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Today is day 4 of 🏳️‍🌈! And if you don't already know, today is the day we focus on and celebrate Polys*xuals!

Polys*xual (sometimes spelled Polis*xual or Plys*xual) is a s*xuality defined by the attraction to many genders, but not necessarily all. I believe it is two or more. A polys*xual person may, for example, be attracted to all genders except for men.

Polys*xuality and Polys*xual people are often confused with polyamory or polyamorous people- the capacity to be in a relationship with multiple people at once, and this is incorrect! They are two entirely different things, so let's make sure we remember that!

The polys*xual flag (pictured below, as always!) has three stripes, pink representing attraction to women, green representing attraction to non-binary people, and blue representing attraction to men.

The flag was designed by the Tumblr user with the signature “Samlin.” The flags design was made public on the blog **kyeahpolys*xuality on July 11, 2012. Samlin declared that they, as a poly individual, “was greatly saddened by the fact that we don’t have a flag…so I made one. I made it similar to the bi and pan flags since they’re all in under the multis*xual umbrella.” -Samlin.

Here at IFS, we support and love all Polys*xual people and today we celebrate them! We ensure our school is a safe place for ALL humans, all living beings, and we are proud of every one of our students!

Happy Pride month everyone! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

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Hello everyone! We could have sworn we uploaded this earlier today so we apologize that it's so late. Anyway on to the Post

Here we are again, the 3rd day of And today is the day we celebrate Bis*xuals! As usual, we will learn about their flag, and focus on the struggles they face. Bis*xuals tend to face many unfair and ignorant stereotypes, all of which have no founding in reality or logic. But, let us begin with the history of the lovely Bis*xual flag! (Pictured down below)

The Bis*xual flag was first unveiled on December 5th 1998, the bis*xual pride flag was designed by Michael Page to represent and increase visibility of bis*xuals in the LGBT community and society as a whole. This rectangular flag consists of a broad magenta stripe at the top, a broad stripe in blue at the bottom, and a narrower deep lavender band occupying the central fifth.

Page describes the meaning of the pink, lavender, and blue flag as this: "The pink color represents s*xual attraction to the same s*x only (gay and le***an). The blue represents s*xual attraction to the opposite s*x only (straight) and the resultant overlap color purple represents s*xual attraction to both s*xes (bi)." He also describes the flag's meaning in deeper terms, stating "The key to understanding the symbolism of the Bis*xual pride flag is to know that the purple pixels of color blend unnoticeably into both the pink and blue, just as in the 'real world,' where bi people blend unnoticeably into both the gay/le***an and straight communities."

As it states in the Bis*xual Manifesto
"Bis*xuality is a whole, fluid identity. Do not assume that bis*xuality is binary or dougamous in nature; that we must have "two" sides or that we MUST be involved simultaneously with both genders to be fulfilled human beings. In fact, don't assume that there are only two genders. Do not mistake our fluidity for confusion, irresponsibility, or an inability to commit. Do not equate promiscuity, infidelity, or unsafe s*xual behavior with bis*xuality. Those are human traits that cross ALL s*xual orientations. Nothing should be assumed about anyone's s*xuality—including your own."

To read the entire Manifesto, which we encourage you to do, please visit this link: https://bimanifesto.carrd.co/

We love and support ALL Bis*xuals, and all HUMANS here at Individual Fighting Systems, and as always we want to wish you a very happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

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The Bis*xual Manifesto Fully transcribing The Bis*xual Manifesto from: Anything That Moves: Beyond the Myths of Bis*xuality (1990) The Bay Area Bis*xual Network

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We hope you are all having a wonderful day!
As you know, yesterday was the start of Pride month! A very important time to us here at IFS, and in celebration of this month we will be sharing some knowledge and appreciation of each of the flags and their groups, everyday for the duration of this colorful month!

Yesterday we gave an overview of the month as a whole, and the rainbow flag that began it all! But today, is the day we celebrate and give our attention to- Le****ns! :)

To start off, we will share some information about each of the flags we have included in this post...so here we go! There is some pretty good-to-know stuff here, so be sure to read and expand your knowledge on this wonderful group of people (and their struggles!)

There have been various iterations of the Le***an flag, since the first one was introduced in the 1990's.

Let's begin with the Labrys Le***an Flag-
The labrys le***an flag was created in 1999 by graphic designer Sean Campbell, and published in June 2000 in the Palm Springs edition of the Gay and Le***an Times Pride issue. The design involves a labrys superimposed on the inverted black triangle, set against a violet hue background. The labrys was used as an ancient religious symbol, and for other various purposes. In the 1970s it was adopted as a symbol of empowerment by the le***an feminist community. Women considered asocial by the Third Reich because they did not conform to the N**i ideal of a woman, which included homos*xual females, were condemned to concentration camps and wore an inverted black triangle badge to identify them. Some le***ans reclaimed this symbol as gay men reclaimed the pink triangle (many le***ans also reclaimed the pink triangle although le***ans were not included in Paragraph 175 of the German criminal code).

Next we have the Lipstick Le***an Flag-
The "pink" le***an flag consists of six shades of red and pink colors and a white bar in the center. The original design, known as the "lipstick le***an" flag, includes a red kiss and was introduced in the weblog This Le***an Life in 2010. Both the "pink" and "lipstick le***an" flags represent "homos*xual women who have a more feminine gender expression". The original flag has not been widely adopted; however, its non-kiss variant attracted more use. (We have included both down below!)

The term "lipstick le***an" has been met with controversy. Some authors have commented that the term lipstick le***an is commonly used broadly to refer to feminine bis*xual women or to heteros*xual women who temporarily show romantic or s*xual interest in other women to impress men; for example, Jodie Brian, Encyclopedia of Gender and Society, Volume 1 (2009), states, "A common depiction of lipstick le***anism includes conventionally attractive and s*xually insatiable women who desire one another but only insofar as their desire is a performance for male onlookers or a precursor to s*x with men."
The term has also been used as a derogatory term from within the community, which is one of their struggles. For example, a more masculine identifying/expressing le***an might call a more feminine identifying/expressing le***an "not a real le***an, just a lipstick le***an," implying that their s*xuality is not "complete" because they still adhere to societal expectations of femininity. Which of course, is not okay.

After the lipstick le***an flag, Tumblr blogger Emily Gwen created a design for a new le***an flag in 2018. This flag retained the seven stripes from the lipstick flag, but changed the top set to orange shades. The stripes, from top to bottom, represent 'gender non-conformity' (dark orange), 'independence' (orange), 'community' (light orange), 'unique relationships to womanhood' (white) , 'serenity and peace' (pink), 'love and s*x' (dusty pink), and 'femininity' (dark rose).

Following the Tumblr post where the 7-stripe design was voted on, a second version with a simplified five color design was introduced.

Now, if you would like to continue learning about the Le***an group and expand your knowledge even further, we recommend having a look here for more information: https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:c75c6eb8-806c-4535-9dfe-027db829d929 =1

One of the ways we can support these various groups of people whether we are apart of that group or not is to stay educated and knowledgeable about them and also the struggles they face. Because we can't do anything to help change that unless we are aware of it first!

And of course, like *all* groups and *all* people, from all walks of life, we here at Individual Fighting Systems support and love all Le****ns (including the ones we have on our own staff!) and hope you have learned something new from our post today.

Tomorrow is Bis*xual day so please stay tuned for their post, tomorrow! And of course, every class, program, lesson we teach is inclusive of every human being no matter who they are, we accept and appreciate you in your entirety, as well as guide you to a deeper appreciation and acceptance of yourself. So please reach out for more information if you feel so inclined.

As always, we thank you for reading and 🏳️‍🌈💞 !!!

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it's that wonderful month of the year and this time we're starting it out right! So get ready to learn about all the multicolored flags of the LGBTQIA+ community with me because today is day starting with the rainbow flag that started it all!

The original rainbow flag was designed by Gilbert Baker in 1978 to by a symbol of inclusivity and pride for the gay rights movement. Originally it had 8 colors representing S*x (Hot Pink), Life (Red), Healing (Orange), Sunlight (Yellow), Nature (Green), Magic/Art (Turquoise), Serenity (Indigo), and Spirit (Violet). As demand for the flag increased after the assassination of Harvey Milk, the hot pink stripe was dropped form the flag due to the fabric color being unavailable at that time. The turquoise stripe was dropped in 1979 when the San Francisco parade decided to split the colors evenly down the parade route leaving red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple.

That wasn't the end of the changes for the Pride Flag though. As the movement has evolved, so have variations sprung up to be more inclusive. The black and brown stripes were added in 2017 as part of the movement, a variant of the rainbow flag originating form Philadelphia that sought to be more inclusive of people of color in the q***r community. The black stood for Diversity and the Brown for Inclusivity. The Progress flag followed shortly highlighting the marginalized sections of the community (trans, BBIPoC, and those living with HIV and AIDS). The meaning of the design is as follows: "the arrow points to the right to show forward movement, while being along the left edge shows that progress still needs to be made." Julia Feliz and Haylee Brown took their redesign a step further with their new pride flag design which features the colors of marginalized groups within the q***r community much more prominently across the flag.

In all of these changes and redesigns, the spirit remains the same: inclusive!

The calendar has not been updated yet we will try to get that done in the next day or two and upload the image by itself so just move everything over one day or just ignore the day and look at the number . And for those of you that don't understand the calendar here is a breakdown of what each day is focused on for this month:

Gay 2 - Le***an 3 - Bis*xual 4 - Polys*xual 5- Pans*xual 6 - Omnis*xual 7 - Skolios*xual 8 - Demis*xual 9 - Grays*xual / Gray-as*xual 10 - As*xual 11 - Polyamorous 12 - Inters*x 13 - Transfem / Transwoman 14 - Transmasc / Transman 15 - Agender 16 - Genderfluid 17 - Bigender 18 - Trigender 19 - Pangender 20 - Genderq***r 21 - Demigirl 22 - Demiboy 23 - Androgyny / Androgynous 24 - Intergender 25 - Nonbinary 26 - Questioning 27 - Homoromantic 28 - Biromantic 29 - Panromantic 30 - Aromantic

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