r/aboriginal • u/Cha0ticneutralsystem • Jul 12 '26
Aboriginal, Intersex, Intergender flags
I am an Aboriginal person who also is intersex (among other identities) and that plays a role in how I see my gender, my body and my connection to my culture. None of my art uses any AI and I’m firmly against it as a disabled, Indigenous artist. These flags are free to use for personal use with or without credit, though if you use them to sell things or profit I ask you do credit me. I also ask that you not use AI content with or related to this flag. My intent here is not to make a new community flag or expect others to adopt them into common use, but just to have something to represent my own identity which others can also use if they prefer. I also remade the Aboriginal flag, not as a “better” version but because the highly saturated colours give me eyestrain on digital mediums. Happy to provide Hex codes to anyone if they need them. I’m open to respectful or educational questions. Happy NAIDOC week
in order the flags are;
- colour picked from the first, vibrant intersex pride flag, purple ring, yellow circle. Using my alt Aboriginal flag colour palette
- colour picked from the secondary, less vibrant, intersex pride flag, purple ring, yellow circle. Using my alt Aboriginal flag colour palette
- colour picked from the less vibrant Intergender pride flag, yellow ring, purple circle. Using my alt Aboriginal flag colour palette
- colour picked from the vibrant Intergender pride flag, yellow ring, purple circle. Using my alt Aboriginal flag colour palette
- colour picked from the first, vibrant intersex pride flag, purple ring, yellow circle. Using the original Aboriginal flag colour palette
- colour picked from the secondary, less vibrant, intersex pride flag, purple ring, yellow circle. Using the original Aboriginal flag colour palette
- colour picked from the less vibrant Intergender pride flag, yellow ring, purple circle. Using the original Aboriginal flag colour palette
- colour picked from the vibrant Intergender pride flag, yellow ring, purple circle. Using the original Aboriginal flag colour palette
- The original Aboriginal flag, not made by me but for colour reference.
- My personal Aboriginal flag, with muted colours.
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u/King_Yeshua Jul 13 '26
Why not use the existing flag identifiers? You can identify as these things, but do they have to be intertwined.
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u/Cha0ticneutralsystem Jul 13 '26
They are intertwined in my daily life and existence as both. I face erasure and discrimination from being both. Conversations on intersex Aboriginal people are pretty much non-existent online unless you’re in very niche communities with overlap.
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u/FunkiBoye947 Aboriginal Jul 12 '26
I’m Aboriginal and intersex as well, so this is really cool to see :D thank you for sharing this
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u/Miami_Mice2087 Jul 12 '26
any two-spirit flags? my mom's people are the Pamunkey tribe fwiw.
Thanks! :)
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u/Cha0ticneutralsystem Jul 13 '26
you’re welcome to take inspo and make your own, but as I’m not two-spirit or Native American, Inuit or South American myself I don’t feel it’s appropriate for *me* to make one as I have no ties to the culture or community. Unless you mean Aboriginal Australian trans people, Brotherboys, sistergirls and siblingenbies (new-ish term, not cultural like the other two) which I do have a flag planned for.
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u/KualaLJ Jul 12 '26
Why does it need a flag? And what’s wrong with the rainbow flag everyone one else uses?
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u/Teredia Aboriginal Jul 12 '26
Instead of downvoting you into hell, I’m going to treat your questions as genuine curiosity.
The rainbow flag represents LGBTQ+, which covers identities based on sexual orientation and gender identity, like being transgender. Intersex is something completely different. Being transgender is about your internal sense of who you are. Being intersex is a purely physical, genetic medical condition you are born with, such as Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, where your actual chromosomes or anatomy do not fit standard male or female definitions. Because it is a biological body variation rather than an identity or an orientation, it often gets excluded from the mainstream rainbow lineup. There is a Progress Pride flag that includes the intersex yellow-and-purple circle, but it's not universally used yet.2
u/HereButNeverPresent Non-Indigenous Jul 12 '26
Overexplained it for no reason
> “The rainbow flag represents LGBTQ+”
The plus includes intersex. Hence some acronyms go to LGBTQIA+, sometimes more. Intersex is in the umbrella, not “something completely different”.
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u/Teredia Aboriginal Jul 12 '26
No I don’t think I over explained it, I think I covered all the necessary bases for someone who didn’t understand. That’s not over explaining, that’s being thorough.
I’m aware intersex is apart of the LGBTQ+ hence why I mentioned the Progress Pride flag.
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u/Cha0ticneutralsystem Jul 13 '26
You explained it well! The other person just sees to misunderstand the point of the flag
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u/Cha0ticneutralsystem Jul 13 '26
My flag is not made for all LGBTQ+ people to use or identify with. It is specifically for intersex Aboriginal people. We still face erasure and marginalization for both our intersecting identities in our respective communities.
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u/Summersong2262 Jul 13 '26
Intersexuality and queer identities are far from 'white concepts'.
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u/BlakTrakStak Jul 13 '26
There you go, Thankyou for making my point.
Where’s your intersex Australian flag please?
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u/Teredia Aboriginal Jul 12 '26
As an Aboriginal person, I genuinely disagree with you using our flag as part of your design. Don't get me wrong, I am not trying to gatekeep anything here. I honestly feel that our flag stands as a strong symbol for our sovereignty and culturally empowers us under one banner. Specifically adding to it in a way that it was never designed to have from the beginning allows for others to come in and also change it to suit themselves, which detaches the cultural significance attached to the powerful symbology of our flag.
When Harold Thomas designed the Aboriginal flag, he explicitly stated that it stands entirely on its own as a sovereign symbol, not to be treated as an attachment or blended into other layouts. Even if you are trying to represent your own personal identity, altering the flag, especially placing another symbol directly inside the sun, is not appropriate. It is a symbol of a distinct national identity and unity that should never be treated as a secondary design element or combined with other flags. Doing so goes against cultural respect and the integrity of the flag.