A prentatn of the major symbols associated wh the gay, lbian, bisexual, and trangenr movements (and some general symbols thrown for good measure) and their histori.
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A GAY THERAPIST DISCS GAY MEN AND TATTOOS: RUAL AND MEANG
* homosexual tattoo symbols *
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Nearly a century before the rabow pri flag me onto the scene, LGBT people, most notably gay men, ed another symbol to intify and nnect, a green rnatn. Acrdg to a popular gay tattoo artist, Samuel Steward (also intified as Phil Sparrow), the gay associatn particular actually began adoptg tattoos the 1950s. Steward himself was born 1909 and managed several different posns his life, cludg a teacher at a Roman Catholic universy and a wrer of gay pulp fictn.