07/07/2025
📝 At GGOC, we believe in the power of visibility and education. Learning more about ourselves and others is a crucial step on the journey to healing together.
Appreciating this post from Closeted History about the Disability Pride Flag!
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Did you know that 1 in 3 LGBTQ+ folks self identify as having a disability compared to 1 in 4 in in non-LGBTQ+ adults?
Disabled people have long been hidden from history, and unsurprisingly, disabled LGBTQ+ historical figures have also been hidden. Some of the most beloved and well-known LGBTQ+ historical figures also had disabilities. Among them, artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and Frida Kahlo, and writers Virginia Woolf, James Baldwin, and Audre Lorde. We know these names well, yet not their disabilities. And there are so many other LGBTQ+ icons, past and present, whose disabilities we ignore or fail to acknowledge as critical to their identities and to ours as a community.
Help celebrate Disability Pride Month by first learning about the flag: Designed by Ann Magill in 2019 (and updated by her in 2021), the Disability Pride flag is meant to be a symbol of the pride, unity, and strength of the disabled community.
Here are what each of the colors represent:
Green - Sensory Disabilities (Deafness, Blindness, & Others)
Blue - Emotional & Psychiatric Disabilities (Mental Illness, Anxiety, & Others)
White - Invisible and Undiagnosed disabilities
Red - Physical Disabilities
Gold - Neurodiversity
The charcoal background symbolizes mourning and rage for the victims of ableist violence & abuse
