Inclusive Diversity Pride Flag (TransIphis, 2022)
Progress Pride Flag ·
A maximalist design uploaded to Wikimedia Commons on 21 December 2022 by the user TransIphis: nine rainbow stripes behind a Progress-flag chevron, with an intersex ring, a sex workers' red umbrella, a pink triangle and the disability flag's gold, silver and bronze laid over them. No organisation has used it and the uploader says so himself. It circulated on X between 30 April and 1 May 2024, presented by two accounts as a new pride flag, and Snopes rated that claim False a week later. Wikimedia deleted the file on 18 June 2024 for want of an educational purpose, so the design survives only in the Internet Archive. [1][2][3]
Key facts
- Designer
- Attributed to TransIphis; additional contributors not identified
- Created
- Uploaded to Wikimedia Commons
- Documented
- 21 December 2022 to the present, in online circulation only
- Aspect Ratio
- 1343:834 · source file
- Ratio Notes
- No ratio was published. The file is 2,686 by 1,668 pixels, which reduces to 1343:834, about 1.610:1. That is neither 3:5 nor 2:3. [1]
- Stripes
- 9
- Represented Identity
- LGBTQ+ community (maximalist/comprehensive framing)
Status Proposed
Archive categories Inclusive and Progress Pride Flags
Overview
Unclear. No creator statement explaining the motivation has been found. The design appears to respond to the broader discourse about whether the Progress Pride Flag should continue incorporating additional identity markers.
Uploaded to Wikimedia Commons on 21 December 2022 with a long description setting out a meaning for every element. The file's EXIF records Adobe Photoshop 21.2 on Windows, with the image digitised at 15:27 and its metadata last written at 15:30 that day. [1]
Identity & Context
- Represented Identity
- LGBTQ+ community (maximalist/comprehensive framing)
- Racial / Ethnic Context
- Includes POC representation via brown and black chevron stripes
The flag attempts to represent an exhaustive range of LGBTQ+ identities and allied causes within a single design. No community, organization, or movement has adopted it.
Creators
The Creator
TransIphis
Uploader and declared author
A Wikimedia account registered on Commons on 21 December 2022, an hour and forty-five minutes before this file was uploaded. It has two Commons uploads, this flag and the Zagreb Pride logo, and its English Wikipedia editing is almost entirely on the Zagreb Pride article. The account's Wikipedia user page describes a trans man from Zagreb, Croatia, with he/they pronouns. There is no Commons user page. [1][4]
Hello, it has come to my attention that some conservatives on Twitter have somehow decided that this is the “new pride flag”.
Replying on his Commons talk page to the deletion nomination, 8 May 2024.
Since I know people who worked on it.
The same reply. It is the reason this entry does not treat him as sole designer.
Attribution notes
The file was uploaded by the Wikimedia account TransIphis, whose Commons footprint is this flag and, three weeks later, the Zagreb Pride logo taken from that organisation's media kit. [1][4]
Authorship is not settled, and the two records conflict. The file declared "Own work", named TransIphis as author, and carried a licence box reading "I, the copyright holder of this work". But in his only first-person statement about the flag, replying to the deletion nomination, he writes of others in the third person: the design "was not made with any malicious intent as far as I'm aware. Since I know people who worked on it." [3] No source names another contributor, and none resolves whether he designed it alone, co-designed it, or uploaded work made by others. Both records are kept because neither can be set aside. Where the design was made is not documented, and the uploader's stated residence is not evidence of it.
Origin
- Specific Place
- Wikimedia Commons
- Place Type
- online_platform
- Digital Origin
- Yes
Digital origin; no verified physical location.
Uploaded directly to Wikimedia Commons on 21 December 2022 at 15:07:02 UTC, which is the earliest located publication; no earlier appearance has been established. The file carried Wikimedia's disclaimer classifying it as "fictitious, proposed, or locally used unofficially". [1] Where the design was made is not documented.
Dates & Chronology
- Year Created
- Exact date
- Uploaded to Wikimedia Commons
- Documented
- 21 December 2022 to the present, in online circulation only
- Creation Bounds
- Uploaded to Wikimedia Commons on 21 December 2022 at 15:07:02 UTC, one hour and forty-five minutes after the uploader registered the account. The file page gave the same date for the work itself. [1] No earlier appearance has been located. The entry previously gave 22 December, which the upload log does not support.
No organisation has adopted the design and no use of it has been documented. What circulated was a misidentification, and it happened in 2024. On 30 April the account End Wokeness posted the image with the caption "Introducing the new, improved LGBTQ+ Pride flag. No, this is not satire.", reporting 2.2 million views; Oli London, whose own account describes him as the author of a book called Gender Madness, posted it the same afternoon as "the new LGBTQI+ 'S*x worker inclusive progress pride flag.'" [5][6] Snopes rated the resulting claim False on 7 May 2024. [2] The file was nominated for deletion the next day and deleted on 18 June. [7]
A different flag drew a similar cycle sixteen months earlier, and the two have been confused. In December 2022 conservative accounts circulated a Progress Pride flag carrying a red umbrella for sex workers, believing it had been "voted on and approved by the LGBTQ+ community's 'governing authority.'" Bil Browning called it "manufactured rightwing outrage over a flag design that no one uses or champions", noting the umbrella design was already "two years old" and had previously been used by Chaya Raichik of Libs of TikTok "to paint queer people as sexual predators". [8]
That is not this flag. It is an older, simpler design, and Browning published on 22 December 2022, the day after TransIphis uploaded this one, before it had circulated at all.
Lineage
- Direct predecessors
- Progress Pride Flag
- Indirect influences
- Intersex Pride Flag, Philadelphia Pride Flag
- Related flags
- Disability-Inclusive Pride Flag, Progress+ Flag (Disabled Queer Transmasc Variant), Gilbert Baker Nine-Stripe Rainbow Flag, Original Rainbow Flag (1978), Seven-Stripe Rainbow Flag (1978), Rainbow Pride Flag, "The Ultimate Progressive Pride Flag" (2024), Victory Over AIDS Flag (1980s, designer unknown)
The chevron is the Progress Pride flag's, in the same five colours and the same nested order, and Wikimedia editors categorised the file under Progress Pride flags from its first archived snapshot onward. [1] The applied devices come from several flags at once: the intersex ring, the sex workers' red umbrella, the pink triangle, and the gold, silver and bronze of the disability flag. The creator attributes the last of those only generically, to "the flag of the rights of persons with disabilities", whose metals are "representative of medals awarded at the Paralympic Games"; the attribution to Eros Recio that the file later carried was added by a Commons editor, not by the creator. [1]
Lineage tree
Every record reachable from this one through documented parent and child relationships: 7 records across 6 generations.
- Ancestors -5
- Original Rainbow Flag (1978)
- Ancestors -4
- Seven-Stripe Rainbow Flag (1978)
- Ancestors -3
- Rainbow Pride Flag
- Ancestors -2
- Transgender Pride Flag, Philadelphia Pride Flag
- Ancestor
- Progress Pride Flag
- This record
- Inclusive Diversity Pride Flag (TransIphis, 2022)
Colors & Symbolism
A maximally inclusive pride flag that attempts to represent every major LGBTQ+ identity, allied cause, and historical reference within a single composition. The design includes a nine-stripe rainbow, trans flag colors, POC stripes, intersex symbolism, sex worker advocacy (red umbrella), disability representation, pink triangle (Holocaust and anti-LGBTQ+ persecution remembrance), and HIV/AIDS awareness. [1]
| Colour | Hex | Meaning | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lavender | #CD66FF | — | Diversity, per the creator's description. Measured from the file. [1] |
| Pink | #FF6599 | Remembrance of those lost to hate crimes, anti-LGBTQ+ laws, and the Holocaust | Sex. Measured from the file. [1] |
| Red | #FF0000 | Sex workers and sex worker activists | Love. Measured from the file. [1] |
| Orange | #FF9900 | — | Healing. Measured from the file. [1] |
| Yellow | #FFFF00 | — | Sunlight. Measured from the file. [1] |
| Green | #009A00 | — | Nature. Measured from the file. [1] |
| Turquoise | #0099CC | — | Magic. Measured from the file. [1] |
| Indigo | #340099 | — | Serenity. Measured from the file. [1] |
| Purple | #990099 | Intersex people (derived from Morgan Carpenter's 2013 intersex flag) | Spirit. Measured from the file. [1] |
This flag has no official digital palette. Color values shown are approximate.
- Nine-stripe rainbow center
- Expanded rainbow representing diversity, including additional stripes for lavender (diversity), pink (sex), and turquoise (magic) beyond the standard six
- Trans flag chevron (left)
- Transgender identity (light blue, pink, white)
- Black and brown chevron stripes
- People of color within the LGBTQ+ community, and people living with HIV/AIDS
- Gold, silver, and bronze elements
- Disability representation (referencing Paralympic medals and overcoming obstacles)
The symbol assignments come from the Wikimedia Commons file description and have not been endorsed by any community or organization.
Every value here is measured from the raster, not declared, and the nine listed values are the background stripes only. The file is a PNG rather than a vector, so there are no fill attributes to read, and it contains 2,477 distinct RGB values with each major field appearing in several near-identical variants, the signature of a raster resampled from another raster. Edge and transition values are not treated as further colours. The creator published stripe meanings but no colour values. [1] The chevron's five colours measure white #FFFFFF, pink #FFAFC8, light blue #74D7EE, brown #613915 and black #000000, the Progress flag's set in the Progress flag's order. Where a colour appears in two roles, the roles are recorded separately above.
Design
- Aspect Ratio
- 1343:834 · source file
- Ratio Notes
- No ratio was published. The file is 2,686 by 1,668 pixels, which reduces to 1343:834, about 1.610:1. That is neither 3:5 nor 2:3. [1]
- Orientation
- horizontal
- Stripe Count
- 9
- Layout
- nine horizontal stripes with a single hoist chevron and applied devices
- Center Symbol
- Intersex ring, purple on yellow
- Additional Symbols
- Nested Progress-style chevron entering from the hoist, Intersex ring, purple on yellow, Sex workers' red umbrella, Pink triangle, Gold, silver and bronze disability element
A field of nine horizontal stripes of roughly equal depth, with a single chevron entering from the hoist and pointing toward the fly, carrying the Progress flag's five colours in the same nested order: white innermost, then pink, light blue, brown and black. Over the field sit an intersex ring, a sex workers' red umbrella, a pink triangle and the gold, silver and bronze of the disability flag. The chevron is single, not four-directional: scans of the fly edge and of the top and bottom edges beyond the chevron's apex find uninterrupted stripe colour, and the creator's own description refers to "the multi-colored chevron" in the singular. [1]
A dense composition built on a nine-stripe field with one chevron and several applied devices laid over the centre. There is no second, third or fourth chevron: scans of the fly edge and of the top and bottom edges beyond the chevron's apex find uninterrupted stripe colour, and the creator's own description refers to "the multi-colored chevron" in the singular. [1] The design exists as a raster only; no vector, construction sheet or physical production has been documented.
Nine horizontal stripes with a single Progress-style chevron entering from the hoist in white, pink, light blue, brown and black. Over the centre sit a large yellow-outlined purple intersex ring, a red umbrella, a pink triangle, and a gold, silver and bronze disability element. [1]
Usage & Adoption
- Online Usage
- Circulated on X between 30 April and 1 May 2024 by accounts presenting it as a new pride flag [2]
- Current Status
- No documented use; the source file has been deleted from its only host
No use has been documented, and three independent records agree. Every archived capture of the Commons file page states "There are no pages that use this file", and none renders a global usage section at all, which Commons emits only when cross-wiki use exists. [1] Snopes concluded the flag is not in use by any group, organisation or movement. [2] The uploader states it "isn't officially used anywhere or by any organization". [3] The 2024 circulation was people arguing about the image, not people flying the flag.
Discourse & Debates
- Whether Wikimedia Commons should keep an image because it became a hoax. The deletion discussion split on exactly that: one editor argued the file was "educational as an example of such a hoax", another that it failed Commons' project scope as "not 'educational'", and the administrator closed for deletion. [7]
Common misidentifications
- Not the red-umbrella Progress Pride flag that drew conservative attention in December 2022. That design is a six-stripe intersex-inclusive Progress flag with a red umbrella and no pink triangle or disability tricolour, credited by TGEU to Lukas Berredo adapting versions by Jason Domino and Valentino Vecchietti. It was already circulating on 19 December 2022, two days before this file was uploaded, so the December 2022 controversy cannot have concerned this flag. [8]
- Not the annotated "Highlighting the Marginalised" infographic that circulated on Twitter and Reddit on 19 and 20 December 2022, also before this upload.
- Not the unrelated design posted to r/lgbt on 18 July 2024 under the title "The ultimate progressive pride flag", which is a different composition by a different person who claims it as their own art experiment. The shared phrase is a coincidence of titling.
- Not an official or adopted pride flag. Snopes rated that claim False, and the uploader agrees.
- Not "The ultimate progressive pride flag" posted to r/lgbt in July 2024, a maximalist composite by another hand. This database illustrated this entry with that image until August 2026.
The name this entry files it under is the archive's handle for a design its maker never titled beyond the file name. The phrase "ultimate progressive pride flag" belongs to a different design entirely.
Footnotes & Citations
Sources and footnotes 8 sources
Image file page
- 1. File:LGBTIQ+, intersex, trans, nonbinary, POC, sex work, HIV & AIDS, pink triangle, disability, inclusive diversity pride flag.png. TransIphis. Wikimedia Commons (2022-12-21). Accessed 2026-08-16 · Archived version
The creator's file page: the upload record of 21 December 2022 at 15:07 UTC, the full symbolism description, the CC BY-SA 4.0 declaration, the EXIF, and the repeated statement that no page uses the file. Deleted from Commons on 18 June 2024; cited from archived captures, whose image is confirmed as the original by its SHA-1.
Articles & Reports
- 2. New LGBTQ+ Pride Flag?. Alex Kasprak. Snopes (2024-05-07). Accessed 2026-08-16
The fact-check of the April 2024 circulation, rating False the claim that the image shows a new pride flag in use by the LGBTQ+ community. It gives the upload date as 22 December 2022, one day later than the Commons log records.
Primary statement
- 3. User talk:TransIphis. TransIphis. Wikimedia Commons (2024-05-08). Accessed 2026-08-16
The uploader's only first-person statement about the flag: that it is not officially used anywhere, that he does not know how it came to be called the new pride flag, and the sentence about knowing "people who worked on it".
- 4. User:TransIphis. TransIphis. English Wikipedia (2023-01-18). Accessed 2026-08-16
The uploader's self-description, cited here only for the identity details relevant to the deletion nomination.
Social media
- 5. Introducing the new, improved LGBTQ+ Pride flag. No, this is not satire.. End Wokeness (@EndWokeness). X (2024-04-30). Accessed 2026-08-16
The post that began the 2024 circulation, reporting 2.2 million views. The account describes its own purpose as "Fighting, exposing, and mocking wokeness."
- 6. Introducing the new LGBTQI+ 'S*x worker inclusive progress pride flag.'. Oli London (@OliLondonTV). X (2024-04-30). Accessed 2026-08-16
Posted the same afternoon, reporting 25.6 thousand views. The account's own bio describes its holder as the author of a book titled Gender Madness.
Databases
- 7. Commons:Deletion requests/File:LGBTIQ+, intersex, trans, nonbinary, POC, sex work, HIV & AIDS, pink triangle, disability, inclusive diversity pride flag.png. Wikimedia Commons (2024-05-08). Accessed 2026-08-16
The deletion discussion in full: the nomination, the editors who disputed its reasoning, the scope argument, and the closing decision of 18 June 2024.
News
- 8. Conservatives are outraged over a Pride flag idea that no one uses or wants. Bil Browning. LGBTQ Nation (2022-12-22). Accessed 2026-08-16
Cited only for the December 2022 cycle around the red-umbrella sex-worker Progress flag, a separate and older design. It is not coverage of this flag, and this entry previously treated it as though it were.
Image Sources
- Rendering
- The uploader's own file, recovered from the Internet Archive
- The creator's own file, recovered from the Internet Archive after Wikimedia deleted it in June 2024, and confirmed as the original rather than a re-render: its SHA-1 matches the value the Commons upload log recorded. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 by the uploader, which requires attribution. [1]