P flag (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)

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• Presentation of PFlag
• The flag-like logo of PFlag
• The actual flag of PFlag

• Sexual orientation flags

• PFlag Site
  reported by Jarig Bakker, 21 May 1999

Presentation of PFlag

P-FLAG is a volunteer non-profit organisation with a membership of parents and friends who have been drawn together because someone they know or love is gay or lesbian.
Jarig Bakker, 21 May 1999, quoting from PFlag Site

"P-Flag" is an acronym for Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays.
Ole Andersen, 18 Jul 2002

Do we know that this really is a flag or is it a representation, i.e. symbol or logo, utilizing a Gay flag, the emblem P superimposed, as an identity. Conceptually, P-flag � gay flag with a P. I would be interested to hear if this actually is used as a flag. In looking over the affiliated sites of P-FLAG, including their central HQ site, the Perth one is the only one so far (emphasis on the words so far) that displays this image.
Phil Nelson, 04 Jun 1999

I made a very fast visit to that site to download the picture and see if there was something else of interest there, and I left with the impression that it was a Perth-only thing (the original picture has the writing "Perth Inc." in very small font under the flag).
Jorge Candeias, 01 Jun 1999

The flag-like logo of PFlag

Well, it�s the umptieth variation of the gay rainbow flag, this time with a thin pink stripe by the hoist followed by a large black "P", extending from top to bottom. I sure would like to see it flying; common sense says that the reverse shows a reversed "P", almost like a "q", but one never knows. The image above shows this design somewhat �corrected�, both in graphical and textile points of view, with the width of the pink stripe and the thickness of the "P" equal to the horizontal stripe�s height, and the round part of the "P" connecting the green and the red stripes with a circle crown centered between the yellow and orange ones. The image at the site has a much less regular "P", thinner and covering partially all stripes except the blue in the round part. But I guess this version looks better and would be easier to produce (if from stitched cloths, not printed).
Ant�nio Martins, 31 May 1999

The actual flag of PFlag

I can only say that this not right: these people have a very nice flag as their logo, and then go out on the streets demonstrating with... this! I mean, it is not only ugly, but wrong: the stripes are upside down, there�s indigo instead of purple, the lettering is confuse and misplaced, and the ratio (2:5) is unwise (to say the least). It is an one off banner, anyway; if the P-flag ever catch on, as a sign of parents and friends of gays and lesbians, it will be almost certainly in the version used as logo: the usual gay rainbow with a large black "P" at the hoist separated from if by a pink bar.
Ant�nio Martins, 22 Jul 1999