Queerhet Pride Flag (Kaestral)
Identity Pride Flag ·
Five desaturated stripes for queerhet, posted by the Tumblr user kaestral on 18 March 2021 with a definition and an invitation: "Queerhet - Any straight person that also exists within the LGBT community", covering straight people who are trans, nonbinary, intersex, aspec or experience split attraction, and "Please use as you wish, no need to credit me!" No stripe meanings were published. kaestral's account was deactivated on 5 March 2023 and the post survives through the queerhet blog's reblog. [1]
Key facts
- Designer
- @kaestral
- Created
- First documented public use
- In use
- 2021-present
- Aspect Ratio
- 3:5 · apparent
- Ratio Notes
- Measured from the creator's artwork, which is 1296 by 778 pixels. No proportion is stated in words. [1] Written height to width, the archive's convention.
- Stripes
- 5
- Represented Identity
- Queerhet individuals, defined by the creator as any straight person who also exists within the LGBTQ+ community. This includes straight trans, nonbinary, intersex, a-spec, and split-attraction individuals.
Also known as
- Straight Queer Flag (Kaestral)
- Heteroqueer Flag (Kaestral)
Status Variant Proposed
Archive categories Sexual & Romantic Orientation Pride Flags
Overview
To provide a pride flag for the queerhet community using a distinctive desaturated color palette.
kaestral posted the design to Tumblr on 18 March 2021 with a short note: "Made a queerhet flag!" and a definition, "Queerhet - Any straight person that also exists within the LGBT community", covering straight people who are trans, nonbinary, intersex, aspec, or who experience split attraction. The post closes: "Please use as you wish, no need to credit me!" The queerhet blog later reblogged it, which is how the post survives; kaestral's account was deactivated on 5 March 2023. [1]
Identity & Context
- Represented Identity
- Queerhet individuals, defined by the creator as any straight person who also exists within the LGBTQ+ community. This includes straight trans, nonbinary, intersex, a-spec, and split-attraction individuals.
- Subcommunity
- queerhet / heteroqueer
Creators
The Creator
kaestral
Designer
Identified only as the Tumblr user kaestral, whose account was deactivated on 5 March 2023. Nothing further about them appears in the record. [1]
Made a queerhet flag!
Opening the post that published the design
Please use as you wish, no need to credit me!
Closing the same post
Attribution notes
Created by the Tumblr user kaestral, who published no name, pronouns or biography with the design. The account was deactivated on 5 March 2023, which Tumblr records in the renamed handle kaestral-deactivated20230305; the post survives through the queerhet blog's reblog. The creator released the design for free use: "Please use as you wish, no need to credit me!" A Reddit post by potaTARDIS_ on 22 March 2021 proposed a comparable design; no connection between the two is documented. [1]
Origin
- Digital Origin
- Yes
Digital origin; no verified physical location.
Posted on Tumblr by @kaestral on March 18, 2021. Later reblogged by the queerhet Tumblr blog.
Dates & Chronology
- Year Created
- Exact date
- First public use
- Period in Use
- 2021-present
Circulates on Tumblr and LGBTQIA+ identity wikis. The queerhet Tumblr blog reblogged the design.
This flag is one of several competing queerhet or straight Queer flag designs created between 2019 and 2021. The file is catalogued on the LGBTQIA+ Wiki as 'File:Queerhet Kaestral.png'.
Lineage
- Related flags
- Straight Queer Pride Flag
Part of the broader family of straight Queer and queerhet flag designs. Uses a distinct desaturated palette rather than the purple, pink, white, gray, and black range common to earlier designs.
Colors & Symbolism
Five desaturated stripes representing the queerhet identity. The muted palette distinguishes this design from the more saturated colors used in other heteroqueer flags.
| Colour | Hex | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Desaturated blue | #5C8F9D | No meaning was published for this stripe. |
| Desaturated green | #7ECFA2 | No meaning was published for this stripe. |
| Grey-green | #7D8979 | No meaning was published for this stripe. |
| Desaturated yellow | #DBCC91 | No meaning was published for this stripe. |
| Desaturated rose | #BC766D | No meaning was published for this stripe. |
Measured from the creator's artwork as carried in the post. [1]
This flag has no official digital palette. Color values shown are approximate.
kaestral published no stripe meanings. The post lists who the term covers, not what the colours carry: "Queerhet - Any straight person that also exists within the LGBT community. This would include straight: Trans, Nonbinary, Intersex, Aspec, Split Attraction." The list has five items and the flag has five stripes, but the post does not pair them and no pairing is inferred here. [1]
No palette was published in words. These values are measured from kaestral's own artwork, 1296 by 778, where the five stripes are flat fills of a fifth of the height each. A previous version of this table carried approximations taken from circulating copies, each of them off: #7A9CB0, #8AAA8A, #9AA89A, #C8C078 and #C89070. [1]
Design
- Aspect Ratio
- 3:5 · apparent
- Ratio Notes
- Measured from the creator's artwork, which is 1296 by 778 pixels. No proportion is stated in words. [1] Written height to width, the archive's convention.
- Orientation
- horizontal
- Stripe Count
- 5
- Layout
- horizontal stripes
- Stripes (Top → Bottom)
- desaturated blue, desaturated green, grey-green, desaturated yellow, desaturated rose
Five equal horizontal stripes, each a fifth of the height, measured from the 1296 by 778 artwork. [1]
Five equal horizontal stripes in desaturated tones, from top to bottom: blue, green, grey-green, yellow and rose. [1]
Usage & Adoption
- First Users
- Online queerhet and straight Queer communities
- Online Usage
- Tumblr, LGBTQIA+ identity wikis
- Current Status
- active
Circulates primarily in online Queer identity spaces on Tumblr and LGBTQIA+ wikis.
Image Archive
Flag design
Discourse & Debates
- Whether the straight Queer or queerhet identity is a meaningful identity category, and whether straight-identified individuals can or should claim Queerness.
Common misidentifications
- May be confused with other queerhet or straight Queer flag variants from the same period.
The creator used the term queerhet, defining it as 'any straight person that also exists within the LGBT community.' Other terms for overlapping identities include straight Queer, heteroqueer, queerst, and quaight.
Footnotes & Citations
Sources and footnotes 4 sources
- 1. Social media Queerhet flag (kaestral). @kaestral. Tumblr (queerhet blog) (2021-03-18). Accessed 2026-03-31
- Straight queer. LGBTQIA+ Wiki (Fandom). Accessed 2026-03-31
- Queerhet. MOGAI Wiki (Miraheze). Accessed 2026-03-31
- Social media queerhet Tumblr archive. Tumblr (queerhet blog). Accessed 2026-04-01
Image Sources
- Rendering
- Kaestral 2021 original
- The Queerhet Pride Flag (Kaestral). Colors are approximated from circulating images. · SVG reconstruction