It is amazing that the State Department’s “one flag” directive could be controversial. Even more amazing is how we got here ...

The Bisexual Pride Flag was created by activist Michael Page. Each of the colors symbolize some kind of attraction: same-sex or same-gender attraction (magenta), attraction to other sexes and genders ...

Like the rainbow pride flag, it's striped, but instead of an assortment of colors, it features various shades of pink and purple. Sometimes, it features a lipstick imprint in the upper left corner.

Some flags represent pride in gender identity diversity ... The flag has four stripes – yellow, white, purple and black: Yellow: Those who exist outside of and without reference to the binary ...

Though the bi pride flag is the most well-known symbol of bisexuality ... it was the first symbol to use the pink, purple, and blue colour scheme to represent bisexuality, inspiring the colours ...