The circle represents intersex people, it is free from traditionally gendered colors like blue and pink. The circle has meaning too. The intersex flag is yellow with that purple circle in the middle.
For how busy this design is you can breathe deeply knowing that many sexualities and identities have their own flags which are not independently represented on this flag. The brown and black stripes are there to specifically represent people of color in the communities represented by the flag.
These two features are good illustrations of where individuals don’t feel represented or seen in the community or by the traditional labels or groupings of older flag versions.
Visually I find it very busy and suspect that as time goes on more additions and changes will be made.
But to be clear I don’t begrudge these communities and individuals their right to represent their identities nor do my artistic opinions have bearing here. These are complicated and nuanced matters and so long as people have a meaningful symbol and the benefits that go along with that, great.
Good read. Thank you for explaining. And yeah, it's doesn't bother me (why would it), I was speaking merely from a design perspective. Maybe I've been spending too much time on r/vexilology. :P
For how busy this design is you can breathe deeply knowing that many sexualities and identities have their own flags which are not independently represented on this flag. The brown and black stripes are there to specifically represent people of color in the communities represented by the flag.
These two features are good illustrations of where individuals don’t feel represented or seen in the community or by the traditional labels or groupings of older flag versions.
Visually I find it very busy and suspect that as time goes on more additions and changes will be made.