Leather, Latex, and BDSM pride

A pride flag for the leather, latex, and BDSM communities—adults who enjoy power-play, kink, and fetish wear as part of consensual sexuality.

kink-leathercommunitynavy blueredwhiteblack1980s

Designer

Unknown

Year Created

1989

First Flown

1989

Stripe Count

4 stripes

Colors & Meanings

navy blueredwhiteblack

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

History

The Leather, Latex, and BDSM pride flag represents adults in the leather, latex, and BDSM communities—people who enjoy power-play, kink, fetish gear, and consensual sadomasochism as part of their sexuality. These communities have deep roots in LGBTQ+ history, growing out of post-WWII gay biker and leather bar culture before becoming their own broad scene that includes queer and straight members. The flag pairs navy blue, red, white, and black to mark this shared identity at pride events and kink gatherings. The colors are navy blue, red, white, and black.