Bisexual Pride Stick Flag, 4 x 6 in

A 4 × 6 inch bisexual flag on a slim stick is about the easiest way to keep bi pride in view: on a desk next to your keyboard, in a jar on the kitchen counter, or poking out of a backpack at a Pride picnic. This Flags Importer stick flag is printed on polyester in the pink, purple and blue of the bi flag, with each flag sewn onto its stick rather than stapled.

Why the bisexual flag looks the way it does

Activist Michael Page designed it to give bisexual people their own symbol, rather than being folded into the rainbow flag. It has three horizontal bands: pink across the top, blue across the bottom and a narrower purple band where they overlap. That purple is the heart of the design. Page described it as the colours blending, the way bi people often blend into both gay and straight communities, and many people also read pink as same-gender attraction and blue as attraction to different genders.

Small, quiet and visible

Not everyone wants a banner on the wall. A desk-sized flag lets you be out at work, in a shared house or at a family gathering on your own terms: present, but low-key. It's also easy to give. Hand one to a friend who has just come out as bi, or put a cluster of them on the snack table at a Bi Visibility Day get-together.

The flag is sewn around its edges rather than heat-cut, and the gold-tone spear top is plastic. It's still pointy, so it isn't a toy for toddlers.

Specifications

• Brand: Flags Importer
• Flag size: 4 × 6 in
• Material: 100% polyester, printed in bright colours
• Edges: individually sewn
• Stick: plastic, about 10.5 in, metallic gold spear top
• Design: pink, purple and blue bands

Going bigger? Try the 2 × 3 ft bisexual flag for a wall, or the 12 × 18 inch stick flag for marches.