Nonbinary Trans Flag (2026, cirrus42)

Overview

cirrus42 wrote that none of the widely circulated pride flags resonated personally, acknowledged the design was not strictly necessary, and did not propose it as a replacement: "I am not proposing that everyone adopt this, or reject existing flags." The creator also connected the design to aesthetics: "the realization that it's OK for me to care about being pretty was actually an important step in my personal journey, so for me it feels totally appropriate to recognize that vexillologically." ^[3]

Reddit user cirrus42 first published the flag to r/NonBinary on 12 February 2026, posting the artwork at 19:24:57 UTC under the title "Nonbinary Trans Flag" and following it 33 seconds later with an explanation comment. ^{[1] [5]} The comment states the design's two-part symbolism: "That flag is intended to represent and honor how nonbinaryism & transgenderism work together. The trans flag background represents the foundational experience of not belonging to one's gender assigned at birth, while the enby flag chevron entering from the left side (disrupting the perfect symmetry of the trans flag) represents the particular experience of rejecting the gender binary." ^[3] On 18 February 2026 at 19:36:35 UTC the creator uploaded the byte-identical image file to r/QueerVexillology and repeated the explanation in a near-verbatim comment; these are two separate uploads by the creator, not a crosspost and not adoption by a second community. ^{[2] [6] [7] [8]} The artwork was built with Tennessine's online flag maker: "I used Tennessine's online flag maker, which is very handy for stuff like this." ^{[3] [9]}

Identity & Context

Represented Identity

People who identify as both nonbinary and transgender

Subcommunity

Nonbinary people within the transgender community

The flag addresses the overlap of two identities rather than defining either. GLAAD's nonbinary reference states: "Many nonbinary people also call themselves transgender and consider themselves part of the transgender community. Others do not." ^[10] The framing of "rejecting the gender binary" is cirrus42's wording for this flag's chevron, not a general definition of nonbinary identity. ^[3]

Creators

The Creator

cirrus42

Designer

cirrus42 is the Reddit username that created the flag and published it twice in February 2026. The creator's explanation describes the widely circulated pride flags as not personally resonant and credits Tennessine's online flag maker for the artwork. ^[3] Nothing further about the person behind the account is documented in the sources reviewed.

The trans flag background represents the foundational experience of not belonging to one's gender assigned at birth, while the enby flag chevron entering from the left side (disrupting the perfect symmetry of the trans flag) represents the particular experience of rejecting the gender binary.

From the explanation comment posted 33 seconds after the r/NonBinary upload.

I can't imagine nobody's ever had this idea before (it's pretty obvious), but I've never seen it, so I went ahead and created it.

From the same explanation comment.

Motivations

• None of the widely circulated pride flags resonated with the creator personally. ^[3]
• Aesthetics, tied to a personal realization: "the realization that it's OK for me to care about being pretty was actually an important step in my personal journey, so for me it feels totally appropriate to recognize that vexillologically." ^[3]

Attribution notes

cirrus42 is the sole documented creator of this design. Cade Hildreth, whose 2023 article concerns an earlier six-stripe design carrying the same generic name, has no documented role in this flag. ^[11]

Origin

Specific Place

Reddit (r/NonBinary)

Place Type

online_forum

Digital Origin

Yes

Digital origin; no verified physical location.

First published to Reddit's r/NonBinary at 19:24:57 UTC on 12 February 2026; physical location unknown. ^[5] The creator uploaded the same image file to r/QueerVexillology at 19:36:35 UTC on 18 February 2026. ^[8] The artwork was made with Tennessine's online flag maker. ^{[3] [9]}

Dates & Chronology

Year Created

2026

First documented publication

February 12, 2026

Creation Bounds

Made no later than 12 February 2026: Reddit's feed records the r/NonBinary post at 19:24:57 UTC that day. Publication is documented; the design date itself is not. ^[5]

The documented record currently consists of two 2026 uploads by the creator and their associated discussion. Independent adoption of this specific design has not been established. No independently documented adopter, organization, physical flag, merchandise use, or event use had been located as of 13 August 2026. ^{[1] [2]} Period in use: not established.

The generic name Nonbinary Trans Flag has been used for several unrelated designs, and earlier combinations of the two parent flags predate this artwork. The closest structural parallel is gslakes's Progress-style Non-Binary Trans Flag, published on DeviantArt on 6 April 2022: a Transgender Pride Flag background with a nested hoist chevron in nonbinary colours plus a brown band, a five-band chevron distinct from cirrus42's four. ^[12] No located evidence connects the two designs; cirrus42 wrote, "I can't imagine nobody's ever had this idea before (it's pretty obvious), but I've never seen it, so I went ahead and created it." The gslakes artwork is an earlier parallel, not a documented influence. ^[3] A six-stripe design under the same name, combining the trans flag's blue and pink with the nonbinary flag's yellow, white, purple and black, was circulating by 18 June 2021, documented in an Instagram post by taln_uom; the account is not documented as its designer. ^[13] Cade Hildreth's 31 January 2023 article describes that six-stripe design and postdates it. ^[11] A distinct seven-stripe merged-stripe combination by Rjalker was added to the Internet Archive on 10 July 2022. ^[14]

Lineage

Direct predecessors

Nonbinary Pride Flag, Transgender Pride Flag

Indirect influences

Progress Pride Flag

Related flags

Intersex-Inclusive Pride Flag

Sibling flags

Anarcha-Queer Flag (transgender variant), Chicago Trans Pride Flag, Cisgender Ally Flag, "Fuck Around and Find Out" Trans Pride Flag, Progress Pride Flag, Sego Visibility Flag

+ 5 more

Trans Ally Flag, Transgender Pride Flag with Transgender Symbol, Transneutral Pride Flag, Two-Spirit Nonbinary Pride Flag (2016 Tumblr documentation), Two-Spirit Transgender Pride Flag

The creator identified both components: the Transgender Pride Flag designed by Monica Helms in 1999 as the background, and the colours of Kye Rowan's 2014 Nonbinary Pride Flag in the chevron. Both are direct parents. ^{[3] [15] [16]} The nested hoist chevron belongs to a design grammar widely associated with Daniel Quasar's Progress Pride Flag, but cirrus42 did not identify that flag as a source or influence. ^[17] Earlier combination designs under the same generic name, including gslakes's 2022 Progress-style Non-Binary Trans Flag, are parallel designs, not parents; no documentary evidence establishes influence. ^[12]

Lineage tree

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

Ancestor

Transgender Pride Flag, Nonbinary Pride Flag

This record

Nonbinary Trans Flag (2026, cirrus42)

Colors & Symbolism

cirrus42 stated the symbolism for the two combined elements, not for individual stripes: "That flag is intended to represent and honor how nonbinaryism & transgenderism work together. The trans flag background represents the foundational experience of not belonging to one's gender assigned at birth, while the enby flag chevron entering from the left side (disrupting the perfect symmetry of the trans flag) represents the particular experience of rejecting the gender binary." ^[3]

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

The band meanings above are the parent flags' documented colour keys, inherited with the components; cirrus42 did not restate or newly author them. Monica Helms's wording is quoted from an interview reproduced by the Horniman Museum; Kye Rowan's colour key is quoted from the 2014 Tumblr post announcing the final flag. ^{[15] [16]}

The creator did not publish a separate colour specification. These values are the dominant flat colours in the creator-posted PNG. ^[4] The outer chevron band is dark gray rather than the pure black of Rowan's flag as commonly reproduced; no explanation for the difference is documented.

Design

Aspect Ratio

3:5 · standard

Ratio Notes

Creator-posted source artwork: 1440 × 809 pixels, approximately 16:9. No official flag ratio was stated. The 3:5 reference display is an archive standardization. ^[4]

Orientation

horizontal

Stripe Count

5

Layout

chevron_over_stripes

Stripes (Top → Bottom)

Light Blue, Pink, White, Pink, Light Blue

Additional Symbols

Nested four-band chevron entering from the hoist, pointing rightward

Archive measurements from the creator-posted 1440 × 809 file: the background stripes are near-equal fifths of the height, about 162 pixels each, and the chevron band boundaries slope at about 1.15 horizontal pixels per vertical pixel, with mid-height tips about 232 (yellow), 349 (white), 466 (purple) and 583 (dark gray) pixels from the hoist. The 3:5 reference rendering reconstructs this geometry on the standard canvas, preserving the slope and the bands' size relative to the flag's height, rather than stretching the raster. Measured for this entry; cirrus42 published no construction specification. ^[4]

The Transgender Pride Flag's five stripes form the full field; the chevron overlays the hoist and interrupts the field's bilateral symmetry, which the creator folded into the stated symbolism. Built with Tennessine's online flag maker. ^{[3] [9]}

Five equal horizontal stripes in the Transgender Pride Flag sequence of light blue, pink, white, pink and light blue, with a nested right-pointing chevron entering from the hoist. The chevron reads from its innermost band outward as yellow, white, purple and dark gray, the order and colours of the Nonbinary Pride Flag. ^{[3] [4]}

Usage & Adoption

Online Usage

Reddit: the creator's r/NonBinary post of 12 February 2026 and the creator's second upload to r/QueerVexillology on 18 February 2026 ^{[1] [2]}

Current Status

proposed

The documented record currently consists of two 2026 uploads by the creator and their associated discussion. Independent adoption of this specific design has not been established. ^{[1] [2]} Period in use: not established.

Image Archive

Original Artwork

Archive-Standard Rendering

Discourse & Debates

• Other r/NonBinary commenters read the design differently: u/nymphrodell compared the objection to arguments once made against the Progress Pride Flag, writing "It's not about whether there is representation. It's about bringing attention to a specific group," and added that not all nonbinary people are trans; u/Dragonssssssssssss read it as "specifying what kind of trans." ^[1]
• cirrus42's own explanation anticipated the redundancy objection: "So yes, this is redundant, and adds bloat to the already long list of Pride flag variations. I am not proposing that everyone adopt this, or reject existing flags." ^[3]
• Responses in the creator's later r/QueerVexillology upload were short and positive ("Cool!", "This is rad!", "I enjoy this, especially since many trans people are non binary anyway"). ^[2]

Common misidentifications

• Distinct from a six-stripe design under the same generic name, circulating by 18 June 2021 and later described in Cade Hildreth's 2023 article; Hildreth documented that earlier design and has no role in this one. ^{[13] [11]}
• Distinct from Rjalker's seven-stripe merged-stripe combination of the two flags, added to the Internet Archive on 10 July 2022. ^[14]
• Distinct from gslakes's Progress-style Non-Binary Trans Flag of 6 April 2022, an earlier close parallel whose chevron carries five bands including brown; no influence on cirrus42 has been established. ^[12]
• Not the Nonbinary Pride Flag itself (Kye Rowan, 2014), which represents nonbinary identity broadly, and not the Progress Pride Flag family, which uses a chevron for a broader coalition. ^{[16] [17]}

Criticisms

• In the r/NonBinary thread, u/midsummernightmares wrote that "the white stripe on the standard trans flag already represents nonbinary people" and that adding colours for nonbinary inclusion "has the opposite of the intended effect by implying that we're not already included in the original." ^[1]
• u/laeiryn called the design "Pretty but unnecessary and probably harmful considering the CONSTANT attempts to undermine our place in the trans community." ^[1]

"Nonbinary trans" names the overlap of two identities. GLAAD defines nonbinary as "a word used by people who experience their gender identity and/or gender expression as falling outside the binary gender categories of “man” and “woman”" and notes that many nonbinary people also call themselves transgender while others do not. ^[10]

Source Posts

• Reddit · r/NonBinary

  u/cirrus42

  Nonbinary Trans Flag

  The trans flag background represents the foundational experience of not belonging to one's gender assigned at birth, while the enby flag chevron entering from the left side (disrupting the perfect symmetry of the trans flag) represents the particular experience of rejecting the gender binary.

  2026-02-12

  View original post

  Creator's explanation comment

• Reddit · r/QueerVexillology

  u/cirrus42

  Nonbinary Trans Flag

  I can't imagine nobody's ever had this idea before (it's pretty obvious), but I've never seen it, so I went ahead and created it.

  2026-02-18

  View original post

  Creator's explanation comment

Footnotes & Citations

Image Sources

Rendering

archive-standard 3:5 rendering

• Credit: Design: cirrus42. Archive-standard 3:5 rendering: Encycloflaggia, reconstructed from the measured geometry and sampled colours of the creator-posted file · Reddit, r/NonBinary
• The creator-posted artwork, preserved byte-identical to both Reddit uploads at 1440 × 809. cirrus42 posted this same file to r/NonBinary on 12 February 2026 and to r/QueerVexillology on 18 February 2026. ^{[4] [7]} · Credit: cirrus42 (Reddit) · Reddit, r/NonBinary
• Archive-standard 3:5 reference rendering. The geometry of the creator-posted 16:9 file is reconstructed on the standard canvas rather than stretched; colours are the sampled source-file values. A new rendering does not change the unresolved rights status of the underlying design. ^[4] · Credit: Design: cirrus42. Archive-standard rendering: Encycloflaggia. · EncycloflaggiaRights The underlying design's rights are unresolved; the rendering is provided for reference display.