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some insight from me as an intersex person who prefers this flag: pointing out the mistaken use of bigender used to introduce it
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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."
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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.
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