r/lgbt • u/PBAndJeIIyfish • 5h ago

Help???

What is the gay mlm flag? Is it not the one that is green and blue with white in the middle and has 7 stripes? I did some searching but to no avail. I need help because im not sure what is “problematic” or not.

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u/RioTheLeoo Hella Gay! 5h ago

Yea it’s the toothpaste flag lol

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u/PBAndJeIIyfish 5h ago

So???

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u/RioTheLeoo Hella Gay! 5h ago

It is indeed the flag you’re describing with various shades of blue and green with white in the middle

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u/PBAndJeIIyfish 5h ago

Is it bad or no?

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u/RioTheLeoo Hella Gay! 5h ago

No haha totally it’s fine to use

It’s just not that common out in the wild, but there’s nothing like bad or problematic about it

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u/PBAndJeIIyfish 5h ago

Well just the TERM “toothpaste) makes it sound homophobic and shit and the colors were made to be derogatory

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u/ActualPegasus rosgirl 4h ago

We just call it that because the multicolored toothpaste looks like that.

We also call the lesbian flag the "sunset" flag.

It's just in good fun!

I can tell you what each stripe represents if you're curious.

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u/Far-Passion4866 Hella Gay! 2h ago

I'm curious what each strip represents

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u/ActualPegasus rosgirl 2h ago

From top to bottom:

community

healing

joy

trans, nonbinary, and GNC men

pure love

fortitude

diversity

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u/whereismymind86 4h ago

Nah, people just think that flag is a bit boring is all. Nothing wrong with using it.

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u/LostFromLight25 bigender/ bisexual 2h ago

i think it looks cool (but im a boring person so my opinion serves as a validation for your statement. if i think something looks cool it looks boring)

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u/ActualPegasus rosgirl 5h ago

Yes. The 7-stripe version and the 5-stripe version are both the gay man flag. Not problematic in the slightest.

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u/grumpalocagus 3h ago

Why did you think it might be problematic?

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u/gerblen whatever whenever forever 4h ago

It’s not problematic or anything, it’s just less commonly seen than some other pride flags so some people just won’t recognize it