intervex:

Intersex Liberation Flag

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This version of the intersex liberation (interliberationist) flag, made as an SVG by yours truly, is available for free to use as public domain. The SVG file is on Wikimedia Commons. 💜

It’s been frustrating that the most common version of the intersex liberation flag I have seen used has a copyright claim to it. Said flag was released by the NNID Foundation, and per the copyright info on their website, they claim copyright protection on the design, and that reproduction should only be done with their permission.

I don’t know if the copyright claim would actually hold up in Dutch (or international) law, but the very fact that they’re even trying means that the NNID intersex liberation flag is off-limits for uploading to places like Wikimedia Commons.

Personally, I think claiming copyright over power fist imagery goes against the very spirit of the symbols. 🧐

I very designed my version to be in the style of transfeminist symbolism. It is intentionally different from the NNID design: the power fist is placed entirely within the centre ring of the flag. (The NNID version has the fist coming out of the bottom of the canvas, aligning the lower fingers with the ring.)

You are free to use, share, remix, and do whatever you want with my version. No credit is needed. I’m pretty sure the idea of a power fist combined with the intersex flag predates the NNID flag, so if anybody has leads on older uses/designs I’d love to know about that history! 💜

Tagging @intersexflags @varsex-pride @radiomogai for archival 💜