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==Flag==
[[File:Uranian pride flag (gay men flag).png|thumb|The uranian flag by Valentin Belyaev.]]
An alternate uranian flag was created by Tumblr user beyond-mogai-pride-flags on February 19, 2021.<ref>[https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/643575632199106560/uranian-pride-flag Tumblr post announcing a uranian flag.]</ref>[[File:C1c31a6a5cb184159f0a6bbcd465c9b8.jpg|thumb|The original uranian flag by ask-pride-color-schemes.|alt=]]
The original uranian flag was made by Mod Hermy of the @ask-pride-color-schemes Tumblr blog in 2017.<ref>[https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/162294430961/gay-man-some-proposed-flags-to-represent Gay Man]</ref><ref>[https://gayflagblog.tumblr.com/post/186181118619/gay-man-flag-many-people-are-unhappy-with-the Gay Man Flag]</ref> It was based on the lipstick lesbian flag, which in turn was plagiarized from a satirical cougar pride flag. This design has been criticized for its stereotypical use of blue to represent gay men in terms of masculinity.<ref>[https://freethoughtblogs.com/atrivialknot/2019/03/13/i-hate-this-gay-flag/ I hate this blue gay flag]</ref>
[[File:Mlm (seven-stripe version).png|thumb|The uranian flag by Tumblr user "gayflagblog".]]
Later in 2019, the Tumblr Blog gayflagblog proposed a flag based off of the prior version that addressed the issues with the old one by adding symbolic and historical meanings to each color and stripe as well as allowing those in the community to offer input and propose their own changes.The top three stripes represent community, healing, and joy. The bottom three stripes represent pure love, fortitude, and diversity. The white middle stripe is taken from the trans flag and represents all trans, non-binary, and [[Gender Non-Conforming|gender non-conforming]] uranian. The green and teal in the flag represent nature, as love between men is often seen as “unnatural” in the eyes of society and in religion. Furthermore, uranian have historically used green flowers and plants (carnations, hyacinths, etc.) The blue-to-purple gradient on the bottom of half the flag symbolizes how some uranians might be stereotypical, some might not be, and some are in-between or fluid.[[File:Gay man 3 by pride flags ddx2cjp-fullview.png|thumb|An alternate uranian flag by gaymanflag on Tumblr.]]There are various versions of this flag, including five-stripe and six-stripe "simplified" flags as well as various color edits to make the flag more purple with warmer greens, have different shades of green to represent the carnation flower, and one that added the color pink to the flag<ref>https://gayflagblog.tumblr.com/post/629409796470276096</ref>. Versions of the flag with the double-Mars symbol<ref>https://gayflags.carrd.co/#mars</ref> and the hyacinth flower<ref>https://gayflagblog.tumblr.com/post/622372254435753984</ref> have also been made.
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==Etymology==
The word refers to a dialogue in Plato's ''Symposium'' on male ''eros'' or love. In the dialogue, Pausanias distinguishes between two types of love, symbolized by two different accounts of the birth of Aphrodite, the goddess of love:
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