"Ultimate" Inclusive Diversity Pride Flag
A maximalist pride flag design uploaded to Wikimedia Commons on December 22, 2022, by user TransIphis. The design incorporates four-directional chevrons carrying trans, POC, intersex, sex worker, disability, pink triangle, and HIV/AIDS symbolism around a nine-stripe rainbow center. No organization has adopted it; it went viral in late 2022 and again in 2024, often misidentified as an official new pride flag.
Key facts
- Designer
- TransIphis (Wikimedia Commons)
- Created
- First documented public use
- In use
- 2022–present (internet circulation only)
- Aspect Ratio
- 3:5 · standard
- Represented Identity
- LGBTQ+ community (maximalist/comprehensive framing)
Also known as
- The Ultimate Progressive Pride Flag
- LGBTIQ+ Intersex Trans Nonbinary POC Sex Work HIV AIDS Pink Triangle Disability Inclusive Diversity Pride Flag
- TransIphis flag
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.
The flag was designed as an individual contribution to Wikimedia Commons, apparently as a sincere attempt to create a maximally inclusive pride flag. It incorporates symbolism from at least seven distinct identity and cause categories: transgender, nonbinary, people of color, intersex, sex work, HIV/AIDS, disability, and historical persecution (pink triangle). The design pushes the Progress Pride Flag's pattern of adding inclusive stripes to an extreme. [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
Designer
TransIphis is a Wikimedia Commons user who designed the flag. Limited biographical information is available beyond the Wikimedia account.
Origin
- Specific Place
- Wikimedia Commons
- Place Type
- online_platform
- Digital Origin
- true
Digital origin; no verified physical location.
Uploaded directly to Wikimedia Commons on December 22, 2022. The image's Wikimedia disclaimer classifies it as 'fictitious, proposed, or locally used unofficially' and notes it should not be included in Wikipedia articles. [1]
Dates & Chronology
- Year Created
- Exact date
- First public use
- Period in Use
- 2022–present (internet circulation only)
The flag has not been adopted by any organization or community. It has gone viral at least twice, in late 2022, when conservative social media accounts (including Libs of TikTok) shared it as if it were an official new flag, and again in April–May 2024, when it recirculated on X/Twitter. Snopes published a fact-check confirming the flag is not official and is not championed by any group. LGBTQ Nation described the controversy as 'manufactured rightwing outrage over a flag design that no one uses or champions.' [2][3]
The design recurs in online arguments about whether Progress Pride Flag variants should keep adding elements. It has been discussed on r/vexillologycirclejerk and similar forums as both satire and sincere proposal, and the distinction remains unresolved. [4]
Lineage
- Direct predecessors
- Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride Flag
- Indirect influences
- Intersex Pride Flag, Philadelphia Pride Flag
Extends the Progress Pride Flag's chevron-on-rainbow structure to its logical extreme, adding chevrons in all four directions and incorporating symbolism from every identity group the creator could identify. The design directly references the Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride Flag (2021) by including the purple-circle-on-yellow intersex element.
Lineage tree
Every record reachable from this one through documented parent and child relationships: 9 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
- This record
- "Ultimate" Inclusive Diversity Pride Flag
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red (Rainbow) | #E40303 | — | Inherited from rainbow flag |
| Orange | #FF8C00 | — | Inherited from rainbow flag |
| Yellow | #FFED00 | — | Inherited from rainbow flag |
| Green | #008026 | — | Inherited from rainbow flag |
| Blue | #004DFF | — | Inherited from rainbow flag |
| Purple | #750787 | Intersex people (derived from Morgan Carpenter's 2013 intersex flag) | Inherited from rainbow flag |
| Lavender | #D0A8E0 | — | Baker's original eight-stripe addition |
| Pink | #FFAFC8 | Remembrance of those lost to hate crimes, anti-LGBTQ+ laws, and the Holocaust | Transgender flag / Baker's original pink stripe |
| Turquoise | #00C8C8 | — | Nine-stripe expanded rainbow |
| Light Blue | #74D7EE | — | Transgender flag via progress chevron |
| White | #FFFFFF | — | Transgender flag via progress chevron |
| Brown | #613915 | — | POC representation via progress chevron |
| Black | #000000 | People of color within the LGBTQ+ community, and people living with HIV/AIDS | POC/HIV-AIDS representation via progress chevron |
| Yellow (Intersex) | #FFD800 | — | Intersex flag by Morgan Carpenter |
| Purple (Intersex circle) | #7902AA | — | Intersex flag by Morgan Carpenter |
| Red (Umbrella) | #FF0000 | — | Sex worker advocacy symbol |
| Gold | #FFD700 | Disability representation (referencing Paralympic medals and overcoming obstacles) | Disability representation (Paralympic reference) |
| Silver | #C0C0C0 | — | Disability representation (Paralympic reference) |
| Bronze | #CD7F32 | — | Disability representation (Paralympic reference) |
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)
- Red umbrella
- Sex workers and sex worker activists
The symbol assignments come from the Wikimedia Commons file description and have not been endorsed by any community or organization.
The design incorporates colors from numerous source flags (rainbow, trans, bi, pan, intersex, POC stripes, and more). No unified official palette has been published. Hex values are approximations based on the Wikimedia Commons SVG.
Design
- Aspect Ratio
- 3:5 · standard
- Orientation
- horizontal
- Layout
- other
- Center Symbol
- Intersex purple circle on yellow field
- Additional Symbols
- Red umbrella (sex worker advocacy), Pink triangle (persecution remembrance), Gold/silver/bronze elements (disability), Four-directional chevron array
A complex, bilaterally symmetrical composition with a nine-stripe rainbow center framed by four sets of chevrons radiating outward toward each edge. The left (hoist) chevron carries trans flag and POC colors; the right (fly) carries bisexual and pansexual flag colors; the top and bottom chevrons carry additional identity and cause symbolism. An intersex purple circle on yellow field appears at center. Additional embedded symbols include a red umbrella, pink triangle, and disability-representation colors. The overall effect is a dense, kaleidoscopic design that pushes the chevron-on-rainbow structure well beyond the standard Progress flag. Four sets of Progress-style chevrons radiate from the center toward all four edges, creating an X-shaped or diamond-shaped frame around a rainbow core. Digital design only. No physical flag production or design specification has been documented.
Usage & Adoption
- Online Usage
- Wikimedia Commons, Reddit (r/lgbt, r/vexillologycirclejerk), X/Twitter (viral circulation)
- Current Status
- archival_only
No evidence of adoption by any person, organization, or community. Usage is limited to internet circulation, often in the context of debate about pride flag complexity or as a target of conservative media criticism. [2][3]
Image Archive
Canonical design
Discourse & Debates
- Whether the Progress Pride Flag's chevron additions should continue expanding to cover additional identities
- Whether maximalist pride flag designs function as sincere proposals, satire, or inadvertent self-parody
- The broader question of whether a single flag can or should represent every identity under the LGBTQ+ umbrella
- 'Flag fatigue' and 'flag complexity' discourse: how many identity markers a single flag can usefully carry before the design stops functioning as a flag. Each addition to the Progress lineage (trans stripes in 2018, intersex circle in 2021, disability heart in 2024) adds another element, and this design folds most of the available elements into one composition. Whether it reads as a sincere proposal, satire, or something in between is disputed in the sources. [2][4]
Common misidentifications
- Widely misidentified as an official new pride flag during its viral circulation in late 2022 and 2024
Common confusions
- Confused with the Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride Flag (2021), which is an actually adopted design
- Confused with satirical designs from r/vexillologycirclejerk [4]
Criticisms
- Conservative commentators and social media accounts have used this design to mock the Progress Pride Flag's incremental inclusion of additional identity markers.
- Some LGBTQ+ commentators have described the design as an unintentional illustration of the tension between inclusivity and visual coherence in flag design.
Snopes and LGBTQ Nation have both confirmed this is not an official or adopted flag. The Wikimedia Commons file itself carries a disclaimer classifying it as 'fictitious, proposed, or locally used unofficially.' [2][3]
Footnotes & Citations
Sources and footnotes 5 sources
- 1. LGBTIQ+, Intersex, Trans, Nonbinary, POC, Sex Work, HIV & AIDS, Pink Triangle, Disability, Inclusive Diversity Pride Flag. TransIphis. Wikimedia Commons (2022-12-22). Accessed 2026-03-15
Articles & Reports
- 2. Is This Inclusive Pride Flag Real?. Snopes. Accessed 2026-03-15
- 3. Conservatives are outraged over a Pride flag idea that no one uses or wants. LGBTQ Nation (2022-12). Accessed 2026-04-07
Social media
- The Ultimate Progressive Pride Flag. Reddit (r/lgbt) (2024-07-17). Accessed 2026-03-15
- 4. r/vexillologycirclejerk. Reddit (r/vexillologycirclejerk). Accessed 2026-03-16
Image Sources
- Rendering
- TransIphis Wikimedia Commons upload (2022-12-22)
- The "Ultimate" Inclusive Diversity Pride Flag by Wikimedia Commons user TransIphis, designed in 2022. The elaborate multi-layered design incorporates the rainbow flag, trans flag, brown and black stripes for marginalized people of color, intersex circle, and additional identity-flag elements layered into concentric chevrons. · Credit: TransIphis (Wikimedia Commons) · Uploaded version
- The design as uploaded to Wikimedia Commons on December 22, 2022. The Wikimedia disclaimer classifies it as 'fictitious, proposed, or locally used unofficially.' The flag went viral in late 2022 when conservative social media accounts shared it as if it were an official new pride flag. [1][2] · Credit: TransIphis / Wikimedia Commons · Wikimedia Commons
- Snopes published a fact-check confirming the flag is real (exists on Wikimedia Commons) but is not official, adopted, or championed by any group. LGBTQ Nation described the controversy as 'manufactured rightwing outrage over a flag design that no one uses or champions.' [2][3] · Snopes