Gay straight alliance flag

Here’s what the straight ally flag means: The letter ‘A’ means ally. The black and white stripes represent the straight flag. The rainbow colors in the letter ‘A’ are for the LGBT community. Keep in mind that bearing this flag is not a trend. With many different identities in the community, there comes many different flags to know. We know that this may not be all of the flags that represent our community, but we will update the page as new flags become popular! Explore the flag collection below!

Some straight flags represent straight pride, a conservative countermovement to gay pride. There is also the straight ally flag, which is intended to represent allyship by straight people with the LGBTQ community. The access and use of this site shall thereby constitute the approval of the 'user' to be bound by the following;. The access and use of this site shall be governed by the following terms and agreement Defined Terms:.

A gay–straight alliance, gender–sexuality alliance (GSA) or queer–straight alliance (QSA) is a student-led or community-based organization, found in middle schools, high schools, colleges, and universities. These are primarily in the United States and Canada. We highly value your privacy. Personal information is data that can be used to directly or indirectly identify you. Personal information also includes anonymous data linked to information that can be used to directly or indirectly identify you.

The ‘straight ally’ flag emerged in the mid to late s 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. The Pride flag, a common symbol for many GSA's across the country. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia. It was started by a woman named Marguerite Gonsalves who was a former English teacher as well as the former head of the teachers union.