Thread by @ZeebDemon

Happy Alice Day, to those who celebrate!

I figured, why not use today to unveil the YAP (Youth Attracted Person) pride flag I designed almost a year ago?

I wanted to stray from the oft used horizontal bars motif, but only a little. I wanted to retain some familiarity.

The colors are symbolic and have roots in YAP culture with the original spiral designs being light blue for BLs and light pink for GLs, and yellow for gender neutral YAPs, pan YAPs, et cetera. White is for the ace YAPs. The purple is for non-binary YAPs and young people.

The shape of the flag also has meaning. It's more apparent in the vertical oriented version but in the center between the bars is an hourglass formed from the white and purple triangles, representing the passage of time and growing up.

The blue and pink bars are set at that angle growing up and outwards, in the way that young people grow up and out into the world, as they become adults. The bars go from less to more saturated to represent that transition from youth, to adolescence, to adulthood.

The white space has utility, too! It's meant to be customized to the individual. A person can add a spiral triangle there for BLs, or a spiral heart for GLs, or maybe they're a zoo and want that represented too? Add the zeta!

Come as you are. All Queers are welcome.

Attraction is not abuse. And abuse is not love.

Love is love.

Defy hate. Dismantle systemic oppression. Stand in solidarity against bigotry, against fascism.

But never forget that love is love, and you deserve love. Especially from yourself.

That is what pride means to me.