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Flag proposal 2009
A flag representing social movement for the understanding of erotic attractions and relationships involving youth and adults is currently being formed. Participants from the BL/GL communities and allies from non-oriented sites such as Newgon.com will use the flag (and the accompanying symbol, if viable) to spearhead the awareness campaign.
The Proposals Stage is nearing a conclusion, and the Voting Stage is next in line.
Voting
The submissions we have received are not final ideas, but concepts that will be worked on once they are chosen. In this sense, choosing a concept should be a matter of potential rather than superficial features (colour, finish, etc) of the blueprint. The concept will be chosen by a simple vote held on a number of related forums, with one vote and one reserve (tie-breaker) vote allocated to each registered screen name, and no one individual may vote on two or more different sites.
Candidates
These are the concepts which may be voted for.
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AmaroSymbol |
AP's simple design was used extensively on his now offline websites, but rarely elsewhere. A diamond incorporating two equally sized triangles symbolises union between two divided groups of people. Here, we submit it for a community vote. |
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CLogo | The CLogo is a traditional childlove symbol. It depicts a butterfly whose wings are formed by four hearts. Two are larger than the other two representing the adult and the child. Two are pink and the other two blue representing the masculine and feminine. |
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Diagonal Stripes | The tricolor diagonal stripes attempts to represent all aspects of CL. The color pink represents the feminine, blue for the masculine, and white both for the purity of these and for all those not included in the two categories of CL expression. |
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Dolphin | |||||
Heart | The heart is commonly associated with love, and for a long time has referred to the spiritual, emotional, moral, and intellectual core of the human being. |
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Multiflag | A possible 3d representation of the AmaroSymbol. Instead of having to choose a background color and assemble the flag thusly, it could simply be mounted by the spine, thus creating a double flag. |
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Phoenix | |||||
Rainbow | The original Rainbow Flag was designed by the LGBT and has been used to convey one message: "diversity." The rainbow consists of many equal stripes of different colours across the visual spectrum, representing different individuals coming together harmoniously. |
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Rectangles | |||||
Ribbon | |||||
Sea Star |
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Star & Stripes | |||||
Star Ribbon | |||||
Stuffed Bears | |||||
Sun |
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Swirl | |||||
Taijitu | The Taijitu (literally "diagram of the supreme ultimate") is a well known Taoist symbol representing the principle of yin yang - seemingly opposing forces that are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world, giving rise to each other in turn. |
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Three Stripes | The tricolor stripes attempts to represent all aspects of CL. The color pink represents the feminine, blue for the masculine, and white both for the purity of these and for all those not included in the two categories of CL expression. |
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Triangles |
Incorporating the spectrum of colour used to convey diversity, one triangle inside another symbolises inter-generational relationships. |
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Variation Submissions
Most of the concepts submitted already have two or more possible variations that the organisers will take into account when finalising the design.
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AmaroSymbol 2
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AmaroSymbol 3
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Diagonal Stripes 2
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Diagonal Stripes 3
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Dolphin 2
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Heart 2
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Heart 3
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Heart 4
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Multiflag 2
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Phoenix 1
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Phoenix 2
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Phoenix 3
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Phoenix 4
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Phoenix 5
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Phoenix 6
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Rainbow 2
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Rainbow 3
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Rectangles 1
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Rectangles 2
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Rectangles 3
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Rectangles 4
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Sea Star 2
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Sea Star 3
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Sea Star 4
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Sea Star 5
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Sea Star 6
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Sea Star 7
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Sea Star 8
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Sea Star 9
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Sea Star 10
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Sea Star 11
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Sea Star 12
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Sea Star 13
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Sea Star 14
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Sea Star 15
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Sea Star 16
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Sea Star 17
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Sea Star 18
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Sea Star 19
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Sea Star 20
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Sea Star 21
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Stuffed Bears 2
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Stuffed Bears 3
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Sun 2
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Sun 3
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Swirl 2
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Taijitu 2
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Taijitu 3
Results
The following online communities were, or will be consulted at each stage of the process:
- Ipce. Results:
- BoyChat. Results:
- GirlChat (annabelleigh.net). Results:
- Visions of Alice. Results:
- Littleboylover. Results:
- BoyLover.net. Results:
- BoyLove International Support Society. Results:
- BoyMoment. Results:
The future
1. It has been suggested that the chosen flag/sybmol be used in forming a new website/awareness campaign. This website could act as a community portal, displaying links to websites who add a prominent link to their own site, using an icon developed from the flag. Whilst the homepage would only list websites that champion a political cause, participant communities would still be linked from a second index. The idea is to improve political awareness and participation.
1a. It has also been suggested that a website as described above would be particularly useful for increasing and sharing media and public liaison with admins of participant sites. It would allow administrators to better understand and organise the discussions taking place within their community and with other parties. It is possible that an invitation-only private forum could be developed for such a purpose.