[5] The flag was created[5] by American trans woman Monica Helms in 1999,[6][7] and was first shown at a pride parade in Phoenix, Arizona, in 2000.

[8] Helms got the idea after talking with a friend, Michael Page, who had designed the bisexual flag the year prior.

[9] Helms describes the meaning of the transgender pride flag as follows: The stripes at the top and bottom are light blue, the traditional color for baby boys.

[10][11][12][13]On 19 August 2014, Monica Helms donated the original transgender pride flag to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.

[15]In 2010 the Brighton and Hove, UK, council flew this flag on the Transgender Day of Remembrance.

Then-Mayor Michael Nutter gave a speech in honor of the trans community's acceptance in Philadelphia.

[23][24][25] The flag flew above US state capitol buildings for the first time on Transgender Day of Remembrance 2019.

[28] In the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, non-binary Irish musician Bambie Thug wore an outfit featuring the colors of the Transgender flag for their semi-final performance to raise awareness and representation for the non-binary and transgender community.

This trans pride flag consists of seven stripes alternating in light pink and light blue separated by thin white stripes and featuring, in the upper left hoist, a twinned Venus and Mars symbol in lavender.

It was raised at the first Transgender Day of Remembrance ceremony at Toronto City Hall on 20 November 2014.