Pri Flag roundup looks at the var LGBTQ pri flags the muny. The pri flag meang and pri flag lors are also explaed here tail tanm wh LGBTQ Pri Month. Gay, lbian and transgenr symbols tailed as well.
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SYMBOLS OF GAY AND LBIAN CULTURE
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. * the gay symbols *
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.
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 symbol has sce been reclaimed as a symbol of Pri and remembrance of the horrors that gay men experienced Nazi Germany.
WHAT DO THE RABOW MEAN FOR GAYS?
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. * the gay symbols *
Green was a mon lor to refer to homosexuals, back 19th-century England. This was a practice popularized by thor Osr Wil who was openly gay and would proudly wear a green rnatn at public events.