Intergender Pride Flag
Identity Pride Flag ·
A pride flag for intergender identity, a gender identity for intersex people whose sense of gender is fundamentally tied to their intersex experience. The current canonical version is the purple, yellow, and white circle design by Tumblr users Interpunked and CripDeaf (January 17, 2020), which deliberately echoes the intersex pride flag (Carpenter, 2013). Earlier versions include a pink, purple, and blue design by ActuallyIntersex (November 20, 2014). Use of the term and flag is restricted to intersex people.
Key facts
- Designer
- Interpunked and CripDeaf (Tumblr)
- Created
- First documented public use
- In use
- 2020-present (canonical version); earlier variants in use 2014-present
- Aspect Ratio
- 3:5 · standard
- Stripes
- 3
- Represented Identity
- intergender
Also known as
- intergender
Status Contested
Archive categories Gender Identity Pride Flags
Overview
To provide a pride symbol for intersex individuals whose gender identity is fundamentally shaped by their intersex experience. The 2020 design specifically updated the visual language to match the current Carpenter intersex flag rather than the older Phox version used by earlier intergender flags.
The current canonical intergender flag was created by Tumblr users Interpunked and CripDeaf on January 17, 2020. The design deliberately echoes Morgan Carpenter's 2013 intersex pride flag, using its purple and yellow palette and a circle motif as an explicit visual statement that intergender identity is anchored to intersex experience. The design replaces the intersex flag's solid purple circle on yellow with a white outlined circle on a purple background with a yellow center stripe, creating a related but distinct visual identity. Two earlier intergender flags exist (2014 by ActuallyIntersex and 2015 by an unknown creator), both using the older Phox intersex flag's color scheme rather than the newer Carpenter palette.
Since 2014, intergender has been deemed exclusive to intersex individuals, reflecting a community position that the term should only be used by those whose gender is fundamentally shaped by their intersex status. [1]
Identity & Context
- Represented Identity
- intergender
- Subcommunity
- intersex community / nonbinary umbrella
- Language Context
- From Latin 'inter-' (between). Intergender describes a gender identity between male and female, or a combination of both. Since 2014, the term has been deemed exclusive to intersex individuals. [1]
Intergender can modify another identity (e.g., intergender paragirl) or stand alone as the primary identity. It denotes that being intersex has an important effect on one's gender experience. [1]
Creators
The Creators
Interpunked and CripDeaf
designers of the current canonical intergender flag (2020)
Tumblr users who jointly designed the current canonical intergender pride flag on January 17, 2020. The design deliberately uses Morgan Carpenter's 2013 intersex pride flag colors (purple and yellow) and adds a white outlined circle that inverts the intersex flag's filled purple circle. The design choice reflects the position that intergender is exclusive to intersex people and that the flag should be visually anchored to the intersex flag tradition. Limited biographical information is available beyond their Tumblr handles.
Motivations
- To create an intergender flag clearly anchored to the current Carpenter intersex flag, replacing earlier designs that used the older Phox intersex palette
Stated inspirations
ActuallyIntersex
designer of the first documented intergender flag (2014)
Tumblr blog whose moderators created the first documented intergender pride flag on November 20, 2014, using the older Phox intersex flag's pink, purple, and blue color scheme. The 2014 design was later superseded in community use by the 2020 Interpunked and CripDeaf version. The blog's moderators are not individually credited.
Stated inspirations
Attribution notes
The current canonical intergender flag was designed by Tumblr users Interpunked and CripDeaf on January 17, 2020. It is the third documented intergender flag design and is the version that has displaced earlier variants in most community use. The first documented intergender flag was created by Tumblr user ActuallyIntersex on November 20, 2014, using the older Phox intersex flag's pink, purple, and blue color scheme. A second variant of unknown provenance (pink, grey, yellow, blue) was uploaded to DeviantArt by Pride-Flags on August 17, 2015. The 2020 Interpunked/CripDeaf version moved to the Carpenter intersex flag's purple and yellow palette and added a white outlined circle that deliberately echoes (and inverts) the intersex flag's solid purple circle on yellow. [1]
Origin
- Specific Place
- Tumblr
- Place Type
- social media
- Digital Origin
- true
Digital origin; no verified physical location.
First posted on Tumblr by ActuallyIntersex on November 20, 2014. [1]
Dates & Chronology
- Year Created
- Exact date
- First public use
- Period in Use
- 2020-present (canonical version); earlier variants in use 2014-present
The 2020 Interpunked and CripDeaf design has become the canonical intergender flag in current community use, displacing the earlier 2014 ActuallyIntersex version and the 2015 unknown variant. The flag circulates primarily in online intersex and nonbinary community spaces, identity wikis, and pride flag reference resources. Use is restricted to intersex people. [1]
Major revisions
First documented intergender flag designed by Tumblr blog ActuallyIntersex. Used the older Phox intersex flag's pink, purple, and blue color scheme. [1]
Pink, grey, yellow, and blue four-color variant of unknown provenance uploaded to DeviantArt by the Pride-Flags account. SchemeColor.com and flagcolorcodes.com later documented this variant rather than the canonical Carpenter-anchored version. [2]
Current canonical intergender flag designed by Tumblr users Interpunked and CripDeaf. Uses the Carpenter intersex flag's purple and yellow palette with a white outlined circle, becoming the most widely used intergender flag. [1]
The current canonical version (Interpunked and CripDeaf, 2020) consists of a purple background with a yellow stripe across the middle and a white outlined circle in the center. This is the design shown in the primary image above. An earlier 2014 version by ActuallyIntersex used the older Phox intersex flag's pink, purple, and blue palette. A 2015 variant uploaded to DeviantArt by Pride-Flags used pink, grey, yellow, and blue stripes, this is the version documented by SchemeColor.com and flagcolorcodes.com, not the canonical 2020 Carpenter-anchored design. The term intergender first appeared on Usenet around 1998 in the alt.support.intergendered newsgroup created by Donna Lynn Matthews. [1][2]
Lineage
- Indirect influences
- Intersex Pride Flag, Rainbow Pride Flag
Multiple intergender flag designs reference intersex flag color schemes, reflecting the position that intergender is exclusive to intersex people. [1]
Colors & Symbolism
The intergender pride flag is a deliberate visual extension of the intersex pride flag. It uses the same purple and yellow palette and the same circle motif, modified to mark intergender identity as connected to but distinct from intersex identity. The two purple stripes flanking a yellow center reverse the intersex flag's stripe arrangement, and the white outlined circle replaces the intersex flag's filled purple circle. The design is intentionally derivative of the intersex flag rather than a separate visual tradition.
| Colour | Hex | Meaning | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purple (top) | #7902AA | Inherited from the intersex pride flag (Carpenter, 2013), signaling intergender identity's connection to intersex experience | Inherited from intersex pride flag (Carpenter, 2013) standard hex |
| Yellow (middle) | #FFD800 | Inherited from the intersex pride flag, where yellow was deliberately chosen as a non-gendered color | Inherited from intersex pride flag standard hex |
| Purple (bottom) | #7902AA | Mirrors position 1, reinforcing the intersex flag connection | Inherited from intersex pride flag standard hex |
| White (circle) | #FFFFFF | — | White outline circle, deliberately echoing the intersex flag's purple circle on yellow but inverting the figure-ground relationship |
This flag has no official digital palette. Color values shown are approximate.
- White outlined circle
- A circle inverted from the intersex pride flag's solid purple circle on yellow. Where the intersex flag asserts wholeness through a closed purple ring, the intergender variation uses a white outline that signals related but distinct identity. The circle preserves the intersex flag's framing while marking the intergender flag as its own design.
The current intergender flag was created on January 17, 2020 by Tumblr users interpunked and cripdeaf. The yellow and purple are deliberately matched to Morgan Carpenter's 2013 intersex pride flag, signaling the connection between intergender identity and intersex experience. An earlier intergender flag was created on November 20, 2014 by two moderators of the actuallyintersex Tumblr blog, using a different palette derived from an older version of the intersex flag.
The current intergender flag uses the intersex pride flag's purple and yellow palette directly. Two purple stripes flank a central yellow stripe, with a white circle outlined in the center. This design choice signals the flag's connection to intersex identity, intergender is a gender identity used by some intersex people who identify between or as a mix of binary genders.
Design
- Aspect Ratio
- 3:5 · standard
- Orientation
- horizontal
- Stripe Count
- 3
- Layout
- horizontal stripes with central symbol
- Stripes (Top → Bottom)
- Purple, Yellow, Purple
- Center Symbol
- White outlined circle
Three distinct designs are documented: (1) pink/purple/blue stripes by ActuallyIntersex (2014), (2) pink/grey/yellow/blue four-stripe variant (unknown creator, 2015), and (3) the current canonical purple/yellow design with white outlined circle by Interpunked and CripDeaf (2020). The current canonical version is the one shown in the primary image. [1]
Three horizontal stripes (purple, yellow, purple) with a white outlined circle centered on the flag. The purple and yellow are taken directly from the intersex pride flag (Carpenter, 2013). The white outlined circle is a deliberate inversion of the intersex flag's solid purple circle on yellow.
Usage & Adoption
- First Users
- Online intersex and nonbinary communities
- Online Usage
- Tumblr, DeviantArt, LGBTQIA+ identity wikis
- Current Status
- active
Limited circulation compared to the intersex and nonbinary flags.
Image Archive
Canonical flag
Discourse & Debates
- Since 2014, the intersex community has asserted that intergender should be exclusive to intersex individuals. The term overlaps with nonbinary or androgynous identity for non-intersex people, but the intergender label specifically ties gender experience to intersex embodiment. This exclusivity is widely respected in LGBTQIA+ wiki sources, and the 2020 Interpunked and CripDeaf flag design intentionally reinforces this connection by visually anchoring the flag to the Carpenter intersex pride flag. [1]
- The fact that two earlier intergender flags (2014, 2015) used the older Phox intersex flag's color scheme while the 2020 canonical version switched to the Carpenter palette mirrors the broader transition in the intersex community from the Phox flag to Carpenter's design as the primary intersex symbol. The 2020 update can be read as a deliberate visual realignment with the current intersex flag tradition.
Common misidentifications
- Some color-code reference sites (SchemeColor.com, flagcolorcodes.com) document the 2015 four-color pink/grey/yellow/blue variant as the intergender flag rather than the current canonical 2020 design. This means external color references may not match the current canonical version.
Common confusions
- Intergender is sometimes confused with nonbinary or androgynous identity. The key distinction is that intergender specifically ties gender to intersex experience and is restricted to intersex people. [1]
- The 2020 canonical flag is sometimes confused with the intersex pride flag itself, since both use purple and yellow with a circle. The intergender flag has purple stripes flanking a yellow center with a white outlined circle, the intersex flag has a yellow background with a solid purple circle.
Intergender denotes a gender identity between or combining male and female, exclusive to intersex individuals. Non-intersex people with similar gender experiences are encouraged to use other terms such as nonbinary, androgynous, or bigender. The term first appeared on Usenet around 1998 in the alt.support.intergendered newsgroup created by Donna Lynn Matthews.
Footnotes & Citations
Sources and footnotes 5 sources
- 1. Intergender. LGBTQIA+ Wiki. Accessed 2026-03-31
- Intergender. Nonbinary Wiki. Accessed 2026-03-31
- Intergender. LGBTQIA+ Wiki (Fandom). Accessed 2026-04-08
- 2. Intergender Flag Colors. SchemeColor.com. Accessed 2026-04-08
- Rainbow flag (LGBTQ). Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia (2026-06-25). Accessed 2026-07-24
Image Sources
- Rendering
- Interpunked and CripDeaf 2020 version
- The current Intergender Pride Flag, created by Tumblr users interpunked and cripdeaf on January 17, 2020. The purple and yellow are taken directly from Morgan Carpenter's 2013 intersex pride flag, and the white outlined circle is a deliberate inversion of the intersex flag's solid purple circle, signaling intergender identity's close connection to intersex experience while marking it as a distinct design. · Credit: interpunked and cripdeaf (Tumblr) · Original 2020 design