Me whenever I see the intersex flag in any pride stuff ever
Please mention and include us. Why do you all use the progress flag that doesn't include us?
"The orchid is used as a symbol by many intersex-led groups, particularly those by, or originally by, people with androgen insensitivity or resistance. The word orchid comes from the ancient Greek word ὄρχις (órkhis), for testicle or testis. It describes the shape of twin tubers in some species of the flowering plant.
A form of gonadectomy called an orchidectomy or orchiectomy refers to the surgical removal of testes. This remains a common experience for people with androgen resistance and other intersex variations. Due to a poor or very poor evidence base, such interventions are controversial.
Orchids appear, for example, in the logos of the AIS-DSD Support Group (USA), AIS Support Group Australia, and also in the film Orchids: My Intersex Adventure."
https://intersexday.org/en/symbols/
This wasn't a random cutesy decision, and the use of orchids to symbolize intersex people is tied to surviving medical abuse and accepting the self despite it. There are a lot of flowers used as symbolism to represent queerness of all sorts. Do research into your history and see what is already out there. Things like this carry weight and history.
I'm unsure how much the orchid has represented clitoromegaly in the community bc I haven't looked into it, BUT it represents that to me, and I'm part of the community, so it's official to me. Without knowing the orchid was our symbol, my partner and I spent a lot of time looking at orchids at the botanical gardens a few months ago and I asked them if they'd draw an orchid design that looks like a big clit in the flower, bc I have a microdick and some orchids LOOK like that.
They ended up making a linocut stamp out of the design and making patches and stickers with it. THEN we learned that the orchid is the intersex symbol and I felt so connected with the universe for also seeing and feeling that with those flowers. They're beautiful. If my intersex voice and opinion means anything, orchids absolutely represent more than one intersex presentation.
Here's some we saw that inspired us.
