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'''Variant''' describes aan personindividual who does not fall into the expected cultural ideals or roles for [[gender]], [[sex]], [[Gender Presentation|gender expression]], [[orientation]], [[:category:relationships|relationships]], and other related forms of self-identification. It involves not being accepted as a member of conformant society due to one’s identity differing from the one assigned to and/or expected of them. The opposite of variant is [[conformant]]. PeopleIndividuals can be variant in some areas and conformant in other areas. To specify certain subcommunities, terms like gender variant, attractional variant, relational variant, etc. can be used.

* [[Polyamorous]]/[[Ethical Non-Monogamy|Non-monogomous]]: Open to relationships with more than one personindividual at once.

The variant flag was created by Tumblr use variant-archive on January 14, 2019.<ref>https://variant-archive.tumblr.com/post/181998325042/variant-not-completely-conforming-to-the</ref> The was chosen shape to evoke [[queer]] chevrons and the letter V for variant. The flag colorcolors are meant to represent certain variant sub-communities. Colors were chosen based on the colors used in pride flags and symbols associated with certain identities.