INTERSEX-INCLUSIVE PROGRESS PRIDE FLAG
WHY IN NEWS ?
- The month of June, recognised worldwide as the Pride Month, is marked by many events across India to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community.
ABOUT NEW FLAG: PRIDE FLAG-
- The Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride Flag, created by Valentino Vecchietti of Intersex Equality Rights UK in 2021.
- This is actually a new version of the previous Progress Pride Flag created in 2018 by Daniel Quasar.
- A Pride flag essentially represents the pride associated with LGTQIA+ social movements.
- For centuries people belonging to the community have had to fight for basic rights in countries across the world.
- The struggle continues in many countries.
- In India too, gay sex was decriminalised as recently as 2018.
- The Pride flag was used by activists, members of the community and allies as a symbol of resistance and acceptance.
- It was designed by renowned American artist and activist Gilbert Baker.
WHY IT IS CALLED INTERSEX-INCLUSIVE PROGRESS PRIDE FLAG ?
- The intersex has been largely been underrepresented within broader queer narratives.
- According to the United Nations, intersex people are born with sex characteristics (including genitals, gonads and chromosome patterns) that do not fit typical binary notions of male or female bodies.
- In 2021, Intersex Equality Rights (UK) decided to adapt the Pride Progress flag design to incorporate the intersex flag, creating the Intersex-Inclusive Pride flag.
- Intersex Equality rights activist did the redesigning.
- The colours yellow and purple are used in the intersex flag as a counterpoint to blue and pink which are traditionally seen as gendered colours.
SIGNIFICANCE OF NEW COLOURS ON THE FLAG :
Red= Life
Orange= Healing
Yellow= New Ideas
Green= Prosperity
Blue= Serenity
Violet= Spirit
Chevron Part
Black and brown= people of colour
White, blue and pink= transpeople
Yellow with purple circle= Intersex people
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