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I pretty much agree with all the points made here and this article had some new ones I didn't even consider. Like yeah, it does look pretty similar to the nonbinary flag, and that can cause issues, or how most people don't know the meaning of each stripe so they care more about the design.

They're just going to see the clashing design and go, "That's kinda ugly," and move on. Not to mention it ruins the symmetry with the aromantic flag, and that flag already came to the conclusion that adding yellow to it just doesn't look good.

Like, I get the additional two stripes are well-intentioned, but they make the flag too busy/clashing and it very much feels like it was made by someone who doesn't have much experience in graphic design. The darker reddish purple right next to that bright pink just doesn't work. At least make the pink and yellow the same shade as the purple.

We use the darker colors because asexuality is the lack of sexual attraction, so adding bright and clashing colors kind of ruins that. We don't have to match the brighter and more intense colors of the other pride flags because asexuality is unique, and that's not a bad thing! We shouldn't have to conform to what the allos are doing.

Also like, for flag changes like switching away from the lipstick lesbian flag was because the flag wasn't inclusive and the creator was biphobic, transphobic, and racist, so switching to a more inclusive flag made sense. Unless there's something I don't know about the designer of the asexual flag, that reason doesn't apply here.

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