Morgan Carpenter, designer of the yellow and purple intersex flag, is interviewed in this piece to mark 10 years of the Intersex Human Rights Fund at Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice.
Ten years ago today, this site publicly introduced the intersex flag to the world for the first time. The design by Morgan Carpenter incorporated colours in yellow and purple, unassociated with gender.
A short reflection on the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia and what it means to people with innate variations of sex characteristics in 2022.
The Phall-O-Meter is a satirical representation of the way that clinicians have historically determined whether visibly intersex children should be assigned female (and subjected to feminising surgeries) or assigned male (and subjected to masculinising surgeries).
We have struggled with symbols used to denote intersex people, so Morgan created one that is free for the world to use.
20 Jun 2019
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