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[[File:Genderqueer.png|thumb|Genderqueer flag. Three stripes; lavender, white, light green.]]The [[Genderqueer flag]] was designed by [[Marilyn Roxie]] with input from the readers of [[Genderqueer Identities]]. The flag is [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution] licensed.
[[File:Genderqueer.png|thumb|Genderqueer flag. Three stripes; lavender, white, light green.]]The [[Genderqueer flag]] was designed by [[Marilyn Roxie]] with input from the readers of [[Genderqueer Identities]]. The flag is [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution] licensed.


By coincidence, the colors are similar to the [https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gb_suffr.html British Suffragette Flag] which is still used today by women supporting women's rights, causing some confusion.<ref name="asktrans">{{Cite web |title=r/asktransgender - Does anyone know why so many Twitter TERFs have the genderqueer flag as their icon? |author=u/queerfox13 |work=reddit |date=2 October 2018 |access-date=31 May 2020 |url= https://www.reddit.com/r/asktransgender/comments/9kr39d/does_anyone_know_why_so_many_twitter_terfs_have/ |quote=u/queerfox13 }}</ref> The creator of the genderqueer flag had no knowledge of the British Suffragette Flag.<ref name="Roxie">{{Cite web |title=On the Genderqueer and Non-Binary Flag and Suffragette Colours in the UK |author=Roxie, Marilyn |work=GENDERQUEER AND NON-BINARY IDENTITIES |date=24 April 2013 |access-date=31 May 2020 |url= https://genderqueerid.com/post/48778828472/on-the-genderqueer-and-non-binary-flag-and}}</ref>
By coincidence, the colors are similar to the [https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gb_suffr.html British Suffragette Flag] which is sometimes used by [[Cissexism#Transgender-exclusionary_feminists|TERFs]] online, causing some confusion.<ref name="asktrans">{{Cite web |title=r/asktransgender - Does anyone know why so many Twitter TERFs have the genderqueer flag as their icon? |author=u/queerfox13 |work=reddit |date=2 October 2018 |access-date=31 May 2020 |url= https://www.reddit.com/r/asktransgender/comments/9kr39d/does_anyone_know_why_so_many_twitter_terfs_have/ |quote=u/queerfox13 }}</ref> The creator of the genderqueer flag had no knowledge of the British Suffragette Flag.<ref name="Roxie">{{Cite web |title=On the Genderqueer and Non-Binary Flag and Suffragette Colours in the UK |author=Roxie, Marilyn |work=GENDERQUEER AND NON-BINARY IDENTITIES |date=24 April 2013 |access-date=31 May 2020 |url= https://genderqueerid.com/post/48778828472/on-the-genderqueer-and-non-binary-flag-and}}</ref>


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