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sort of but also not entirely? the current flag was one of several options i created alongside the original yellow version of the design. i actually liked it the most but put it aside out of concern it might be confused for the neutrois flag (though now i think they look pretty distinct)

i resurrected it in response to that ask in hopes of further discussion in the community but that person never responded, and the post sat at like, 5 notes for several months.

much later discussions started happening regarding accessibility issues (eye-strain bc of the yellow) so i brought it out again and THAT'S when the white stripe flag took off. we'd probably still be using the yellow flag if not for that. i still see it around sometimes

that’s basically how it is already. it still exists and lots of people still use it. it’s not up to me to decide who uses which flag after all, haha, i just designed them. they’re both still available =) 

plus, the white stripe in the flag has the same official meaning that the yellow stripe does (all platonic relationships/feelings/etc.) (actually in the original-original meanings the yellow stripe didn’t even represent friendship in the first place)

damnwell that’s definitely a problem; thanks for letting me know

i have a few alternative ideas… but i don’t know if they really fix the issue - removing one colour or the other. the best solution i can think of is switching out the yellow for white… (although it does make the colour scheme kinda similar to the neutrois flag) 

i think keeping the 5 stripe format is the best idea, just gotta figure out the colours

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over the past few months i’ve been reviewing my...

Which stripe does wtf/qoi come under now, the spectrum at the top or the “everything else not allo” (I would like it to see it on somewhere explicitly because I don’t feel it’s ever really included on purpose and I really liked that it was before)

wtf/quoiro would fit under the top spectrum (in fact in the old version it already fit both there and the black stripe)

the idea is that the green section covers every orientation and identity under the aro umbrella, instead of trying to cram in a list of separate labels and inevitably end up excluding lesser known or new identities (like wtf/quoiromantic)

the platonic stripe isn't really meant to cover any particular identity it's more like just the representation/celebration of a concept y'know like the fact that romance shouldn't be regarded as the priority of all existence and all that irritating stuff we're constantly bombarded with ('everything else not allo' was kind of a poorly worded phrase i admit, sorry)

over the past few months i’ve been reviewing my design of the aro flag, and stuff that’s occurring in the community and i guess kind of regretting (or re-evaluating) some of the design choices i made? not with the colours, mostly just the meanings of the stripes (which were never really set in stone anyway - they kept changing in my mind when people commented their thoughts)

the biggest thing is that because of all the new words and orientations aro-spectrum people are exploring, stripes designated for certain orientations don’t really work in the long run - after all the two top stripes already symbolise the entire community as a spectrum

basically the way i’ve been seeing the flag over the past couple of months has been in three sections - with the top pair of colours and the bottom pair of colours being two spectrums

green-light green - the aro-spectrum (and aromanticism itself represented by green because green belongs to us now hell yeah)

yellow - basically the ‘platonic’ stripe - friendship/platonic and aesthetic attraction/queerplatonic relationships/family, the importance and validity of all non-romantic relationships and feelings and non-romantic forms of love etc. etc. etc. etc.

black-grey - the sexuality spectrum - acknowledging aro-aces, aromantic allosexuals, and everything in between because we are a diverse lot so i think this is better but who knows EVERYBODY MIGHT DISAGREE WITH ME 

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EDIT: aaaaand here's my redesign with the white stripe

i've been reading up on a lot of the discussion about the aro flag and the problems people have with it (that it's not inclusive, mostly), other options people have put forward and their reasonings, and what they think it needs etc.

and judging by the dates on the discussion boards... apparently we've been trying to figure this shit out for 2 years already so i figured, why not work on making a flag option myself - one that includes grey, demi, lith and wtfromantics as well as the spectrum

also one that's a lot easier on the eyes than the one at aromantic.org

so here's the results of several hours reading forum discussions and messing with colours and blabla, colour symbolism explained in the second picture

credit to like half the aro community for the green and yellow colour scheme that it seems to have adopted *teary thank yous everywhere*

lemme know what you think

EDIT: the stripe meanings and symbolism have been developed; please refer to this post

EDIT AGAIN: for reasons of colour sensitivity, cultural appropriation etc. the more accepted flag is now my redesign with the white stripe