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Sexual Orientation Flags (Australia)

Australian bear pride flag
Australian leather pride flag

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Australian bear pride flag

by António Martins and Marcus Schmöger, 24 Aug 2001

This is a "bear pride" variant of the Australian flag with a bear footprint on the Union Jack.
Marcus Schmöger, 24 Aug 2001

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Australian leather pride flag

In September 1989 the first variant of the leather pride flag was seen: An Australian Leather Pride flag with the black-blue-white stripes as the field, the red heart in the canton, and the Australian stars in the fly.
Michael Wilson, 30 Sep 2000

I do not know if the flag had just the Southern Cross or if it included the Federation Star too. The did not include a photo or drawing of the flag. I believe, however, that the flag did have the Federation Star. The following paragraph from the article provides the following details:

The following September, at the next “Mr. Drummer” contest, one of the most interesting events was the arrival of Clive Platman, a New Zealander in San Francisco to represent Australia in the “Mr. Drummer” finals. He brought with him a new version of the flag, its first major variant. Over the now-established stripes, Laurie Lane of “Laurie Lane’s Leather World”, had appliqued the stars that also appear on Australia’s national flag.

The article leads me to believe that the flag did bear the Federation Star. First, it clearly mentions that the flag bore the stars of the Australian national flag, which one would assume would include all the stars. Second, because the Federation Star is the major difference between the Australian and New Zealand flags, and because the flag was identified as being Australian, one would also assume the Federation Star was included. Third, despite being from New Zealand, Mr. Platman was representing Australia in the contest and brought with him the Australian variant. Should he have brought a New Zealand flag instead while representing Australia, then it would have been a noteworthy event in the contest. Nothing of this sort is mentioned in the article.
Michael Wilson, 03 Nov 2000

I can confirm that [the Australian leather prid flag] does contain the Federation Star. The one I have spoted today (at Bourke Street, Darlinghurst) has however a rather small Federation Star, being only twice the diameter of the seven-pointed stars of the Southern Cross (as opposed to three times the diameter for the Australian National Flag).
Miles Li, 4 Oct 2002