MAP flag - Revision history

Lecter at 20:09, 8 July 2024

2024-07-08T20:09:30Z

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	<blockquote>ANTIS DO NOT INTERACT. The NOMAP community doesn't really have a pride flag, so in honor of pride month I designed a NOMAP pride flag. The top two stripes are blue to represent NOMAPs attracted to young boys. The bottom two stripes are pink to represent NOMAPS attracted to young girls. The inner stripes are yellow to represent childhood and general attraction to minors, regardless of their gender. The middle stripe is white to represent our innocence and unwillingness to offend. Please feel free to use this flag and make icons out of it etc! Hope you enjoy</blockquote>		<blockquote>ANTIS DO NOT INTERACT. The NOMAP community doesn't really have a pride flag, so in honor of pride month I designed a NOMAP pride flag. The top two stripes are blue to represent NOMAPs attracted to young boys. The bottom two stripes are pink to represent NOMAPS attracted to young girls. The inner stripes are yellow to represent childhood and general attraction to minors, regardless of their gender. The middle stripe is white to represent our innocence and unwillingness to offend. Please feel free to use this flag and make icons out of it etc! Hope you enjoy</blockquote>

	The flag initially went unnoticed by the map community, but antis found this post and harassed the owner of the blog to deactivation within the following couple of days. Their username was picked up by an anti, which eventually led some sources, such as Snopes<ref>[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/maps-pride-flag/ Does This Image Represent a 'MAPs Pride Flag'?], Snopes.com.</ref> to claim that the flag was a hoax. Tumblr maps noticed this flag when Stenna was already deactivating, and picked it up largely out of a feeling of protest and desire to support a fellow community member. In a short while a large amount of edits and flag variations appeared.		The flag initially went unnoticed by the map community, but antis found this post and harassed the owner of the blog to deactivation within the following couple of days. Their username was picked up by an anti, which eventually led some sources, such as Snopes<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20211101164919/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/maps-pride-flag/ Does This Image Represent a 'MAPs Pride Flag'?], Snopes.com via WayBack Machine.</ref> to claim that the flag was a hoax (later Snopes edited their statement<ref>[https://www.snopes.com/articles/464807/minor-attracted-persons-flag/ Do 'Minor-Attracted Persons' Use a 'MAPs Pride Flag' To Represent Themselves?], Snopes.com.</ref>. Tumblr maps noticed this flag when Stenna was already deactivating, and picked it up largely out of a feeling of protest and desire to support a fellow community member. In a short while a large amount of edits and flag variations appeared.

	Stenna themself, who was a nonbinary questioning map, did not disappear after deactivating their account. For a month or two afterwards, they co-moderated the blog ''cryptidsagainstantis''. That blog was eventually suspended by Tumblr, and Stenna hasn't openly appeared in the community since.		Stenna themself, who was a nonbinary questioning map, did not disappear after deactivating their account. For a month or two afterwards, they co-moderated the blog ''cryptidsagainstantis''. That blog was eventually suspended by Tumblr, and Stenna hasn't openly appeared in the community since.

Lecter at 07:57, 7 May 2024

2024-05-07T07:57:38Z

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Pappy: /* Map and ally chevrons by Lecter */

2024-05-02T21:38:02Z

Map and ally chevrons by Lecter

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	Created in December 2017, these symbols were meant to be used by maps and map allies. The map chevron fell out of use almost immediately, while the ally symbol had a short spike of popularity several months later.		Created in December 2017, these symbols were meant to be used by maps and map allies. The map chevron fell out of use almost immediately, while the ally symbol had a short spike of popularity several months later.
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	File:Mapchevron.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|left\|The MAP chevron		File:Mapchevron.png\|thumb\|left\|The MAP chevron
	File:Allychevron.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|left\|The ally chevron		File:Allychevron.png\|thumb\|left\|The ally chevron
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Lecter at 07:14, 2 May 2024

2024-05-02T07:14:35Z

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	'''Map flags''' are symbols, usually abstract, which represent [[minor attraction]] and [[Minor attraction\|mapness]]. They are most often created in the style of other pride flags<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_flag Pride flag], Wikipedia.</ref>. When talking about a map flag, people most commonly refer to Stenna's seven stripe flag.		'''Map flags''' are symbols, usually abstract, which represent [[minor attraction]] and [[Minor attraction\|mapness]]. They are most often created in the style of other pride flags<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_flag Pride flag], Wikipedia.</ref>. When talking about a map flag, people most commonly refer to Stenna's seven stripe flag.

	== ~~Stenna’s Flag~~ ==		== Stenna's flag ==
	[[File:MAP by Stenna.png\|thumb\|right\|Stenna's map flag]]		[[File:MAP by Stenna.png\|thumb\|right\|Stenna's map flag]]

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	Some people have attacked this flag for supposed support of laws and police, expressed by the "non-offending" part of "nomap," [[NOMAP\|but on map Tumblr this word had a much more broad meaning, not tied to any particular legal system]].		Some people have attacked this flag for supposed support of laws and police, expressed by the "non-offending" part of "nomap," [[NOMAP\|but on map Tumblr this word had a much more broad meaning, not tied to any particular legal system]].

	== Other ~~Map Flags~~ ==		== Other map flags ==
	Like any other movement, maps periodically felt the need for a flag, and several versions have always coexisted.		Like any other movement, maps periodically felt the need for a flag, and several versions have always coexisted.

	=== 2009 Newgon ~~Flags~~ ===		=== 2009 Newgon flags ===
	This flag has emerged during a contest on an online forum Newgon<ref>[https://www.newgon.net/wiki/Flag_proposal_2009 Flag proposal 2009], NewgonWiki.</ref>. It was just one of the multiple entries, and the contest has never gotten to the voting stage. In a Newgon Wiki article edit dating 2021 there was an attempt to claim this flag as a "predecessor" of Stenna's flag, calling it the "initial concept" and referring to the 2018 flag as a "contrast version"<ref>[https://www.newgon.net/wiki/index.php?title=MAP_Flag&oldid=9881 Map Flag], NewgonWiki revision as of 19:23, 8 December 2021.</ref>. Visual differences between the two flags, as well as lack of communication between largely [[pro-contact]] Newgon and largely [[anti-contact]] map Tumblr make this attempt look rather questionable.		This flag has emerged during a contest on an online forum Newgon<ref>[https://www.newgon.net/wiki/Flag_proposal_2009 Flag proposal 2009], NewgonWiki.</ref>. It was just one of the multiple entries, and the contest has never gotten to the voting stage. In a Newgon Wiki article edit dating 2021 there was an attempt to claim this flag as a "predecessor" of Stenna's flag, calling it the "initial concept" and referring to the 2018 flag as a "contrast version"<ref>[https://www.newgon.net/wiki/index.php?title=MAP_Flag&oldid=9881 Map Flag], NewgonWiki revision as of 19:23, 8 December 2021.</ref>. Visual differences between the two flags, as well as lack of communication between largely [[pro-contact]] Newgon and largely [[anti-contact]] map Tumblr make this attempt look rather questionable.
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	=== Japanese P-Pride ~~Flag~~ ===		=== Japanese P-Pride flag ===
	Proposed by the blogger okimochi-philia in 2016<ref>[https://okimochi-philia.hatenablog.com/entry/2016/12/18/221924 Encouragement of Pedophile Pride], okimochi-philia.</ref> this flag is connected to the Japanese map-adjacent movement LGBTPZN and color-picked from logos of the manga ''Ichigo Mashimaro''.		Proposed by the blogger okimochi-philia in 2016<ref>[https://okimochi-philia.hatenablog.com/entry/2016/12/18/221924 Encouragement of Pedophile Pride], okimochi-philia.</ref> this flag is connected to the Japanese map-adjacent movement LGBTPZN and color-picked from logos of the manga ''Ichigo Mashimaro''.
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	=== Map and ~~Ally Chevrons~~ by Lecter ===		=== Map and ally chevrons by Lecter ===
	Created in December 2017, these symbols were meant to be used by maps and map allies. The map chevron fell out of use almost immediately, while the ally symbol had a short spike of popularity several months later.		Created in December 2017, these symbols were meant to be used by maps and map allies. The map chevron fell out of use almost immediately, while the ally symbol had a short spike of popularity several months later.
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	=== Glimmer and Kankri’s ~~Shield Flags~~ ===		=== Glimmer and Kankri’s shield flags ===
	These flags were created soon after Stenna's in the second half of 2018 in response to a demand for an alternative. The initial concept belonged to Glimmer, while Kankri is responsible for the lime-colored redesign.		These flags were created soon after Stenna's in the second half of 2018 in response to a demand for an alternative. The initial concept belonged to Glimmer, while Kankri is responsible for the lime-colored redesign.
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	=== Kinderfolk ~~Flag~~ ===		=== Kinderfolk flag ===
	This flag was designed by Steve Diamond on the May 19, 2019. It was connected to the Kind/Kinder identity, a pun on the German word for "child" and the English adjective "kind." It was meant to make a more "inclusive" alternative to Stenna's flag, primarily used by anti-contact maps<ref>[https://ourlovefrontier.wordpress.com/2020/05/19/the-kinderfolk-map-flag/ The Kinderfolk Map Flag...] Our Love Frontier.</ref>.		This flag was designed by Steve Diamond on the May 19, 2019. It was connected to the Kind/Kinder identity, a pun on the German word for "child" and the English adjective "kind." It was meant to make a more "inclusive" alternative to Stenna's flag, primarily used by anti-contact maps<ref>[https://ourlovefrontier.wordpress.com/2020/05/19/the-kinderfolk-map-flag/ The Kinderfolk Map Flag...] Our Love Frontier.</ref>.
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	=== Acnomap ~~Flags~~ ===		=== Acnomap flags ===
	These flags were proposed in August of 2020 specifically for the anti-contact and non-offending part of the map community. They received some criticism for erasure of LGBT maps and capitulation to mapmisic pressure for maps to reassure that they do not consider mapness LGBT by default in any interaction mentioning LGBT, to reaffirm themselves as "the good ones" instead of malicious infiltrators.		These flags were proposed in August of 2020 specifically for the anti-contact and non-offending part of the map community. They received some criticism for erasure of LGBT maps and capitulation to mapmisic pressure for maps to reassure that they do not consider mapness LGBT by default in any interaction mentioning LGBT, to reaffirm themselves as "the good ones" instead of malicious infiltrators.
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	== Minor ~~Map Flag~~ ==		== Minor map flag ==
	The minor map flag was designed and proposed by Cinnamit and anonymous in 2020. The lambda symbol featured on it has a history of being used by minor maps.		The minor map flag was designed and proposed by Cinnamit and anonymous in 2020. The lambda symbol featured on it has a history of being used by minor maps.
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	A troll project, Heartprogress<ref>[https://www.newgon.net/wiki/%22Pedophile_Activism%22_hoaxes "Pedophile Activism" hoaxes], NewgonWiki.</ref> that launched on 4Chan in 2016 used a flag with a double omega. This is not a real map flag and it is not connected to any map activism.		A troll project, Heartprogress<ref>[https://www.newgon.net/wiki/%22Pedophile_Activism%22_hoaxes "Pedophile Activism" hoaxes], NewgonWiki.</ref> that launched on 4Chan in 2016 used a flag with a double omega. This is not a real map flag and it is not connected to any map activism.
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	File:Heartprogress.~~jpeg~~\|thumb\|left\|The Heartprogress flag		File:Heartprogress.png\|thumb\|left\|The Heartprogress flag
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	== References ==		== References ==

Lecter at 07:11, 2 May 2024

2024-05-02T07:11:44Z

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	File:Acemapflag.png\|thumb\|left\|An ace map flag by Aaron and anonymous		File:Acemapflag.png\|thumb\|left\|An ace map flag by Aaron and anonymous
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	A separate mention should concern a "yesmap" flag edit, made on [[Newgon]] in 2021, presumably as an ironic attempt at correction. Later Newgon tried to rebrand their flags as "united" map flags<ref>[https://wierstamann.net/2023/05/28/on-the-flag-drama/ On the flag drama], Wierstamann.</ref>		A separate mention should concern a "yesmap" flag edit, made on [[Newgon]] in 2021, presumably as an ironic attempt at correction. Later Newgon tried to rebrand their flags as "united" map flags<ref>[https://wierstamann.net/2023/05/28/on-the-flag-drama/ On the flag drama], Wierstamann.</ref>.
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	File:Yesmap.png\|The first "yesmap" edit, later proposed as a "united map flag"		File:Yesmap.png\|The first "yesmap" edit, later proposed as a "united map flag"

Pappy: Restored from Wayback Machine.

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Restored from Wayback Machine.

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'''Map flags''' are symbols, usually abstract, which represent [[minor attraction]] and [[Minor attraction|mapness]]. They are most often created in the style of other pride flags<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_flag Pride flag], Wikipedia.</ref>. When talking about a map flag, people most commonly refer to Stenna's seven stripe flag.

== Stenna’s Flag ==
[[File:MAP by Stenna.png|thumb|right|Stenna's map flag]]

=== Appearance ===
The flag appeared on Tumblr, June 13, 2018. It was posted on the blog ''dont-mistake-our-geography''. The original text of the post went as follows<ref>[https://archive.md/j2ZsP Stenna's post].</ref>:

<blockquote>ANTIS DO NOT INTERACT. The NOMAP community doesn't really have a pride flag, so in honor of pride month I designed a NOMAP pride flag. The top two stripes are blue to represent NOMAPs attracted to young boys. The bottom two stripes are pink to represent NOMAPS attracted to young girls. The inner stripes are yellow to represent childhood and general attraction to minors, regardless of their gender. The middle stripe is white to represent our innocence and unwillingness to offend. Please feel free to use this flag and make icons out of it etc! Hope you enjoy</blockquote>

The flag initially went unnoticed by the map community, but antis found this post and harassed the owner of the blog to deactivation within the following couple of days. Their username was picked up by an anti, which eventually led some sources, such as Snopes<ref>[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/maps-pride-flag/ Does This Image Represent a 'MAPs Pride Flag'?], Snopes.com.</ref> to claim that the flag was a hoax. Tumblr maps noticed this flag when Stenna was already deactivating, and picked it up largely out of a feeling of protest and desire to support a fellow community member. In a short while a large amount of edits and flag variations appeared.

Stenna themself, who was a nonbinary questioning map, did not disappear after deactivating their account. For a month or two afterwards, they co-moderated the blog ''cryptidsagainstantis''. That blog was eventually suspended by Tumblr, and Stenna hasn't openly appeared in the community since.

=== Influence ===
As the most popular flag, Stenna's flag spawned a lot of variations. These include thematic flags such as ocean map flag, usually based off aesthetics or fandoms, or overlapping identity flags that typically feature various queer identities such as the asexual map flag<ref>[https://paraflags-wiki.org/index.php/Queer_map_flags Queer map flags], Paraphilia+ Flags Wiki.</ref>.
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File:Oceanmapflag.png|thumb|left|An ocean map flag by anonymous
File:Acemapflag.png|thumb|left|An ace map flag by Aaron and anonymous
</gallery>
A separate mention should concern a "yesmap" flag edit, made on [[Newgon]] in 2021, presumably as an ironic attempt at correction. Later Newgon tried to rebrand their flags as "united" map flags<ref>[https://wierstamann.net/2023/05/28/on-the-flag-drama/ On the flag drama], Wierstamann.</ref>
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File:Yesmap.png|The first "yesmap" edit, later proposed as a "united map flag"
File:Yesmap2.png|An alt "yesmap" version
File:New newgon flag.png|An alt "united" version
</gallery>
Some people have attacked this flag for supposed support of laws and police, expressed by the "non-offending" part of "nomap," [[NOMAP|but on map Tumblr this word had a much more broad meaning, not tied to any particular legal system]].

== Other Map Flags ==
Like any other movement, maps periodically felt the need for a flag, and several versions have always coexisted.

=== 2009 Newgon Flags ===
This flag has emerged during a contest on an online forum Newgon<ref>[https://www.newgon.net/wiki/Flag_proposal_2009 Flag proposal 2009], NewgonWiki.</ref>. It was just one of the multiple entries, and the contest has never gotten to the voting stage. In a Newgon Wiki article edit dating 2021 there was an attempt to claim this flag as a "predecessor" of Stenna's flag, calling it the "initial concept" and referring to the 2018 flag as a "contrast version"<ref>[https://www.newgon.net/wiki/index.php?title=MAP_Flag&oldid=9881 Map Flag], NewgonWiki revision as of 19:23, 8 December 2021.</ref>. Visual differences between the two flags, as well as lack of communication between largely [[pro-contact]] Newgon and largely [[anti-contact]] map Tumblr make this attempt look rather questionable.
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File:Newgonflag.jpeg|thumb|left|One of Newgon's flags
</gallery>

=== Japanese P-Pride Flag ===
Proposed by the blogger okimochi-philia in 2016<ref>[https://okimochi-philia.hatenablog.com/entry/2016/12/18/221924 Encouragement of Pedophile Pride], okimochi-philia.</ref> this flag is connected to the Japanese map-adjacent movement LGBTPZN and color-picked from logos of the manga ''Ichigo Mashimaro''.
<gallery>
File:Ppridejapanflag.png|thumb|left|The P-Pride flag
</gallery>

=== Map and Ally Chevrons by Lecter ===
Created in December 2017, these symbols were meant to be used by maps and map allies. The map chevron fell out of use almost immediately, while the ally symbol had a short spike of popularity several months later.
<gallery>
File:Mapchevron.jpg|thumb|left|The MAP chevron
File:Allychevron.jpg|thumb|left|The ally chevron
</gallery>

=== Glimmer and Kankri’s Shield Flags ===
These flags were created soon after Stenna's in the second half of 2018 in response to a demand for an alternative. The initial concept belonged to Glimmer, while Kankri is responsible for the lime-colored redesign.
<gallery>
File:Glimmerflag.png|thumb|left|Glimmer's MAP flag
File:Kankriflag.png|thumb|left|Kankri's edit
</gallery>

=== Kinderfolk Flag ===
This flag was designed by Steve Diamond on the May 19, 2019. It was connected to the Kind/Kinder identity, a pun on the German word for "child" and the English adjective "kind." It was meant to make a more "inclusive" alternative to Stenna's flag, primarily used by anti-contact maps<ref>[https://ourlovefrontier.wordpress.com/2020/05/19/the-kinderfolk-map-flag/ The Kinderfolk Map Flag...] Our Love Frontier.</ref>.
<gallery>
File:Kinderfolkflag.png|thumb|left|The Kinderfolk flag
</gallery>

=== Acnomap Flags ===
These flags were proposed in August of 2020 specifically for the anti-contact and non-offending part of the map community. They received some criticism for erasure of LGBT maps and capitulation to mapmisic pressure for maps to reassure that they do not consider mapness LGBT by default in any interaction mentioning LGBT, to reaffirm themselves as "the good ones" instead of malicious infiltrators.
<gallery>
File:Acnomap flag1.jpg|thumb|left|
File:Acnomap flag 1 with meanings.jpg|thumb|left|
File:Acnomap flag 2.jpg|thumb|left|
File:Acnomap flag 2 with meanings.jpg|thumb|left|
</gallery>

== Minor Map Flag ==
The minor map flag was designed and proposed by Cinnamit and anonymous in 2020. The lambda symbol featured on it has a history of being used by minor maps.
<gallery>
File:Minor map flag.png|thumb|left|The minor map flag
File:Minor map flag with lambda.png|thumb|left|The minor map flag with the lambda symbol
</gallery>

== Faux flags ==
A troll project, Heartprogress<ref>[https://www.newgon.net/wiki/%22Pedophile_Activism%22_hoaxes "Pedophile Activism" hoaxes], NewgonWiki.</ref> that launched on 4Chan in 2016 used a flag with a double omega. This is not a real map flag and it is not connected to any map activism.
<gallery>
File:Heartprogress.jpeg|thumb|left|The Heartprogress flag
</gallery>
== References ==
<references/>

[[Category:Symbology]]
[[Category:Original pages]]