nonbinary is a sufficient umbrella and that specifying a partial connection to it is unnecessary subdivision. Proponents counter that the distinction between full and partial identification with nonbinary gender is experientially meaningful: a deminonbinary person's relationship to their gender is structurally different from someone who identifies wholly as nonbinary, and language that captures that difference creates visibility rather than fragmentation. ^[3][4]

The 'demi-' prefix from Latin ('half' or 'divided') is shared across the demigender family and always indicates partiality rather than totality. 'Demienby' is a common informal shortening. Deminonbinary is distinct from nonbinary (which does not imply partiality), from genderfluid (which implies movement between genders), and from bigender (which implies experiencing two genders simultaneously rather than a partial connection to one). ^[3][4]

Footnotes & Citations

Image Sources

Rendering

seven-stripe standard

• The deminonbinary pride flag, the architecturally foundational design of the demigender flag family. The seven-stripe mirrored structure established the template for demiboy, demigirl, and demifluid variants. Gray outer bands represent the partial ('demi') quality of the gender connection, yellow interior stripes match the nonbinary flag's yellow to signal nonbinary identity specifically, and the white center represents agender or nonbinary identity. · Community reference