Valentino Vecchietti

Valentino Vecchietti
OccupationsIntersex equality campaigner, artist, writer, independent researcher, diversity speaker
OrganizationIntersex Equality Rights UK
Notable workIntersex-Inclusive Pride Flag (2021)

Valentino Vecchietti is an Italian-British[1] intersex equality campaigner, writer, artist, and diversity speaker.[2][3][4] She is the founder of Intersex Equality Rights[4][2][5] and the creator of the Intersex-Inclusive Pride Flag.[3][6][7] She was shortlisted for Campaigner of the Year at the British Diversity Awards in 2022.[4] She is involved with universities on projects related to intersex human rights and provides consultation in the arts.[8]

Intersex-Inclusive Pride Flag

The Intersex-Inclusive Pride Flag, designed by Valentino Vecchietti in 2021.

She created the Intersex-Inclusive Pride Flag in 2021. This flag became a viral phenomenon and was internationally recognized as the new Pride Flag.[3][6][7] The flag represents people with diverse sexual orientations, diverse gender identities and expressions, and diverse sex characteristics. She developed the rainbow stripes to include representation of diverse orientations, such as asexual and aromantic. The flag contains the purpose of all the previous iterations of the Pride flags, and contains representation for black, brown, people of color, and indigenous populations in the LGBTI+ community. It also recognizes the shame surrounding the people who are living with HIV/AIDS, and the people who have lost their lives to it.[3] Lewis Hamilton wore the flag on his helmet at the Qatari and Saudi Arabian Grand Prix during the 2021 Formula One World Championship. The flag was included in the parade of the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II.[6]

Intersex Equality Rights

Vecchietti founded Intersex Equality Rights in 2019. It is an intersex led organization that seeks to establish organized change through research, campaigns, and cultural engagement. The goal is the inclusion of marginalized people globally.[4][2][5] Intersex Equality Rights was shortlisted for a Rainbow Honours Award in the category of Community Initiative with a charity in 2022 for adding the Intersex Flag to the Progress Pride Flag.[2][5]

Selected publications

  • Crocetti, Daniela; Monro, Surya; Vecchietti, Valentino; Yeadon-Lee, Tray (2021). "Towards an Agency-based Model of Intersexuality, Variations of Sex Characteristics, and DSD Health". The European Journal of Public Health.[9]
  • Crocetti, Daniela; Monro, Surya; Vecchietti, Valentino; Yeadon-Lee, Tray (2020). "Towards an agency-based model of intersex, variations of sex characteristics (VSC) and DSD/dsd health". Culture, Health & Sexuality.[10]
  • Hegarty, Peter; Vecchietti, Valentino; Donnelly, Lois; Dutton, Paul Francis; Gillingham, Sara; Williams, Kaz (2020). "Understanding of Intersex: The Meanings of Umbrella Terms and Opinions About Medical and Social Responses Among Laypeople in the United States and United Kingdom". Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity.[11]
  • Parslow-Breen, Orla; Vecchietti, Valentino; Hegarty, Peter (2019). "Special Issue: Intersex and Psychology in Britain: A special issue of Psychology of Sexualities Review". Psychology of Sexualities Review.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Spotlighting the South Asian Women Artists of the Kadak Collective (Part 1) – Mira Malhotra, Akhila Krishnan and Aindri Chakraborty". brokenfrontier.com. Archived from the original on 8 June 2026. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "About Valentino Vecchietti". intersexequalityrights.com. Archived from the original on 8 June 2026. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "The Home of the Global Inclusive Pride Flag Project". globalinclusiveprideflag.com. Archived from the original on 8 June 2026. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "TValentino Vecchietti (she/her)". linkedin.com. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 "Intersex Equality Rights". consortium.lgbt. Archived from the original on 13 July 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 "Pride: 'I designed the Intersex-Inclusive flag'". bbc.com. Archived from the original on 8 June 2026. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  7. 1 2 "Intersex-Inclusive Pride Flag: Backgrounder" (PDF). publicservicepride.ca. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 June 2026. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  8. ↑ "Valentino Vecchietti". newint.org. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  9. ↑ "Towards an Agency-based Model of Intersexuality, Variations of Sex Characteristics, and DSD Health". researchgate.net. Archived from the original on 8 June 2026. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  10. ↑ "Towards an agency-based model of intersex, variations of sex characteristics (VSC) and DSD/dsd health". researchgate.net. Archived from the original on 8 June 2026. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  11. ↑ "Understanding of Intersex: The Meanings of Umbrella Terms and Opinions About Medical and Social Responses Among Laypeople in the United States and United Kingdom". researchgate.net. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  12. ↑ ""Special Issue: Intersex and Psychology in Britain: A special issue of Psychology of Sexualities Review"". researchgate.net. Archived from the original on 8 June 2026. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
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