page_title: Transgender flags
section_title: Black variant
hierarchical_section_title: Transgender flags / Helms' design / Variations / Black variant
context_page_description: In the same way that the wider LGBT communities worldwide have adopted specific flags, as well as the Rainbow flag, the transgender community, organizations, and individuals around the world are widely represented by the blue, pink, and white flag designed by Monica Helms, but there are several flags used and endorsed by the varying transgender individuals, organizations and communities. There have even been, and continue to be, alternatives to these flags suggested. The varying flags have been and continue to be used to represent transgender pride, diversity, rights and/or remembrance by transgender individuals, their organizations, their communities and their allies.
context_section_description: A variant of the Transgender Pride Flag called the "Black Trans Flag" was created by trans activist and writer Raquel Willis. It has a black stripe in the middle instead of the original white stripe. Willis created it as a symbol to represent the higher levels of discrimination, violence, and murder that the black trans community faces in contrast to the larger transgender movement. It was first tweeted and then posted to her Facebook account, and it was first widely used on 25 August 2015 by black transgender activists throughout the United States as part of the first Black Trans Liberation Tuesday. Black Trans Liberation Tuesday was held in conjunction with Black Lives Matter, for the black transgender women murdered throughout the year.
caption: Black Trans Flag