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.
Contents:
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY SIGNALG, OM HANKY S TO THAT 'WHAT GAY GUYS ARE ACTUALLY LIKE' VIO
- SYMBOLS OF GAY AND LBIAN CULTURE
- THE PK TRIANGLE: FROM NAZI LABEL TO SYMBOL OF GAY PRI
- GAY SYMBOL CLOTHG & SHO
A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY SIGNALG, OM HANKY S TO THAT 'WHAT GAY GUYS ARE ACTUALLY LIKE' VIO
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Strewn across flags, banners, and ps, the rabow symboliz the diversy of gays and lbians around the world. The Internatnal Gay Rights Congrs Edburgh formally adopted the symbol as an in for gay and lbian rights 1974.
SYMBOLS OF GAY AND LBIAN CULTURE
Rabow Flag The rabow flag has bee the easily regnized lors of pri for the gay muny. The multicultural symbolism of the rabow is nothg new— Jse Jackson's Rabow Coaln also embrac the rabow as a symbol of that polil movement. * gay symbol on clothes *
Tradnally, the symbol is drawn pla black, but more recent versns pict the double mars wh the rabow lors filled to symbolize the gays’ aterny or solidary wh other subsectors of the muny.
The pk triangle symbol was first ed by the Nazis to intify homosexuals their ncentratn mps. Over the urse of the send world war, an timated 10,000 to 15,000 homosexuals were rcerated.
THE PK TRIANGLE: FROM NAZI LABEL TO SYMBOL OF GAY PRI
* gay symbol on clothes *
The symbol has sce been reclaimed as a symbol of Pri and remembrance of the horrors that gay men experienced Nazi Germany.
GAY SYMBOL CLOTHG & SHO
Pk triangl were origally ed ncentratn mps to intify gay men. * gay symbol on clothes *
Green was a mon lor to refer to homosexuals, back 19th-century England.