Intersex flag

The flag was created in July 2013 by Morgan Carpenter of Intersex Human Rights Australia (then known as Organisation Intersex International Australia) to create a flag "that is not derivative, but is yet firmly grounded in meaning". Yellow and purple were chosen as colours as they were viewed as free from gender associations and were historically used to represent intersex people. The circle is described as "unbroken and unornamented, symbolizing wholeness and completeness, and our potentialities."[1]

The organization describes it as freely available "for use by any intersex person or organization who wishes to use it, in a human rights affirming community context".[1]

In 2021, the intersex flag was incorporated into the Progress Pride version of the rainbow pride flag by Valentino Vecchietti of Intersex Equality Rights UK.[2]

The flag has been utilised by a range of media and human rights organisations.[3][4][5][6] In June 2018, intersex activists took part in Utrecht Canal Pride, waving the flag.

In May 2018, New Zealand became the first country where the intersex flag was raised outside the national parliament.[7][8][9]

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  Intersex activists on a boat at Utrecht Canal Pride in the Netherlands, on June 16, 2018
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  ILGA-Europe conference 2018 participants on Intersex Awareness Day, 2018
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  Rotterdam Pride, Netherlands, 2018
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  Outside the New Zealand Parliament Buildings, 18 March 2019, flown at half-staff in memory of those killed in the Christchurch mosque shootings on 15 March 2019.

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