Disability-Inclusive Pride Flag

Overview

To add explicit disability representation to the inclusive Pride flag lineage, reflecting the significant overlap between LGBTQIA+ and disabled communities. Halliwell stated: 'As a disabled Queer person, it was important that we at Evenbreak approached Pride Month in the right way. This meant focusing on listening to the community and creating a campaign that centers authentic voices.' ^{[1] [2]}

Valentino Vecchietti collaborated with Evenbreak, a global disability-specialist job board run by and for disabled people, to create a version of the Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride Flag that adds explicit disability representation. Evenbreak was founded by Jane Hatton in 2011 to close the disability employment gap. The collaboration was led by Dana Halliwell, Content and Engagement Manager at Evenbreak, who organized the campaign after hearing from LGBTQIA+ colleagues and ambassadors that many felt 'left out' or 'not thought of,' both in Pride events and in general. ^{[1] [2]}

Identity & Context

Represented Identity

LGBTQIA+ community with explicit disability and intersex inclusion

Subcommunity

Disabled LGBTQIA+ community

Movement

Disability rights, intersex visibility, inclusive pride

Creators

The Creator

Valentino Vecchietti

Designer

Valentino Vecchietti is an artist, writer, and intersex consultant who created the Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride Flag (2021). Vecchietti is the founder of Intersex Equality Rights, an intersex-led organization focused on research, campaigns, and advocacy. The disability-inclusive version was created in collaboration with Evenbreak, a global disability job board founded by Jane Hatton in 2011, the only such platform run by and for disabled people. ^{[1] [2]}

Attribution notes

Vecchietti (she/her) is an artist, writer, and the creator of the Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride Flag (2021). She is also an intersex consultant and founder of Intersex Equality Rights, an intersex-led organisation focused on research, campaigns, and advocacy. Her work has been recognised on the Diva Power List, The Pride Power List, The Independent Pride List, and the Lesbian 100 List. Dana Halliwell, Content and Engagement Manager at Evenbreak, led the collaboration and organized the Pride in London visit. ^{[1] [2]}

Origin

Country

United Kingdom

Region / state

England

City

London

Specific Place

Pride in London Parade 2024

Place Type

public event / collaborative design

Digital Origin

false

Origin Type

design

Physical Origin Status

verified

Created in London, England. London does not have an Indigenous land context analogous to the Americas. The city was the seat of the British Empire, whose colonization shaped the territories where many other flags in this archive originated. ^[3]

Colonial / settler context

London served as the administrative capital of the British Empire. The North American model of Indigenous land acknowledgement does not translate directly to London, where pre-Roman Celtic Britons (Brythonic-speaking peoples) inhabited the region but no continuous self-identified Indigenous community persists in the way recognized in settler-colonial contexts. The city was founded as Londinium by the Romans circa 43 CE. ^[3]

Unveiled at the Pride in London Parade on June 29, 2024, as part of Evenbreak's #PrideInTalent campaign. Members of the Evenbreak team marched with the flag alongside Vecchietti. ^{[1] [2]}

Dates & Chronology

Year Created

2024

First public use

June 29, 2024

Period in Use

2024–present

Unveiled at the Pride in London Parade on June 29, 2024. Vecchietti stated: 'Inclusive is the keyword in my Intersex-Inclusive Pride flag and I am really delighted and honoured to create this Disability-Inclusive version of my Inclusive Pride flag in collaboration with Evenbreak. This collaboration serves to uplift the voices of our diverse community at the intersection of LGBTIA+ and Disability, to create empowerment, joy, and raise awareness.' The flag subsequently began touring employers' offices with guidance on intersectionality. ^{[1] [2]}

The Disability Pride Flag was created by Ann Magill in 2019. It includes black, red, yellow, white, blue, and green stripes. The black stripe commemorates and mourns disabled people who have died due to ableism, violence, negligence, suicide, rebellion, illness, and eugenics. A 2020 US study found that overall, one in three (36%) LGBTIQ+ adults self-reported having a disability, compared with one in four (24%) non-LGBTIQ+ adults, and over half (52%) of transgender adults reported having a disability. ^[1]

Lineage

Direct predecessors

Disability Pride Flag, Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride Flag

Related flags

Philadelphia Pride Flag, Progress+ Flag (Disabled Queer Transmasc Variant), Progress Pride Flag, Gilbert Baker Nine-Stripe Rainbow Flag, Original Rainbow Flag (1978), Seven-Stripe Rainbow Flag (1978), Rainbow Pride Flag, "Ultimate" Inclusive Diversity Pride Flag

Sibling flags

5790/2029 Pride Flag, Progress+ Flag (Disabled Queer Transmasc Variant), "Ultimate" Inclusive Diversity Pride Flag

A direct descendant of the Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride Flag (Vecchietti, 2021), extending the lineage with disability representation by incorporating colors from Ann Magill's Disability Pride Flag (2019) in a heart shape. ^{[1] [2]}

Lineage tree

Every record reachable from this one through documented parent and child relationships: 10 records across 7 generations.

Ancestors -6

Original Rainbow Flag (1978)

Ancestors -5

Seven-Stripe Rainbow Flag (1978)

Ancestors -4

Rainbow Pride Flag

Ancestors -3

Transgender Pride Flag, Philadelphia Pride Flag

Ancestors -2

Intersex Pride Flag, Progress Pride Flag

Ancestor

Disability Pride Flag, Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride Flag

This record

Disability-Inclusive Pride Flag

Colors & Symbolism

Extends the Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride Flag by adding explicit disability representation through Disability Pride Flag colors arranged in a heart shape, reflecting that one in three LGBTQIA+ community members are also disabled. ^{[1] [2]}

This flag has no official digital palette. Color values shown are approximate.

Heart shape

Contains the Disability Pride Flag colors, representing the intersection of LGBTQIA+ and disabled communities

Chevron (inherited)

Trans inclusion (pink, white, blue), racial inclusion (black, brown), and intersex inclusion (yellow with purple circle), inherited from the Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride Flag

The Disability Pride Flag colors are rendered within the heart shape, each representing a different category of disability. The flag also inherits the Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride Flag's representation of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics per the SOGIESC framework. ^{[1] [2]}

Inherits all colors from the Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride Flag and adds the Disability Pride Flag stripe colors within a heart shape.

Design

Aspect Ratio

3:5 · standard

Orientation

horizontal

Layout

chevron with heart symbol

Additional Symbols

Heart shape incorporating the Disability Pride Flag colors (red, gold, white, blue, green) on a black background

Builds on the Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride Flag layout with the addition of a heart shape containing the Disability Pride Flag's stripe colors.

The base design is the Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride Flag: six horizontal rainbow stripes with a left-aligned chevron containing black, brown, light blue, pink, and white stripes, plus a yellow triangle with a purple circle for intersex representation. The Disability-Inclusive version adds a heart shape containing the colors of the Disability Pride Flag (red, gold/yellow, white, blue, and green on a black background), each representing a different category of disability. ^{[1] [2]}

Usage & Adoption

First Users

Evenbreak, Valentino Vecchietti

Organizations

Evenbreak

Geographic Usage

United Kingdom

Online Usage

#PrideInTalent campaign ^[1]

Event Usage

Pride in London Parade, June 29, 2024 ^{[1] [2]}

Current Status

active

Dana Halliwell noted it was 'very moving and amazing to see the reaction of disabled people in the audience. You could see the joy on their faces of being represented in the parade.' The flag subsequently began touring employers' offices with guidance on intersectionality. ^[1]

Image Archive

Pride in London Parade, flag debut

Discourse & Debates

• The flag enters the ongoing debate about whether the Progress Pride Flag lineage should continue adding new identity markers. Critics cited in DIP-S1 argue that the original rainbow flag was already intended to represent everyone, and that additive designs risk implying that unlisted groups are excluded. Supporters cited in the same source argue that explicit representation matters and that the additions correct historical erasure. ^[1]
• Ann Magill's original Disability Pride Flag (2019) was revised in 2021 after community feedback that the original lightning bolt design could cause seizures or migraines due to strobe-like visual effects. The 2021 revision replaced the zigzag with parallel diagonal stripes, addressing accessibility concerns while maintaining the flag's symbolic meaning. The Disability-Inclusive Pride Flag uses the revised palette. ^[1]

Footnotes & Citations

Image Sources

• The Disability-Inclusive Pride Flag at its public debut during the Pride in London Parade on June 29, 2024. Marchers from Evenbreak carried the flag alongside intersex equality campaigners as part of the #PrideInTalent campaign, which highlighted the intersection of Disability and LGBTQIA+ identity in the workplace. ^[1][2] · Credit: Evenbreak / #PrideInTalent campaign · Evenbreak Blog