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Transgender flag The transgender flag was created by Monica Helms, a transgender woman, in 1999.

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The transgender flag, one of many LGBTQ+ pride flags, symbolizes and celebrates transgender persons, whose gender identities differ from the sex they were assigned at birth. It is widely flown and otherwise displayed in the United States and other countries by members and supporters of transgender communities, particularly in parades honoring transgender and other LGBTQ+ persons.

Created in 1999 by Monica Helms, a trans woman and activist, the flag consists of five horizontal stripes in different colors: two in light blue, two in light pink, and one in white. The colors are widely understood to respectively represent masculine and feminine genders, which are usually assigned at birth, as well as persons who are agender (genderless or gender neutral), intersex, or in gender transition.

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