For many years now there have been designs, symbols, or ways of 'flagging' to show that polyamory is a significant part of your identity - some subtle and only recognisable by others in the community, and others more broadly connected in the eyes of the general (and often mononormative) public. But why have there been so many? Part of it is that no one seems to be able to agree on a representative design. Every so often a person will conclude that they don’t like the options

Have you heard the term ‘mononormativity’ before? Put simply, mononormativity is a societal bias which privileges monogamous relationships - sometimes intentionally, but often without awareness. It’s the assumption that monogamy is ‘the norm’ or default, with everything else - which includes consensual non-monogamous and polyamorous connections - being ‘othered’. When something is considered to be the norm, it’s often regarded as fundamental or ‘natural’ within a society. In

The primary goal of the PolyamProud project has been the same since the start: to replace the pi flag with something new, beautiful, free for everyone to use, and chosen in a publicly accessible vote. While how we’ve progressed has continued to serve the intended goals, along the way we’ve necessarily had to make some adjustments to the process. This has come about due to a combination of worldwide challenges (the pandemic among them) and the impact it’s had on our team, volu

So you signed up to vote, and want to know what that means and how you’ll make your voice heard. This is how that’s going to work: The short version is that when voting opens you’ll receive an email alert letting you know, with a website link to see the candidate flag designs. You then vote by ranking your flag choices (also known as ‘preferential voting’). Based on everyone’s votes there’s an instant run-off to determine the winning design. Here’s the long version: we’ve bee