Progress flag leaves out many James Coleman's June 25 op-ed "No Pride for some of us without liberation for all of us" [Guest Opinion, online], recites the continuing disparities faced by LGBTQ people in homelessness, economic insecurity, and poorer physical and mental health — facts of which we all need to be reminded. However, these realities hardly make an argument for embracing the so-called Progress flag as the successor to the rainbow flag. Instead, they argue for rejecting it. The chevron in the licensed-for-profit (https://quasar.digital/terms/) Progress flag is meant to represent trans and Black and Brown LGBTQ+ people. That's a noble gesture. Rather than being inclusive, however, the insertion of stripes representing certain marginalized groups of LGBTQ+ people but not others is inherently divisive and exclusionary. There are more bi people than gay and lesbian people combined, yet they are often marginalized and suffer significantly greater rates of violence, poverty, and mental health challenges than gay and lesbian people. Why aren't their colors included? Native/indigenous LGBTQ+ Americans are even more disproportionately harmed by bias and centuries of oppression; their youth attempt suicide at much greater rates than even Black and Latino LGBTQ youth. Where are they represented in the wedge? Asian and Pacific Islander LGBTQ people are currently being subjected to an unprecedented wave of hate-motivated violence — what about them? Even the National Institutes of Health recognizes that the clinical management and treatment of intersex people is "in crisis." Why are they excluded?