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Later on, a different version of the flag was created using the transgender flag colours, as a symbol of allyship to the Trans community.

It is comprised of black and white stripes representing heterosexuality/cisgender (being the absence of colour as found on the rainbow flag), defaced with a rainbow-coloured “A” which stood for ally and activism.

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It was also proposed to be a symbol for those who are parents or partners to Queer-identified people, that do not identify as Queer themselves, and to signify a space as being “Queer friendly” or a Queer safe space, rather than, for example, an Queer venue where a rainbow flag might be used.

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The ‘straight ally’ flag emerged in the mid to late 2000s as a symbol for allyship with and to the Queer community on a blog called Queer & Straight Allies for Equality (Queer & SAFE), an Australian Queer collective with the aim of enlisting ally support for the Queer community. Contrary to commentary found on the internet, the ‘straight ally’ flag was not designed by a straight person.

That is, rather than being a Pride Flag, the Straight Ally Flag was meant to be a symbol of solidarity, rather than a symbol of Pride.

The flag arose as a symbol of allyship at a time where LGBTQIA+ rights such as marriage and adoption were dismissed as a “minority concern” that wasn’t of much importance to, or supported by, the general population. As such, it was hoped that the flag would help increase Ally-visibility within the community to show the vast support of Queer rights within the greater community, as well as being a symbol of allyship and Queer acceptance – that is, to show that one is ‘straight but not narrow’ – particularly at a time where “Heterosexual Pride” became synonymous with being anti-Queer.

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