Disability-Inclusive Pride Flag
Inclusive Pride Flag ·
A 2024 flag by Valentino Vecchietti commissioned by Evenbreak that incorporates the Disability Pride Flag colors in a heart shape into the Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride Flag. Unveiled at the Pride in London Parade on June 29, 2024 as part of the #PrideInTalent campaign, the design adds explicit disability representation to the inclusive Pride flag lineage, reflecting that one in three LGBTQIA+ community members are also disabled. [1] [2]
Key facts
- Designer
- Valentino Vecchietti
- Created
- Earliest reported public sharing
- Documented
- 2024–present
- Aspect Ratio
- Not standardized
- Ratio Notes
- No proportion is published. Evenbreak's own publication file measures 7084 by 4501, about 1.574:1, which is not 3:5; the file name marks it as a slide export, so it records how the artwork was published rather than a specification. The 622 by 395 reproduction previously held here is a separately compressed copy with materially shifted colours, not a downscale of that original, and is not a basis for measurement. [3]
- Represented Identity
- LGBTQIA+ community with explicit disability and intersex inclusion
Also known as
- Disability-Inclusive version of the Inclusive Pride flag
Status Variant
Archive categories Inclusive and Progress Pride Flags · Disability Pride Flags
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 Dayna 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
- Organization
- Evenbreak
- Commissioned By
- Evenbreak
Attribution notes
Valentino Vecchietti (she/her) designed the flag, and describes it as "this Disability-Inclusive version of my Inclusive Pride flag in collaboration with Evenbreak". [1] Evenbreak, a global disability job board run by and for disabled people, ran the collaboration as part of its #PrideInTalent campaign; its staff account later described the flag as "commissioned by Evenbreak". The article itself uses the softer word, saying Evenbreak "collaborated with" Vecchietti, so both are recorded. [1] Dayna Halliwell, Content and Engagement Manager at Evenbreak, led the collaboration and organised the Pride visit. [1]
Evenbreak's own launch article spells her name both ways, once as Dayna and several times as Dana. Outside parties use Dayna, including the 2026 TUBU Fest credit and a file name on Able Magazine's coverage, and this entry follows that. [1][4] The heart's five stripes are Ann Magill's Disability Pride Flag, whose design and copyright waiver are documented on that flag's own record.
Origin
- Origin Type
- not documented
- Physical Origin Status
- Creation place not documented.
Unveiled in London at the Pride in London parade of 29 June 2024. [1]
Where the flag was designed is not documented. Evenbreak is a UK organisation and the flag's earliest documented physical use was at the Pride in London Parade on 29 June 2024, which is a place of use rather than of design. [1][5]
Dates & Chronology
- Year Created
- Earliest reported public sharing
- Documented
- 2024–present
- Creation Bounds
- Contemporary reporting places the first public sharing a day before the parade. Liam O'Dell, writing on 1 July 2024, says the flag "was first shared on Friday", which in that week was 28 June 2024, and that it "also appeared at the Pride in London parade on Saturday", 29 June. [5] Evenbreak published its own retrospective article on 2 July 2024. [1] The private design date is not documented, and the parade is a first documented physical use rather than a creation date.
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 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: 11 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, Disability Pride Flag (2016 proposal, Ann Magill), 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]
| Colour | Hex | Meaning | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red (Disability heart stripe) | #B87B82 | Physical disabilities. Inherited from Ann Magill’s Disability Pride Flag. [1] | Physical disabilities. Inherited from Ann Magill’s Disability Pride Flag. [1] Measured from the 7084 by 4501 first-party original. [3] |
| Gold (Disability heart stripe) | #EADF90 | Cognitive and intellectual disability and neurodivergence. Inherited from Magill. [1] | Cognitive and intellectual disability and neurodivergence. Inherited from Magill. [1] Measured from the 7084 by 4501 first-party original. [3] |
| Pale grey-white (Disability heart stripe) | #E9E7E8 | Invisible and undiagnosed disabilities. Inherited from Magill. [1] | Invisible and undiagnosed disabilities. Inherited from Magill. [1] Measured from the 7084 by 4501 first-party original. [3] |
| Blue (Disability heart stripe) | #94BED7 | Emotional and psychiatric disabilities. Inherited from Magill. [1] | Emotional and psychiatric disabilities. Inherited from Magill. [1] Measured from the 7084 by 4501 first-party original. [3] |
| Green (Disability heart stripe) | #71AB83 | Sensory disabilities. Inherited from Magill. [1] | Sensory disabilities. Inherited from Magill. [1] Measured from the 7084 by 4501 first-party original. [3] |
| Charcoal (Disability heart field) | #595959 | Disability heart | The ground the five stripes sit on. Inherited from Magill’s flag, where the dark field commemorates disabled people who have died from ableism, violence and neglect. Measured at #595959 rather than pure black. [3][1] |
| Black (Progress chevron) | #000000 | Chevron | A different element from the heart field despite both reading as dark. Inherited through the Progress lineage, where it carries marginalised communities of colour and HIV and AIDS remembrance. [1] |
| Brown | #613915 | — | Chevron, people of color |
| Light Blue | #74D7EE | — | Chevron, trans pride |
| Pink | #FFAFC8 | — | Chevron, trans pride |
| Yellow (Intersex) | #FFD800 | — | Chevron, intersex (field) |
| Purple (Intersex circle) | #7902AA | — | Chevron, intersex (circle) |
| Red (Rainbow) | #E40303 | — | Inherited rainbow stripe |
| Orange | #FF8C00 | — | Inherited rainbow stripe |
| Yellow (Rainbow) | #FFED00 | — | Inherited rainbow stripe |
| Green (Rainbow) | #008026 | — | Inherited rainbow stripe |
| Blue (Rainbow) | #004DFF | — | Inherited rainbow stripe |
| Purple (Rainbow) | #750787 | — | Inherited rainbow stripe |
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]
The five heart stripes and the heart field are measured from Evenbreak's own 7084 by 4501 publication file. They differ from the values published for Ann Magill's flag itself, because this is a measurement of this artwork rather than a restatement of the parent's specification. The chevron, intersex and rainbow values are inherited from the Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride Flag and belong to that flag's record. Intersex yellow and rainbow yellow are kept as separate elements, as are the heart's charcoal field and the chevron's black. [3][1]
Design
- Aspect Ratio
- Not standardized
- Ratio Notes
- No proportion is published. Evenbreak's own publication file measures 7084 by 4501, about 1.574:1, which is not 3:5; the file name marks it as a slide export, so it records how the artwork was published rather than a specification. The 622 by 395 reproduction previously held here is a separately compressed copy with materially shifted colours, not a downscale of that original, and is not a basis for measurement. [3]
- 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]
- Current Status
- Active; documented physical use in 2024 and organisational display by 2026
The flag's documented physical use is the Pride in London Parade on 29 June 2024, where Evenbreak team members carried it with Vecchietti. [1] Evenbreak announced a "Flag on Tour" campaign to take the flag to employers' offices with guidance on intersectionality; that was stated as a plan, and no completed stop has been located. [6][1] By 2026 the design was in wider organisational circulation online: TUBU Fest, a disability theatre festival in Austin, Texas, displays it and credits "Valentino Vecchietti in collaboration with Dayna Halliwell of Evenbreak". [4]
Image Archive
Source artwork
Historical event photograph, physical-use evidence.
Discourse & Debates
Community reception
Evenbreak's stated reason for the flag was that disabled colleagues and ambassadors reported feeling left out of LGBTIQA+ representation. Dayna Halliwell described the response at the parade: "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." [1] The heart uses Ann Magill's revised Disability Pride Flag, the version she redrew after readers reported that the original's lightning-bolt arrangement could trigger seizures and migraines.
Footnotes & Citations
Sources and footnotes 9 sources
- 1. News Disability Inclusive Pride Flag unveiled at London Pride. Jane Hatton. Evenbreak Blog (2024-07-02). Accessed 2026-08-16
Evenbreak’s launch article, 2 July 2024, and its comment thread. Source for the collaboration, the #PrideInTalent campaign, Dayna Halliwell’s role, Vecchietti’s statement, the photograph credit to Marco V. Pereira, and, in the comments, the 29 July 2024 statement that the image is not copyrighted.
- 2. News Evenbreak and Valentino Vecchietti Launch Disability-Inclusive Pride Flag. Onrec. Accessed 2026-03-18
- 3. Image file page Disability-Inclusive Pride Flag, publication file. Valentino Vecchietti in collaboration with Evenbreak. Evenbreak (2024-07). Accessed 2026-08-16
The first-party artwork file, 7084 by 4501 PNG at 300 dpi, from which the heart colours here are measured.
- 4. Organizations TUBU Fest. TUBU Fest, Art Spark Texas. Accessed 2026-08-16
A disability theatre festival in Austin, Texas, displaying the flag with the credit "The disability-inclusive LGBTQ+ Pride flag by Valentino Vecchietti in collaboration with Dayna Halliwell of Evenbreak". Cited for later organisational circulation and for the Dayna spelling.
- 5. Articles & Reports Disability-inclusive pride flag launched to celebrate LGBTQ+ and disabled intersectionality. Liam O'Dell. Accessed 2026-08-16
Contemporary reporting by Liam O’Dell, 1 July 2024, and the source for the flag having been "first shared on Friday" before the Saturday parade. The article misspells Daniel Quasar as Quasan and Vecchietti as Vechietti, and dates Magill’s flag to 2016; those are the article’s errors, not this entry’s.
- 6. Press release Evenbreak and Valentino Vecchietti launch disability-inclusive Pride flag. Evenbreak. Onrec (2024-07-09). Accessed 2026-08-16
Evenbreak’s press release, and the only located source that names the "Flag on Tour" campaign. States it in the future tense.
- Articles & Reports New Disability-Inclusive Pride Flag unveiled at London Pride. Able Magazine. Accessed 2026-03-31
- Blogs & Personal Sources This morning (4 June, 2019) I have officially waived all copyright to my Disability Pride Flag. Ann Magill. Dreamwidth (capri0mni) (2019-06-04). Accessed 2026-08-14
Ann Magill's own post announcing that she waived all copyright in her Disability Pride Flag on 4 June 2019. Cited for that waiver only; it says nothing about this flag.
- Report Understanding Disability in the LGBTQ+ Community. Human Rights Campaign. Human Rights Campaign. Accessed 2026-08-16
Image Sources
- Evenbreak's own publication file, 7084 by 4501. The heart carries Ann Magill's revised Disability Pride Flag; the base is Vecchietti's Intersex-Inclusive Pride Flag. [3] · Credit: Valentino Vecchietti in collaboration with Evenbreak · Evenbreak · Evenbreak stated the image is not copyrighted and asked that credit be appreciated rather than required.
- Evenbreak team members carry the Disability-Inclusive Pride Flag in the Pride in London parade, 29 June 2024, alongside Valentino Vecchietti in white. Published with Evenbreak's announcement of the flag. [1] · Credit: Photograph by Marco V. Pereira (@MVPicsss), published by Evenbreak · Evenbreak Blog · Not established. Evenbreak’s free-use statement covers the flag image, not this photograph.