The journey to the Intersex-Inclusive Pride Flag

The Intersex-Inclusive Pride flag is a SOGIESC inclusive flag, representing persons with: diverse sexual orientations;  diverse gender identities and expressions, and those with diverse sex characteristics. Diverse sex characteristics refers to the intersex community.  Sex characteristics is a new category not previously included in our global Pride flag.

Vecchietti’s flag also updated the rainbow stripes to explicitly include representation of diverse orientations such as asexual and aromantic.

This Pride flag includes representation for black, brown, people of color, and indigenous populations in the LGBTI+ community, as included by Hikes in the 2017 More Color, More Pride flag. As well as recognising the continued stigma surrounding those living with HIV/AIDS and those we have lost to HIV/AIDS, as included by Quasar’s 2018 Pride flag.

In 2021 the Intersex-Inclusive Pride flag was created by Valentino Vecchietti (she/her), founder of Intersex Equality Rights, award winning intersex equality campaigner, writer, artist, consultant, and diversity speaker.

This iteration of the Pride flag includes and respects all the previous iterations of the Pride flag whilst including Carpenter’s Intersex Pride flag, and updating Baker’s rainbow stripes to include diverse orientations, such as asexual and aromantic.  Vecchiett’s Pride flag reflects the SOGIESC international human rights law: Yogyakarta Principles +10

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More about the flags that led to the Intersex-Inclusive Pride flag

  • Progress Pride Flag Designed by Daniel Quasar USA

    2018

    The Progress Pride flag was created by non-binary American designer Daniel Quasar, building on Amber Hikes’ Philly Pride flag and incorporating Monica Helms’ Transgender flag.

    Additionally, Quasar’s flag recognised the continued stigma surrounding those living with HIV/AIDS and those we have lost to HIV/AIDS.

  • Philadelphia Pride Flag Introduced by Amber Hikes USA

    2017

    The creation of the Philly Pride flag was overseen by Amber Hikes of the Philadelphia Office for LGBT Affairs in America. It was part of the More Colour More Pride campaign. This flag built on Gilbert Baker’s Rainbow Pride flag, adding black and brown stripes.

    The black and brown stripes represent black, brown, people of colour and indigenous peoples in the LGBTIQA+ community.

    The Philly Pride flag was a significant moment as it was the first time since 1978 that a new Pride flag was introduced, however, the flag faced challenge as some felt that the flag should not be changed. The Philly Pride flag opened the door to further development of the flag to be even more inclusive.

  • Intersex Pride Flag Created by Morgan Carpenter Australia

    2013

    The Intersex Pride flag was created by Morgan Carpenter co-found of Intersex Rights Australia. This flag represents those with natural diversity in their sex characteristics.

    The yellow flag has an unbroken purple, circular hoop which symbolises the intersex people are born whole and complete and also represents our potentialities. Yellow and Purple colours are traditionally used outside of the gendered pink and blue colours for baby boys and baby girls.

    Intersex is an umbrella term for natural diversity in our primary and secondary sex characteristics. Primary sex characteristics are those we are born with, such as chromosome patterns and sex organs. Secondary sex characteristics are those we develop at puberty.

  • Trans Pride Flag Created by Monica Helms USA

    1999

    The Transgender Pride flag was created by Monica Helms, an American Trans woman. This flag represents natural diversity in gender identity and expression.

    The five stripes: baby blue, baby pink, white, baby pink and baby blue, symbolise the traditional colours for baby boys and baby girls, while the white stripe recognises those who are transitioning as well as those who have neutral gender identities and those who have undefined gender identities.

    Trans (as known as transgender) is an umbrella term for those whose gender identity and/or gender expression does not correspond to their sex assignment at birth.Description goes here

  • Rainbow Pride Flag Designed by Gilbert Baker USA

    1978

    The Rainbow Pride Flag was created by American artist Gilbert Baker. Originally an 8 stripe rainbow, it was later developed into a 6 stripe flag. The six colours are red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple.

    This flag is largely considered to be representative of natural diversity in sexual and romantic orientations, as well as diverse orientations.