Emma and I decided to look into LGBT representation in graphic design, with the emphasis on transgender and non binary people as opposed to gay people as menstruation doesn't really affect them.
Subtle but strong LGBT designs
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Much of queer history has occurred behind closed doors, outside of polite company, in the smoky darkness of speakeasies. That’s not so much the case these days, but we gays haven’t totally abandoned the demure approach. With shifting genders, a whole spectrum of orientations and androgyny all in the mix, ambiguity tends to be part of the package, and this can come across in design. Whether your design is speaking to a varied audience or simply doesn’t require any extra frills to declare its orientation, there can be a dynamic power in keeping people guessing.
LGBT designs that break tradition—Most gay liberation movers and shakers probably weren’t trying to be pioneers— they were just trying to be themselves and live their lives in an authentic way. But a little pioneering comes with the territory when growing up in a culture that is predominantly heteronormative—you have to break the mold. Similarly, an nontraditional design approach will appeal to people who have had to forego tradition in their own lives.
We decided to look at the flags used to represent LGBT people as the use of colour and symbolism in there is really strong. The original flag was the rainbow and has been redesigned to include the black and brown for people of colour and pink white and blue for the trans flag.
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| inclusive LGBT flag |
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| agender |
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| genderfluid |
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| genderqueer |
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| trans |
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| non binary |
We thought that we may able to use the colours from these flags in our eventual outcomes, however our aim was avoid gendered colours such as blue or pink, and these are the colours contained in the trans flag. We do not want to choose a certain gender out of these to represent as we are trying to be inclusive.
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