Intersex is a term referring to people whose sexual characteristics don't fit within the societal norm of male and female. These characteristics might be visible at birth, or may only develop during puberty.
Flag History
The intersex flag was designed in 2013 by Morgan Carpenter, Executive Director
of Intersex Human Rights Australia. Morgan sought to create a flag that wasn't
derivative of existing pride flags, but to instead create something new but
still grounded in meaning. The colors yellow and purple are often used in other
pride flags to represent those outside of gender norms, such as in the
Non-binary flag
Variations
In 2021, the intersex flag was added to the
Progress pride flag
Sources and acknowledgements
The Intersex flag design is in the public domain under a
CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
declaration.