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LOW VISION PRIDE FLAG

Hello! I am BRAND NEW to actually making my own flags (as in this is the first flag I have ever shared publicly) but have loved vexillology for a long time.

I am Low Vision myself, it’s an identity I have had a complex relationship to since I was a kid, but in trying to bolster my pride I lamented a bit our lack of a flag. To be clear now, I don’t mind anyone from Blind to glasses wearer using this flag. If low vision is a label that helps describe your experience then you are welcome to use this!

This is based on the blind flag posted by a deleted user on the vexillology subreddit, where they used the the same symbol EU cross walk’s do to indicate that the device is there to help blind/low vision folks cross the intersection. (They make sound and light up too.) The symbol was very visually striking in a way that stood out to me as a low vision person.

The circles also remind me of how we use tactile clues to navigate our world, including things like braille. (Though I do not believe this is an actual letter is Braille. I think a message in braille would be difficult to read in this context for blind/low vision folks as I often struggle when I’ve seen that attempted.)

It is also based on the community disability pride flag by Ann Magill. I know green is ironically not the most visually accessible color, but on the community flag the creator used this stripe to represent those of use with sensory related disabilities (blind, D/deaf, Deafblind,etc.) so I wanted to include it as well to tie into that flag.

I know the disability community flag is somewhat less harsh to avoid seizures. I do hope this flag is safe but I was also attempting to insure the contrast was visually accessible.