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== History ==
[[File:Queer3.jpg|thumb|220x220px|Another alternate queer flag by bihetnaomi.]]
[[File:Queersssss.jpg|thumb|An alternate queer flag by tumblr user [https://officialqueer.tumblr.com/post/151277458988/this-is-my-and-the-thought-museums-take-on-a officialqueer]]]
Entering the English language in the 16th century, queer originally meant "strange", "odd", "peculiar", or "eccentric". Over time, queer acquired a number of meanings related to sexuality and gender, ranging from narrowly meaning "gay or lesbian" to referring to anyone not heterosexual or not cisgender.<ref>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/queer</ref>
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The most commonly known queer flag is the chevon flag, which originated with with a flag made by Tumblr user istudyhumanhope on October 3, 2016.<ref>https://istudyhumanhope.tumblr.com/post/151300952133/my-friend-luca-and-i-saw-you-idea-officialqueer</ref> Lavender was used because it’s a queer color. White is used because in white light there are all the colors of the rainbow. The shape was chosen because it is not straight. An alternate version was created by Bizexuals on October 4, 2016 due to complaints about the original being a sensory trigger. This version had a pure white background, but by October 5, 2016 the version with an off white background was created.<ref>https://bizexuals.tumblr.com/post/151401412287/more-queer-pride-flagsvariations-see-if-you-can</ref> The off white background represents the queering of identities, and the inherent non-straightness of queer identity. The chevron is reminiscent of militaristic imagery, reminding everyone of queer people's pride in the radical anti-assimilation of queer identity.
An alternate version was created by bihetnaomi on December 10, 2016<ref>https://www.deviantart.com/bihetnaomi/art/Queer-Pride-Flag-2-650418588</ref>. It was not meant as a replacement pride symbol, but was a suggested alternative as a pride flag.
Another alternate queer flag was created by tumblr user [https://officialqueer.tumblr.com/post/151277458988/this-is-my-and-the-thought-museums-take-on-a officialqueer] on an unknown date in 2017. By their description:
{{Quote|This is my and @the-thought-museum‘s take on a possible pride flag for people who identify as queer!
It features the original colours of the first pride flag (you can read up on the meaning/history of them here) in pastel to distinguish it from the rainbow flag (and also, like, pastels are always lovely) and they grey in between, as The-Thought-Museum puts it, “represents a spectrum where someone would rather ID as a broader term than be forced to commit to an ID like pan, bi, gay, etc.”
So, basically, this is our take on a possible design for a queer identity/community pride flag!}}
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