Flags Importer Polyamory Pride Flag 3 x 5 ft – Polyester

Blue, red and black bands with a gold Greek letter pi at the centre: this is the original polyamory flag, and the Flags Importer Polyamory Pride Flag prints it at a full 3 × 5 ft. For anyone in more than one loving relationship with everyone's knowledge and consent, it's a recognizable way to say so at a pride event, from a porch or on a living room wall. If you've been searching for a "poly flag", this is the design most people mean.

The meaning behind the pi

Jim Evans designed the flag in the mid-1990s. Blue stands for openness and honesty among all partners, red for love and passion, and black for solidarity with polyamorous people who have to keep their relationships hidden from the outside world. The pi is there because it's the first letter of the Greek prefix poly, and its gold colour represents the value placed on emotional attachment to others. Knowing those meanings helps, because people will ask what the symbol is.

We stock this design in the 3 × 5 ft size only, which fits a standard house bracket and most wall spaces. Mount it high if you want it read from across the street, since a symbol at eye level gets lost behind fences and parked cars. Many people fly it next to a rainbow flag or their own orientation flag, which also makes a neat two-flag display at a pride table.

Original versus newer polyamory flag designs

Not everyone in the community was happy with the Evans flag. Some felt it looked too much like a national flag, and plenty of alternatives were proposed over the years. One that has caught on more recently is a tricolour by Red Howell, which uses blue, magenta and purple with white and gold elements, assigning them to openness, desire, community, possibility and perseverance. This listing is the original blue, red and black design, which is still the one most often seen in real life, so check the photo if you were hoping for the newer version.

Front, back and the reversed symbol

Colour is dye-sublimated into one face of the polyester and passes through to the reverse. The stripes look much the same from either side, but the pi on the back reads as a mirror image. On a pole that's normal for any single-sided flag. On a wall, just make sure the printed face is the one looking out.

Hanging and looking after it

The hoist edge has a header tape with two metal grommets; the other edges are double-stitched, with four rows of stitching at the fly end where wind wear starts. Indoors, two picture hooks spaced to match the grommets keep it level, and a small pin through the bottom fly corner pulls the fabric taut so the pi sits flat. If it gets grubby after a summer of events, a cool hand wash with mild soap and a line dry will freshen it without stressing the stitching.

Specifications

• Brand: Flags Importer
• Design: blue, red and black horizontal stripes with a gold pi (π) on the red band
• Size: 3 × 5 ft (about 91 × 152 cm)
• Material: polyester
• Print: dye-sublimated on one side; the colour shows through to the back
• Hanging: header tape with two metal grommets
• Edges: double-stitched, with four rows of stitching on the fly end

Find more identity flags in our LGBTQ+ Pride collection.