Intersex-disability combination survey results: Flags Part 1
I've started analysing the results of the survey I put out on different ways disability & intersex intersect and possible flags and coinings for the different possible intersections.
While there's a critical tie that I'm waiting to get unbroken, I'm ready to announce some of the flag results (and one term coining). These four flag-case matchings are so strong that I don't think any changes to my statistical methods will change their results.
Left: intersex and disabled (any possible disability). The most general possible case, includes both disabilities related and unrelated to being intersex. This flag was matched to its meaning by a clear landslide. Design by @queercripintersex from 2022 - average vote was 4.4 out of 5 with 86% approval rate.
Right: intersex as part of the disability community/movement. This was another landslide in terms of matching flag to meaning. Average vote was 4.6 with 92% approval rate. ***
Left: intersex and having a commonly-correlated disability. Some disabilities are known to be more frequent in intersex people, like EDS and ADHD. Some specific intersex variations have known correlations, like MRKH and Deafness. Average vote was 4.4 with 81% approval rate.
Right: debilitated by intersexism -- which also gets its own coining of "interdebilitated" per the survey results. This would include PTSD from experiencing intersexism, and pain from coercive surgeries. I.e. the disability in question isn't inherent to being intersex, but a result of how intersex people are treated in society. In terms of ratings, this flag actually comes in second for this use case (avg vote 3.9). The issue is that the flag with the higher score (4.0) has even higher scores on other possible meanings (it's the intersex flag but the ring is dark grey instead of purple - its got a much higher rating for iatrogenic disability at 4.3).
The flag design you see on the right happened was only rated highly for this specific meaning. And so even though it was just a wee bit behind in which designs had higher ratings for this meaning, I think it's a better fit overall: it's less likely to be mistaken or mixed up since this flag design had one predominant meaning.
In the survey I asked people to rate how much utility they'd get out of each use case having a flag. Interdebility did not score well in terms of flag demand, which also makes me feel comfortable allocating its top-rated flag to a different meaning where it scored higher. 💜
In the next couple of days I'll be following up this post with the other flag results, as well as results on term coining! EDIT 2024-10-02: part 2 is now up here.
A big thank you to everybody who has given feedback in the survey and/or polls on my tumblr and/or privately. 💜 @scifimagpie has been giving me a lot of feedback and I'd like to acknowledge xer help!
Tagging for archival: @intersexflags @disabilityflagsarchive @disabilityflags @liom-archive @radiomogai @mad-pride
