Hey the new Utah flag is here, cool!
Our elected officials have finally decided to move forward with a flag that doesn’t look like complete diarrhea, and with that comes a lot of exciting possibilities! Of course, it also means that somebody is going to come along and try to design a Pride version of the flag that they can make money off of. Your queerness (or allyship) should not be commodified by rainbow capitalism, you’ve got a right to be proud of yourself without having to spend money. So I’ve designed a variant of the new Utah flag emblem specifically for Pride, and it’s released here via Creative Commons and the CC BY-NC license.
What does this mean? Use the logo for whatever you want! Make stickers for yourself and your friends! Slap it on a tee-shirt! Just don’t try to make money off of it. Like I said before, your queerness should not be commodified, and should not be exploited to make somebody else money. As the original creator and licensee, I promise that if you’re using this logo for non-profit purposes, I will never hassle you.
Wait, can you just give this away for free?
I am SO GLAD you asked. I don’t own the new Utah people’s flag, but this isn’t the Utah people’s flag. It’s an emblem for Pride, and there’s a couple crucial differences. This section is boring, so feel free to skip right by it.
As you can see, the new Utah flag emblem is on the left, and the Pride Beehive is on the right. The first, and most obvious difference, is that the Utah flag beehive has five layers. Of course, there’s six stripes on a Pride flag, so five simply will not do! We’ve added a whole new layer to this beehive, buddy, and we’re not stopping there. Your star? Not chunky enough. This star and border is a little thicker.
The other big difference is the colors. I’ve added an extra layer to the beehive to get all the ‘classic’ colors of the Pride flag in the beehive, but I’ve also modified the outside to reflect the colors of the Progress 2017 flag. The background has become black on the inside to represent the place of Black people in gay liberation; same thing with the swaths of brown to the top and bottom. And of course, we needed a couple stripes of light blue and light pink (alongside that fetching white star) for our trans and non-binary friends. All the colors are here! We kept the gold border as a little ‘thank you’ to the new Utah flag, but the rest is designed to be as inclusive for Pride as possible.
Ultimately, this means that the new Utah Pride Beehive falls under the fair use criteria for modification and transformation of the new Utah flag. Fair use is defined as:
(1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
(2) the nature of the copyrighted work;
(3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
(4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.
Art will be considered fair if it is “transformative,” or adds “something new, with a further purpose or different character.”
As you can see, we’re not profiting on the flag (I’m giving it to you for free). State flags are typically public domain, so that’s #2 taken care of. Extra layers and different colors mean that #3 is taken care of. #4, I don’t think anybody’s gonna stop buying new Utah flags because they saw this super gay one, so we’re probably clear. And finally, it’s trans-formative by changing the character of the emblem to be more inclusive, open, and friendly.
So basically, I’m pretty comfortable turning this over to the world at large, and letting them use it for free in order to stop any future financial exploitation.
Shut up, just give me some resources!
You got it! Here’s about a billion different versions of the Pride Beehive for you to use in whatever you’d like. Feel free to use them however you’d like, but remember, you can’t redistribute it without sending people back here (so they can read the same Creative Commons license you did).
Click here for a massive PNG with a transparent background
Right-click and Save this vectorized Adobe Illustrator file of the logo
Click here for a PDF of the logo (also a vector, but hey, you do you)
What is the absolute quickest way to get some stickers?
Well I’m sure as shit not going to sell them to you, but I can give you a pretty easy guide on how to order some through a vendor. I personally like Sticker Mule — their prices are good, their quality is good, and they’re a small business. Print them locally if you can, but if not, this is a good alternative.
Download this file (Right-Click and Save it to your desktop)
Go to StickerMule via this link (full disclaimer, it’s a referral link, and I get $10 store credit if you use it, which I can then use to make more bullshit art crap)
Under Products, go to Stickers, and then Die Cut Stickers. Choose a size that you want, although the PDF I gave you is already optimized for 2.5” tall. Pick a quantity — they get cheaper the more you order.
Upload that PDF I gave you when it asks for artwork.
Check out your order on the site, and eventually they’ll send you a proof to review. Just visually confirm that it looks OK, and if it does, Approve it, and wait for your stickers to show up.
I have a question!
I’m pretty sure I explained everything necessary, but if you have any questions, you’re welcome to contact me via the Contact Form here on my website. If you’re nice and polite, I’ll probably respond.