"The one in shades of pink is the lesbian flag, some people also use one in shades of blue for gay men or the rainbow flag, which is the most common and encompasses all identities."
Price points at the bi and pan flags.
"These are the flags for bisexual and pansexual, for attraction towards more than one gender. There might be some overlap, but many interpret the similarities and differences between those two identities in a different way: bi means two and was used to indicate attraction to both genders, but since there are more gender identities nowadays the term bisexual doesn't necessarily stick to a binary perception of gender. The one with black, grey, white and purple stripes is for asexuality, which is the lack of sexual attraction towards any gender. For lack of romantic attraction we use the term aromantic, its flag has five stripes in dark green, light green, white, grey and black."
He likes explaining this kind of stuff, he values the celebration of queer identities too, and as much as he finds the act of using it as a bait to spot fraternization funny, he values it genuinely. Then he points to the remaining flags.
"Those are the flags for transgender, nonbinary, and genderfluid respectively. They are for gender identity and have nothing to do with attraction. Transgender is when someone identifies as the opposite gender, nonbinary when they don't identify neither as a man nor as a woman, and genderfluid is someone's gender identity fluctuates. As you may have noticed, there are many flags, and pronouns aren't always an indication of gender identity, so you don't have to wear one if you haven't figured out yourself yet.
A person who doesn't choose a specific label but feels like their gender identity or orientation might be one of this community can simply refer to themselves as queer. The word queer used to be a slur but it was reclaimed by the community, so most people are fine with the term but be mindful about referring to someone else as queer as there are some people who have negative feelings about it."
there's a million flags more, I know, but ain't nobody got time for that
Price points at the bi and pan flags.
"These are the flags for bisexual and pansexual, for attraction towards more than one gender. There might be some overlap, but many interpret the similarities and differences between those two identities in a different way: bi means two and was used to indicate attraction to both genders, but since there are more gender identities nowadays the term bisexual doesn't necessarily stick to a binary perception of gender. The one with black, grey, white and purple stripes is for asexuality, which is the lack of sexual attraction towards any gender. For lack of romantic attraction we use the term aromantic, its flag has five stripes in dark green, light green, white, grey and black."
He likes explaining this kind of stuff, he values the celebration of queer identities too, and as much as he finds the act of using it as a bait to spot fraternization funny, he values it genuinely. Then he points to the remaining flags.
"Those are the flags for transgender, nonbinary, and genderfluid respectively. They are for gender identity and have nothing to do with attraction. Transgender is when someone identifies as the opposite gender, nonbinary when they don't identify neither as a man nor as a woman, and genderfluid is someone's gender identity fluctuates. As you may have noticed, there are many flags, and pronouns aren't always an indication of gender identity, so you don't have to wear one if you haven't figured out yourself yet.
A person who doesn't choose a specific label but feels like their gender identity or orientation might be one of this community can simply refer to themselves as queer. The word queer used to be a slur but it was reclaimed by the community, so most people are fine with the term but be mindful about referring to someone else as queer as there are some people who have negative feelings about it."
He thinks over it for a second.
"I think that is all, for now."