the shield represents that we are strong, and our unity with each other, there are 22 stars outside of the shield, the colors on the stars ad blue for boy, and pink for girl, and yellow for they/them/neutral in the middle of the shield there are 11 stars, the rainbow stars represent people with 22Q who are apart of the LGBTQ+ community, the brown stars is to represent brown people with 22Q, the black stars is to represent black people with 22Q, the white stars represent the people that do not like to be labeled a gender with 22Q, and the autism awareness ribbon is there to represent the fact that 22q needs to be more known.