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I’ve read excerpts from that article.
Steve Kramer, 10 March 2000 and 7 July 2000
The Leather Pride Flag (for those gay, straight, bi, or otherwise who enjoy leather, sadomasochism, Dominance & submission, and similar activities as a sexual fetish) is displayed more discretely than the Rainbow Gay Pride Flag.
Although the flag is often common in the gay community, it is not a gay-only symbol.
M. The flag factories in Taiwan are not flag experts. In the range of the standard responses the red heart stands for love, and the white middle stripe for safety over all.
Steve Kramer, 10 March 2000, 7 July 2000, and 24 August 2001
DeBlase’s wish was that there are diverse interpretations of the symbolics of the flag.
All the elements of the model flag are kept here, but the stripes are arranged diagonally to symbolize the relation of Sir (represented by top left corner) and Boy/Boi (represented by bottom right corner).
Schmöger, 22 August 2001
Alternate origin report?…
If I am correct, there is a very funny story about that flag. They offer these flags for sale to various flag importers in the U.S. and elsewhere. They are usually seen tacked to the wall or flown just inside the door at bars, nightclubs, and conventions which cater to that type of clientele.
Steve Kramer, 29 November 2000
Symbolism
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The heart was moved to the top right corner "because boys are on the right", by authors's own words [1], which is often interpreted as "to show where the boy's heart is" in other available descriptions of the flag [2, 3]. His stated intention was to let the spectator decide how to interpret the colors and symbols.
The flag was created by artist Tony DeBlase and first displayed on May 28, 1989, at the Mr. Leather contest in Chicago. It was my understanding from Bill that the event he describes took place during the 1990’s, after the creation of the actual Leather Pride Flag.
Steve Kramer, 7 July 2000
Boy Pride Flag
image by Tomislav Todorovic, 24 October 2011
Boy Pride (of Boi Pride) flag is meant to represent Boys/Bois, a subgroup of the leather subculture.
Scroll down or click on any flag to discover their meaning, history and to see some of the variations and changes some flags have made over the years.
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Cecilia Miller is a lesbian love warrior and educator fighting for queer justice and ensuring every shade of the rainbow shines bright & bold!
While many of us are now familiar with the famous rainbow flag, there are also other LGBQT+ flags that each represent the different sex, sexuality, attraction, and gender diversities within our fabulous community.
Even if most queer people identify with the rainbow flag itself, many also desire to fly their own particular flag alongside it.
Since then, it’s been connected with leather in general, as well as allied communities like the BDSM community.
On May 28th, 1989, he debuted the design at International Mister Leather. Schmöger, 22 August 2001
This is a variant of the “Leather pride flag” with a wider white stripe. Mr. DeBlase was a columnist for Drummer magazine, and it was in that column that he first debuted the Leather Pride Flag [dbl89].
He gives none of his own.David Hawks, 27 June 2000
The flag is composed of nine horizontal stripes of equal width. I saw three leather pride flags in Munich, during the CSD (Christopher Street Day) Parade, all of them with a wider white stripe.
M. The flag is made up of nine equal-width horizontal stripes.