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The most commonly used intersex flag was created by Morgan Carpenter in 2013.<ref>[http://ihra.org.au/22773/an-intersex-flag/ Intersex Human Rights Australia: An Intersex Flag]</ref> Yellow and purple were chosen for the design as alternatives to the strongly-gendered colors of blue and pink. The purple circle in the middle symbolizes "wholeness and completeness" as well as "the right to be who and how we want to be." |
The most commonly used intersex flag was created by Morgan Carpenter in 2013.<ref>[http://ihra.org.au/22773/an-intersex-flag/ Intersex Human Rights Australia: An Intersex Flag]</ref> Yellow and purple were chosen for the design as alternatives to the strongly-gendered colors of blue and pink. The purple circle in the middle symbolizes "wholeness and completeness" as well as "the right to be who and how we want to be." |
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An earlier flag design was made by Natalie Phox in 2009, though is flag is less commonly used today. It was originally introduced as a [[bigender]] flag, but Phox later added the correction that it was an intersex flag, which caused confusion around the intention of the flag.<ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bigender_pride.png Bigender flag]</ref> It is likely that this flag was introduced as a bigender flag due to the distinction between gender and sex not being as common knowledge during the time of its creation, rather than initially being made to represent the identity known as "bigender" today, as its description when first posted referred to biological sex, but called it "gender" instead.<ref>https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Bigender_pride.png&oldid=30036320</ref> Because it was posted under the name bigender, some people mistakenly claim it as a bigender flag, but Phox's design has always been intended to represent intersex people. |
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The Mercury symbol (☿) is a common intersex symbol, used as a compliment to the male and female symbols. It was originally used for hermaphroditism or to means hybrid. It depicts the staff of the Roman messenger god, based on the caduceus. The symbol is also sometimes used for non-binary people, [[androgyne]] people, [[genderfluid]] people, or [[gender non-conforming]] people. |
The Mercury symbol (☿) is a common intersex symbol, used as a compliment to the male and female symbols. It was originally used for hermaphroditism or to means hybrid. It depicts the staff of the Roman messenger god, based on the caduceus. The symbol is also sometimes used for non-binary people, [[androgyne]] people, [[genderfluid]] people, or [[gender non-conforming]] people. |
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