Transgender Pride Flag
A transgender person (often shortened to trans) is someone whose gender identity differs from that typically associated with the sex they were assigned at birth. FTM is shorthand for a person who transitions from “female-to-male,” meaning a person who was assigned female at birth, but identifies and lives as a male. MTF is shorthand for a person who transitions from “male-to-female,” meaning a person who was assigned male at birth, but identifies and lives as a female.
The blue and pink colors are the traditional colors for boys and girls, while the white stripe represents transitioning, intersex or gender-neutral identities. The flag’s symmetry is important as well – according to flag creator Monica Helms, “the pattern is such that no matter which way you fly it, it is always correct, signifying us finding correctness in our lives.”