Why the New Disability-Inclusive LGBTQ+ Pride Flag Matters

A new Pride flag just dropped, and it’s all about including disabled queers

The disability-inclusive LGBTQ+ Pride flag by Valentino Vecchietti in collaboration with Dayna Halliwell of Evenbreak

Did you know July is Disability Pride Month, right after LGBTQ+ Pride Month in June?

Did you know that there’s a Disability Pride flag?

And, did you know a new disability-inclusive LGBTQ+ Pride flag was revealed at this year’s London Pride?

For disabled queer folks like me, it’s a big deal.

Disability Pride

The current Progress Pride flag has been redesigned several times to signal the inclusion of people of colour (black and brown), trans people (pink, white and blue) and intersex people (yellow with a purple circle).

The new disability-inclusive flag incorporates the colours of the Disability Pride flag in the shape of a heart within the existing Progress Pride design.

The intersex-inclusive LGBTQ+ Progress Pride flag (left) by Valentino Vecchetti and the Disability Pride Flag (right) by Ann Magill (both CC0, via Wikimedia Commons)

The colours of the Disability Pride flag each represent a different type of disability:

• Green — sensory disabilities
• Blue — mental illness