Non-Quaternary Pride Flag

Non-quaternary or nonquaternary (“quaternary” meaning something in four sections) describes people with genders that cannot be summarized as simply man/woman nor the absence of being a man/woman (ie. “non-men”/“non-women”)

[ID: Two pride flags.

Image one: The non-quaternary flag. A pride flag with 5 horizontal stripes and a black diagonal cross/saltire layered overtop. The stripes from top to bottom are blue, aqua, a thin white stripe, pink and orange. 

Image two: The alternate non-quaternary flag.  A pride flag with 5 horizontal stripes and a grey diagonal cross/saltire layered overtop. The stripes from top to bottom are blue, aqua, a thin white stripe, pink and orange. The only visual differences between this flag and the former is slightly lower saturation and contrast. 

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Stripes & Saltire Meaning

Blue: Men Aqua: Genders that are not women (”non-women”) White: The gender binary Pink: Women Orange: Genders that are not men (”non-men”) Saltire: The inability to fit within or the rejection of quaternary gender categorization

Flag Design Concept

Other than the obvious blue for men, pink for women, the colours selected for “non-men” and “non-women” respectively specifically contrast their man/woman counterparts. (ie. the stripe for “non-(wo)men” contrasts with the stripe for (wo)man.) The small white stripe in the center bisects the flag into men/”nonwomen” and women/”nonmen”, which represents the criticism of how the gender quaternary lumps “non-men” with women and “non-women” with men in a way reminiscent of the gender binary. The saltire layered overtop of the stripes functions like a "crossing out" of the rest of the flag.

I tried to make a more accessible version of this flag with lower saturation and contrast to avoid eye strain but I have a hard time ascertaining how well it accomplishes that so feel free to make a better alternative if this one is lacking.

This flag is meant to be critical of the gender quaternary and especially it’s prescriptive use for the sake of gatekeeping. The terminology of “non-man” and “non-women” was used in this post mostly to name the language this term/flag stands in opposition to but the terms themselves have a very problematic history so I discourage using the terms uncritically, even within the new context of the gender quaternary.

Binary: Male and female.

Abinary: Neither male nor female (i.e, most xenogenders, NINgenders, aporagenders, etc.).

Nonbinary: Any gender that isn't 100% only male or only female 100% of the time.

Atrinary: Any gender that's not male/masculine, female/feminine, androgynous, or neutral/genderless (i.e, most xeno-, UIN-, and aporagenders)

Anonbinary: Not binary or ""nonbinary"". Describes genders completely unrelated to the gender binary (such as aporagenders and most xenogenders). Pretty much synonymous to abinary.

Atrinary or aternary: abinary genders that are completely unrelated to the gender trinary (such as quoigender, maverique, some aporagenders or most xenogenders). 

While abinary encompasses agender and neutrois (null-gender, genderless, neutral-ningender, gender-free or gendervoid) and nonbinary includes androgyne, atrinary people have gender(s) that are completely removed from the concept of masculinity/femininity/neutrality/genderlessness/androgyny or (fe)male/neutrois/agender.