#intersex pride flags

[mad-intersex-mermaid]

Surprise, my lovelies! Some extra special flags!

Black Intersex Woman / Black Interfemme Pride Flag:

Black Intersex Man / Black Intermasc Pride Flag:

These flags are pretty self explanatory! Being a black intersex woman / interfem myself, I'd been wanting to make some pride flags for black intersex folks for a while now, so here they are! 😊😎

[rjalker]

Agenital spectrum and vulvicryptic variations and ally flags by Tinyel : Tinyel : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Pride flags for intersex people on the Agenital spectrum, and those with, name pending, vulvicryptic variations, including but not limited t

Phone needs to be charged so I'll just share the link for now. Edit: phone is finally done charging so I can add the flags here.

@vh-again @intervex

The Vulvicryptic variations (name pending) flag:

[Image description start. The Vulvicryptic variations pride flag, with three horizontal stripes of grey, black, and dark red. In the center is a gold and back eclipse. Image description end.]

the agenital spectrum flag:

[Image description start. The Agenital spectrum pride flag, with five horizontal symmetric stripes of gold, grey, and black in the center, with a matching gold and black eclipse. Image description end.]

Versions for allies:

[image description start. The same flags as above, now with the addition of a single vertical teal stripe on the left side. Image description end.]

You can download HD versions along with the transparent version of the eclipse and the teal stripe from the internet archive link.

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Copying and pasting from the archive description:

Pride flags for intersex people on the Agenital spectrum, and those with, name pending, vulvicryptic variations, including but not limited to:

-vulval hypospadias (when the urethra is placed atypically low on the vulva, including right above, next to, inside the vaginal canal, and more. This can cause chronic UTIs and pain during pelvic exams or penetrative sex).

-sleeve or "redundant" hymens

-vulval hypoplasia

-and more that go unrecognized and unstudied.

These intersex variations are extremely understudied, making personal research almost impossible unless another intersex person speaks up first. Even when you go to a doctor and they look at your genitals, and notice these things, you are not likely to be told about them, and if the pelvic exam causes you pain, you'll instead be told it's your fault or you're imagining it. This is intersexist medical misogyny.

Color meanings:

For the vulvicryptic variations (VCV for short) flag:

The dark red represents the pain and violence caused by intersexist medical misogyny (IMM for short), sexual shaming and corrective rape for not being able to have the "right" kind of sex, while it still being demanded of you nonetheless. It is red for the literal blood we are forced or expected to shed as though it means nothing.

The grey represents the confusion, misinformation, and lies you experience, from confusion when being shown perisex-typixal diagrams in health class, to being ignored and spoken over and told "shut up, you're normal" when you try to point out that the diagrams do not match you at all. It also represents the hidden or "cryptic" nature of the vulva / vagina and its components, both to the naked eye, and the medical system at large, as well as individual doctor's unwillingness to look closer or reveal this information to their patient.

The black represents the lack of awareness, research, and compassion for those with VCV, due to the unchallenged IMM that is systemic throughout the world at the time this flag is being made. It also represents the violence done to people with VCV, especially children, whose unconsensual photos are spread by the medical community without any care.

The eclipse / crescent moon represents the sudden realization many people with VCV have that they have been lied to and misled about their own body, and what is actually perisex-typical, and that they really are intersex. It also represents the hope that in the future IMM will be dismantled and everyone will be given equal access to knowledge and compassion for their bodies and intersex variations.

For the Agenital spectrum flag:

Similar symbology to the VCV flag, with the gold stripes representing the intersex community at large, hope for better a better future, and the joy that can be found in intersex identity and finally understanding.

Simplified color meanings:

Vulvicryptic variations: Grey: Confusion Black: Lack of research Red: Pain Eclipse: Hope, knowledge, community

Agenital spectrum: Gold: intersex community and hope Grey: Confusion Black: Lack of research Eclipse: Hope, knowledge, community

Both of these flags are public domain, CC0, meaning you can do anything you want with them whatsoever without any permission or credit needed.

They are for intersex people, people who are questioning their intersex status.

Versions with vertical teal stripes are provided for allies to show their support. The teal represents solidarity and strength, like water coming together to erode anything in its path.

Simplified color meaning: Teal: Solidarity

Flag image descriptions for copying and pasting:

[Image description start. The Vulvicryptic variations {ally} pride flag, with three horizontal stripes of grey, black, and dark red. In the center is a gold and back eclipse. {On the Left side is a vertical teal ally stripe.}Image description end.]

[Image description start. The Agenital spectrum {ally} pride flag, with five horizontal symmetric stripes of gold, grey, and black in the center, with a matching gold and black eclipse. {On the Left side is a vertical teal ally stripe.} Image description end.]

[mad-intersex-mermaid]

A couple of intersex pride flags made by the Instagram page @intersexprideflags, made for Palestinian intersex folks and Ukrainian intersex folks.

I wanted to post and share this just to send my love and support to Palestinian intersex folks and Ukrainian intersex folks, whether in Palestine and Ukraine or other parts of the world and who are affected by the ongoing crises in both countries and have to deal with war, genocide, humanitarian crises, racism and xenophobia along with intersexist and interphobic discrimination, erasure and bigotry, whether within their own communities or beyond.

Slava Ukraini and Free Palestine 🇺🇦🇵🇸

[mad-intersex-mermaid]

Oh, look! Some new pride flags I've coined!

Intermasc femguy / Intermasc janefem

For intersex men and intermascs who see themselves as femguys or janefems, and are otherwise feminine and androgynous in identity, expression and presentation.

Interfem masclady / Interfem tomguy

For intersex women and interfems who see themselves as mascladys or tomguys, and are otherwise masculine and androgynous in identity, expression and presentation.

Interfem femguy / Interfem janefem:

For intersex women and interfems who see themselves as femguys or janefems, and whose identity, expression and presentation of womanhood and femininity + intersex queer womanhood and femininity is within a nuanced lens of a partial connection to manhood and masculinity i.e. being an intersex woman and an interfem but internally feeling like a feminine man, femguy and/or janefem due to being intersex.

Intermasc masclady / Intermasc tomguy:

For intersex men and intermascs who see themselves as mascladys or tomguys, and whose identity, expression and presentation of manhood and masculinity + intersex queer manhood and masculinity is within a nuanced lens of a partial connection to womanhood and femininity i.e. being an intersex man and an intermasc but internally feeling like a masculine woman, masclady or tomguy due to being intersex.