Intersex Pride Flag

History

Morgan Carpenter of Intersex Human Rights Australia (then Intersex International Australia) designed the Intersex Pride Flag in 2013. The design was explicitly not co-opted from existing LGBTQ+ flag palettes — Carpenter chose yellow and purple because they carry no gender associations in mainstream Western symbolism. The unbroken circle signifies completeness and rejects medical narratives that historically treated intersex variations as defects requiring 'correction.' The flag was adopted widely by intersex human rights organisations globally and became the basis for the intersex element added to the Progress Pride Flag in 2021.

Colors

yellow, purple

Yellow and purple were chosen because they are not gendered colours in Western culture — a deliberate rejection of the pink/blue binary.

Symbols

purple circle on yellow field

The circle is unbroken and complete, representing wholeness and the right of intersex people to bodily integrity and autonomy.