Tanos · 20003 stripes · No symbol

BDSM Rights Flag (Tanos)

A flag for adults who practice consensual BDSM kink and want it legally recognized as a valid lifestyle rather than treated as wrongdoing.

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Designer

Tanos

Year Created

2000

First Flown

2000

Stripe Count

3 stripes

Colors & Meanings

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These colors represent important ideas connected to this flag and community.

History

The BDSM Rights Flag stands for adults who practice BDSM, a set of consensual kink activities involving role-play and power exchange between willing partners, and who want it treated as a valid lifestyle rather than criminalized or pathologized. It was designed by Tanos in 2000 during a period of growing kink-community activism for legal protections against discrimination. The colors are blue and white, with the design drawing on the older leather pride tradition.