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200%;}{lor:#000000;text-ratn-lor:borr-lk-body-hover;-webk-background-posn:100% 100%;background-posn:100% 100%;}</style><a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Pri Month" class="body-lk css-7qz8rz et3p2gv0">Pri Month</a>! Meang, you're likely gog to start seeg the rabow pri flag beg flown outsi more shop wdows, adorned on t-shirts, and gettg rporated to brand labels and even food packagg.<br /></p><p data-no-id="1" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">The prevalence of the rabow pri flag, created by Gilbert Baker, has ma stantly regnizable as a proment emblem of the LGBTQ+ muny. "A te flag is torn om the soul of the people," Baker told <em><a href=" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="CBS Chigo" class="body-lk css-7qz8rz et3p2gv0">CBS Chigo</a></em> 2012. "A flag is somethg that everyone owns and that’s why they work. The Rabow Flag is like other flags that sense, belongs to the people."</p><p data-no-id="2" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">But though the rabow flag aimed to celebrate the queer muny as a whole, not everyone was reprented. "There is a history wh the queer muny of [that flag] not fully regnizg the needs of people wh different inti," explas <a href=" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Chelsea Del R" class="body-lk css-7qz8rz et3p2gv0">Chelsea Del R</a>, PhD, -chair of the Amerin Historil Associatn's Commtee on LGBT History and associate profsor of history at LaGuardia Communy College. Recently, more clive eratns of the inic flag have e to populary, cludg those wh addnal strip to reprent <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="the transgenr muny" class="body-lk css-7qz8rz et3p2gv0">the transgenr muny</a> and people of lor. "There was a need to create flags to dite that the queer muny reflects everybody who claims a queer inty," Del R adds. </p><style data-emotn="css 1xh8gys">{clear:both;lor:#323232;font-fay:Natnal,Natnal-fallback,Helveti,Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:1.125rem;le-height:1.5;marg-bottom:1.875rem;marg-top:1.875rem;paddg:1.25rem;text-align:left;}@media(max-width: 48rem){{borr:none;paddg:1.25rem 0 1.25rem 3rem;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{borr:none;paddg:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{borr:th dashed #969696;paddg:1.25rem 1.25rem 1.25rem 4.5rem;}} b, strong{font-fay:her;font-weight:bold;} em, i{font-fay:her;font-style:alic;}{ntent:' ';height:3rem;marg-left:-3.6rem;posn:absolute;width:3rem;} {background:url('/_assets/sign-tokens/womenshealthmag/static/imag/') no-repeat;}</style><p data-no-id="4" class="body-tip css-1xh8gys et3p2gv0"><strong>Meet the Experts: </strong><a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Chelsea Del R" class="body-lk css-7qz8rz et3p2gv0"><br />Chelsea Del R</a>, PhD, is an associate profsor of history the Social Science Department and Women, Genr, and Sexualy Studi Optn at CUNY – LaGuardia Communy College. Del R is also the -chair of the Amerin Historil Associatn's Commtee on LGBT History, the creator and ordator of Lavenr LaGuardia, the llege's LGBTQIA+ faculty and staff group, and the -ordator of Clic Esrts for NYC. <br /><br /><a href=" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Carole Rasky" class="body-lk css-7qz8rz et3p2gv0"><u>Carole Rasky</u></a>, PhD, is a visg assistant profsor of history at the Universy of Iowa, teachg urs Amerin history, queer history, transnatnal sexuali, women's and genr history, and femist history. Rasky is also the review edor for the Amerin Historil Associatn's Commtee on LGBT History.</p><p data-no-id="5" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Still, that don't mean LGBTQ+ pri flags start and end at the many variatns of the rabow one. </p><p data-no-id="6" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Thanks to the age of the ter, flags celebratg specific muni of queer people have e to populary throughout the ghts, cludg those honorg transgenr, asexual, bisexual, genrqueer, and pansexual people, says Del R. The lbian muny is no exceptn— fact, there have been multiple eratns of lbian pri flags created. Let's explore them. <br /></p><style data-emotn="css 1le5u">{font-fay:NatnalBold,NatnalBold-fallback,Helveti,Arial,Sans-serif;font-weight:normal;marg-bottom:0.625rem;marg-top:0.625rem;}@media(max-width: 48rem){{font-size:2.1875rem;le-height:1.1;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{font-size:2.375rem;le-height:1.1;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{font-size:2.5rem;le-height:1.1;}} b, strong{font-fay:her;font-weight:bold;} em, i{font-fay:her;font-style:alic;}</style><h2 data-no-id="7" class="body-h2 css-1le5u et3p2gv0">What is the most mon lbian pri flag? </h2><p data-no-id="8" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">A quick onle search of "lbian flag" will likely brg up imag of what's known as the "lipstick lbian flag" ("lipstick" referrg to lbians who prent as tradnally feme). Like the rabow pri flag, 's striped, but stead of an assortment of lors, featur var shas of pk and purple. Sometim, featur a lipstick imprt the upper left rner. </p><style data-emotn="css 1736von">{--data-embed-display:flex;-webk-align-ems:center;-webk-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-ems:center;clear:both;display:-webk-box;display:-webk-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;marg-bottom:0.9375rem;marg-left:to;marg-right:to;width:100%;}@media(m-width: 20rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 30rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 40.625rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 73.75rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 75rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 90rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}} a span{right:1rem;} img{width:to;height:85vh;} a{display:-webk-le-box;display:-webk-le-flex;display:-ms-le-flexbox;display:le-flex;posn:var(--posn, relative);} img:not(.ewcw41w1){display:block;width:100%;height:to;-webk-align-self:flex-start;-ms-flex-em-align:flex-start;align-self:flex-start;}</style><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="9" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><style data-emotn="css uwraif">{width:100%;display:-webk-le-box;display:-webk-le-flex;display:-ms-le-flexbox;display:le-flex;-webk-flex-directn:lumn;-ms-flex-directn:lumn;flex-directn:lumn;marg-left:to;marg-right:to;-webk-box-pack:center;-ms-flex-pack:center;-webk-jtify-ntent:center;jtify-ntent:center;}</style><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="lipstick lbian flag whout lips" tle="lipstick lbian flag whout lips" loadg="lazy" width="5000" height="3353" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><style data-emotn="css swqnqv">@media(m-width: 20rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 30rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 40.625rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 73.75rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 75rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 90rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}</style><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><style data-emotn="css 14g1weo">{width:0;m-width:100%;paddg-top:0.625rem;font-fay:NatnalBold,NatnalBold-fallback,Helveti,Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:0.875rem;le-height:1.4;} em, i{font-fay:her;font-style:alic;}</style><div class="css-14g1weo e1xqj1sx1">The "lipstick lbian" flag whout lips. </div><style data-emotn="css 1am3yn9">{paddg-left:0rem;le-height:1;}</style><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-syga5w e6iqd2">Ecelop</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="10" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">"The lipstick lbian flag me to be 2010," says Del R. While 's among the most regnizable of the lbian pri flags, still isn't wily ed. "The ncern was that only reprents femme-prentg lbians," she explas. Bee the lors were drawn om shas of lipstick whout any other notable signifince to the muny, many were ncerned about excludg butch, non-femme, and androgyno lbians. </p><div supprsHydratnWarng data-no-id="11" data-embed="edorial-lk" class="embed css-0 e9hzx6g0"><style data-emotn="css 1hw4k0n">{borr:none;marg-top:1.875rem;marg-bottom:1.875rem;paddg:1.25rem;paddg-left:0;paddg-right:0;}</style><asi class="css-1hw4k0n e6pr2lz5"><style data-emotn="css 1mputyi">{display:block;font-weight:bold;marg:0rem;font-fay:NatnalBold,NatnalBold-fallback,Helveti,Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:1.25rem;le-height:1.1;text-transform:upperse;}</style><h6 class="css-1mputyi e6pr2lz3"><style data-emotn="css 10432as">{background-repeat:no-repeat;-webk-background-size:0.8rem;background-size:0.8rem;ntent:'';display:le-block;height:0.8rem;marg-right:0.625rem;width:0.8rem;} {background:url('/_assets/sign-tokens/womenshealthmag/static/imag/');}</style><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-10432as eagam8p0"></span><style data-emotn="css 8lle59">{max-width:lc(100% - 120px - .625rem);}</style><span class="css-8lle59 e6pr2lz1">Related Story</span><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p1"></span></h6><style data-emotn="css c4s2gi">{paddg:0rem;marg:0rem;list-style:none;}</style><ul class="css-c4s2gi e6pr2lz4"><style data-emotn="css 19jk6ky">{paddg-top:1.25rem;borr-bottom:th solid #969696;font-fay:NatnalBold,NatnalBold-fallback,Helveti,Arial,Sans-serif;le-height:1.2;paddg-bottom:0.5rem;} a{-webk-text-ratn:none;text-ratn:none;lor:her;-webk-transn:all 0.3s ease--out;transn:all 0.3s ease--out;} a:hover{lor:#595959;}</style><li class="css-19jk6ky e6pr2lz2"><style data-emotn="css 1bn7a5e">{-webk-text-ratn:none;text-ratn:none;display:-webk-box;display:-webk-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webk-box-flex-wrap:wrap;-webk-flex-wrap:wrap;-ms-flex-wrap:wrap;flex-wrap:wrap;-webk-flex-directn:row;-ms-flex-directn:row;flex-directn:row;-webk-box-pack:start;-ms-flex-pack:start;-webk-jtify-ntent:flex-start;jtify-ntent:flex-start;-webk-align-ems:center;-webk-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-ems:center;}</style><a href="/relatnships/a36395721/genr-inty-list/" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="14 Common Genr Inty Terms, Per Experts" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Edorial Lks" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" class="css-1bn7a5e e1c1bym14"><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p0"></span><style data-emotn="css 1l0u1">{marg-right:0.625rem;height:to;}</style><img src="" alt="rabow pri flag sneakers" tle="Rabow pri flag sneakers" width="120" height="100%" dg="async" loadg="lazy" image-align="left" class="css-1l0u1 e6pr2lz0" /><span class="css-8lle59 e6pr2lz1">14 Common Genr Inty Terms, Per Experts</span><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p1"></span></a></li></ul></asi></div><p data-no-id="12" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">"The term 'lipstick lbian' self rried a lot of baggage," says <a href=" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Carole Rasky" class="body-lk css-7qz8rz et3p2gv0"><u>Carole Rasky</u></a>, PhD, review edor of the Amerin Historil Associatn's Commtee on LBGT History and visg assistant profsor of history at the Universy of Iowa. "Many trace the term back to the 1980s porn dtry that ed that term to sell pornography of women havg sex wh other women to heterosexual men. At the same time, some lbians reclaimed that term, particularly the 1990s and early 2000s, as a way to ph back on the assumptn that all lbians are tradnally more mascule."</p><p data-no-id="13" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">The lipstick lbian flag first appeared on a blog, promptg addnal ncerns about the creator's polil views, not Del R. "I've seen referenc to problematic and ncerng statements that the creator had ma," she says, referrg to reports of biphobic and racist ments <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="the creator posted onle" class="body-lk css-7qz8rz et3p2gv0">the creator posted onle</a> and has sce leted.<strong> </strong>"There is enough ncern about the posn of the creator to knock [this flag] out of ntentn to be <em>the </em>lbian flag—wh or whout the lips on ."<em></em></p><h2 data-no-id="14" class="body-h2 css-1le5u et3p2gv0">Were chang ma to the 'lipstick lbian flag'?</h2><p data-no-id="15" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">In an effort to be more clive, the pk and purple flag got a resign 2018. Usg the lipstick lbian flag as a startg pot, the updated versn clus shas of orange. "The creator [of this flag], [<a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Ey Gwen" class="body-lk css-7qz8rz et3p2gv0">Ey Gwen</a>], gave each stripe a specific meang," too, says Del R.</p><h2 data-no-id="16" class="body-h2 css-1le5u et3p2gv0">What are the lors of the lbian pri flag?</h2><p data-no-id="17" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">The 2018 resign of the lbian pri flag or "Orange-Pk" Lbian Flag—which, acrdg to Del R, is likely the most morn take on the flag—has seven strip a range of orange and pk hu. Moreover, each stripe has s own unique meang. Per Gwen, the creator of the updated lbian pri flag, the stripe lors reprent: </p><style data-emotn="css 1rk79nl">{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-size:1.1875rem;le-height:1.6;marg:0.9375rem 0 0 0.625rem;paddg:0 0 0 1.25rem;}@media(m-width: 48rem){{marg:0.9375rem 0;}} b, strong{font-fay:her;font-weight:bold;} em{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-style:alic;} em, i{font-fay:her;font-style:alic;} li{paddg-bottom:0.625rem;} strong{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-weight:bold;} li::marker{lor:#323232;}</style><ul data-no-id="18" class="css-1rk79nl et3p2gv0"><li><strong>Red:</strong> genr non-nformy</li><li><strong>Dark orange:</strong> pennce</li><li><strong>Light orange:</strong> muny</li><li><strong>Whe:</strong> unique relatnships to womanhood</li><li><strong>Pk:</strong> sereny and peace</li><li><strong>Mve:</strong> love and sex</li><li><strong>Magenta:</strong> femy </li></ul><style data-emotn="css 1m81y1o">@media(max-width: 30rem){{m-height:209px;}}@media(m-width: 30rem){{m-height:225px;}}{ntent:"";clear:both;display:table;}</style><div data-embed="twter" data-no-id="19" class="embed align-center css-1m81y1o e1dhx11l2"><style data-emotn="css 8c6v">{posn:absolute;left:-10000px;top:to;width:1px;height:1px;overflow:hidn;}</style><div data-ad-exclu class="css-8c6v ehha8ut0">This ntent is imported om twter. You may be able to fd the same ntent another format, or you may be able to fd more rmatn, at their web se.</div><div class="css-ky2lhl e14n76iz1"><style data-emotn="css 44bwek">{grid-lumn:1;grid-row:1;z-x:-1;}@media(max-width: 30rem){{font-size:1.1rem;le-height:1.4rem;}}@media(m-width: 40.625rem){{max-width:550px;}}</style><div class="css-44bwek e1v57j5l0"><blockquote class="twter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">As of today 's been 2 years sce I first signed the orange and pk lbian flag. Thank you so much for all the love I've been shown sce then. The lbian muni I'm a part of mean so much to me. <a href="></a></p>— Ey Gwen (@theeygwen) <a href=">June 3, 2020</a></blockquote></div><style data-emotn="css 47ss7b">{grid-lumn:1;grid-row:1;}@media(max-width: 40.625rem){{width:100%;max-width:lc(100vw - (1rem * 2));}}</style><div data-width="550px" class="css-47ss7b e14n76iz0"><blockquote data-align="center" data-nversatn><a href=" class="twter-timele"> </a></blockquote></div></div></div><h2 data-no-id="20" class="body-h2 css-1le5u et3p2gv0"><strong>What is the blue versn of the lbian pri flag?</strong></h2><p data-no-id="21" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">In 2016, yet another lbian pri flag was created—the "<a href=" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="butch lbian pri flag" class="body-lk css-7qz8rz et3p2gv0"><u>butch lbian pri flag</u></a>." Instead of pk and purple hu, the butch lbian pri flag purpl (reprentg lbians or women lovg women), blu (reprentg masculy), and whe (reprentg people across the genr and sexualy spectms).</p><p data-no-id="22" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">"The blue flag was signed by a Tumblr er named dorian--therford," says Rasky. Both the origal post and dorian--therford’s blog appear to have been leted, however, the butch lbian pri flag ntu to be ed by many butch and non-femme intifyg lbians as a symbol of reprentatn. "I thk a lot of people unrstood as a reactn to the lipstick lbian flag bee some butch folks didn’t feel reprented that flag," explas Rasky.</p><div data-embed="twter" data-no-id="23" class="embed align-center css-1m81y1o e1dhx11l2"><div data-ad-exclu class="css-8c6v ehha8ut0">This ntent is imported om twter. You may be able to fd the same ntent another format, or you may be able to fd more rmatn, at their web se.</div><div class="css-ky2lhl e14n76iz1"><div class="css-44bwek e1v57j5l0"><blockquote class="twter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href=">#Butch</a> Lbian (dorian–therford)<br />Created by dorian–therford sometime prr to 2016-08-24. Unveiled on Tumblr, blog sce leted.<br />Butch lbian flag. Addnal meang unknown. <a href="></a></p>— Majtic Ms Dign (@MajticMs) <a href=">June 13, 2019</a></blockquote></div><div data-width="550px" class="css-47ss7b e14n76iz0"><blockquote data-align="center" data-nversatn><a href=" class="twter-timele"> </a></blockquote></div></div></div><p data-no-id="24" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">A year later, 2017, a <a href=" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="send butch lbian pri flag" class="body-lk css-7qz8rz et3p2gv0"><u>send butch lbian pri flag</u></a> me about, created by a morator, Jim, of the Tumblr page <a href=" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="butchspace" class="body-lk css-7qz8rz et3p2gv0"><u>butchspace</u></a>. This flag mov away om the blu and purpl displayed the origal butch pri flag, stead g reds, orang, and browns to reprent butch, non-femme, and androgyno lbians. Each of the lors has an assigned meang, acrdg to <a href=" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="a Tumblr post" class="body-lk css-7qz8rz et3p2gv0"><u>a Tumblr post</u></a> by the creator:</p><ul data-no-id="25" class="css-1rk79nl et3p2gv0"><li><strong>Red:</strong> passn and sexualy </li><li><strong>Red-orange:</strong> urage</li><li><strong>Light orange: </strong>joy</li><li><strong>Whe:</strong> renewal</li><li><strong>Beige:</strong> chivalry</li><li><strong>Orange: </strong>warmth</li><li><strong>Brown:</strong> honty </li></ul><p data-no-id="26" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Unlike the lipstick lbian flag, there hasn’t been much ntroversy around the butch lbian flag, neher the blue or orange versns, Rasky says. "I don’t see a lot of people discsg the flag beg problematic," she not. "While, historilly, the butch inty has been criqued some circl, often by TERFs [trans-exclnary radil femists], there’s nothg regards to the flag that I uld fd."</p><h2 data-no-id="27" class="body-h2 css-1le5u et3p2gv0">Which is the first lbian pri flag?</h2><p data-no-id="28" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Created 1999 by Sean Campbell, a cisgenr gay man, the Labrys Lbian Pri Flag is monly referred to as the olst lbian flag. "My unrstandg is he was puttg together a seri of flags to reprent different muni," says Del R. </p><p data-no-id="29" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Though the creator wasn't a lbian, the flag's symbolism is rooted lbian history and referenced signifint lbian imagery. The labrys is ont and center sce, the 1970s, was a popular lbian femist symbol. The upsi down black triangle, which serv as a backdrop for the labrys, reprents the Holot and the triangl Nazis ed to mark lbians ncentratn mps. </p><p data-no-id="30" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">And then there’s the lor purple "reprentg Sappho [<a href=" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="an ancient Greek poet" class="body-lk css-7qz8rz et3p2gv0"><u>an ancient Greek poet</u></a> om the island of Lbos whose name spired the terms 'sapphic' and 'lbian'] and women lovg women," explas Rasky. </p><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="31" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="labrys lbian pri flag, lgbt symbol isolated on whe background" tle="Flag, rectangular shape in on whe background" loadg="lazy" width="5000" height="3353" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-syga5w e6iqd2">Ecelop</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="32" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">The ncerns raised wh this flag, explas Del R, is that was created by a man, and "there's been ristance g imagery that is rooted the Holot, and there's also a ncern about that flag beg ed by trans-exclnary lbians or trans-exclnary femists." </p><p data-no-id="33" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">But Del R pots out that this last ncern might not be rooted fact. It speaks to the stereotype that lbian femists of the '70s were uniformly exclnary when me to transgenr women. "That is not, fact, the se," she says. "Some were, but some were clive of trans women." </p><h2 data-no-id="34" class="body-h2 css-1le5u et3p2gv0">Why isn't the lbian flag as popular as the rabow pri or transgenr flags? </h2><p data-no-id="35" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">"There seems to be a ncern wh cln," says Del R. In nversatns, she has learned a number of people prefer the <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Progrs Flag" class="body-lk css-7qz8rz et3p2gv0">Progrs Flag</a>, another revisn of the rabow pri flag signed by Daniel Quasar 2018. It clus whe, pk, and light blue honor of trans folks and brown and black for people of lor and those lost to AIDS. </p><div data-embed="twter" data-no-id="36" class="embed align-center css-1m81y1o e1dhx11l2"><div data-ad-exclu class="css-8c6v ehha8ut0">This ntent is imported om twter. You may be able to fd the same ntent another format, or you may be able to fd more rmatn, at their web se.</div><div class="css-ky2lhl e14n76iz1"><div class="css-44bwek e1v57j5l0"><blockquote class="twter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href=">#PriMonth</a> starts today. The flag below is the Progrs Pri Flag, signed by Daniel Quasar 2018 that explicly clus Black, Brown & Trans lours. Whout those groups, we wouldn’t have Pri today <a href="></a> <a href="></a></p>— LGBTQ+ STEM (@LGBTSTEM) <a href=">June 1, 2020</a></blockquote></div><div data-width="550px" class="css-47ss7b e14n76iz0"><blockquote data-align="center" data-nversatn><a href=" class="twter-timele"> </a></blockquote></div></div></div><p data-no-id="37" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">"There were other ncerns raised about flags reprentg natnalism; there were ncerns about havg standardized flags and beg able to modify lbian pri. Others were jt unaware entirely of the flags," Del R adds. The lack of a strong pull to adopt a lbian flag, she says, vari.</p><p data-no-id="38" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><em>Want to learn more about LGBTQ+ Pri Month? 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AFTER THE VIO WENT VIRAL, SHE RECEIVED A TON OF BACKLASH AND WAS EVEN BOOTED OM APPEARG ON THE ELLEN DEGENER SHOW BY ELLEN HERSELF, AN OPENLY LBIAN WOMAN. SHE WAS SCHLED TO PERFORM WH PHARRELL DURG THE EPISO.EDDIE LONG JOHN AMIS-POOL/GETTY IMAG(PHOTO: JOHN AMIS-POOL/GETTY IMAG)BISHOP EDDIE LONG'S SUATN IS A LTLE DIFFERENT AS, ADDN TO BEG IALLY KNOWN AS A HOMOPHOBE, HE WAS LATER ACCED OF PARTAKG SEXUAL ACTS WH OTHER MEN WHO ATTEND HIS MISTRY. IN 2010, BISHOP LONG, WHO NOTORLY PREACHED AGAST HOMOSEXUALY AND OFTEN MISTERED "HOMOSEXUAL CUR" TO GAYS AND LBIANS DURG HIS SERVIC, WAS ACCED OF ERCG FOUR YOUNG MEN TO SEX. 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IT SHOULDN'T BE THE WORLD OR THE UNED STAT."{MARG-TOP:54PX;MARG-BOTTOM:12PX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;WIDTH:100%;}{MARG:0 TO;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:NONE;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;} + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:NONE;}(:EMPTY){DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;}(:EMPTY) + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:BLOCK;}ISAIAH WASHGTONPHOTO: MATT WKELMEYER/GETTY IMAG(PHOTO: MATT WKELMEYER/GETTY IMAG)ISAIAH WASHGTON WAS ONCE MANY PEOPLE'S FAVORE STAR ON THE H ABC SERI GREY'S ANATOMY, BUT THAT WAS PROMISED 2006 WHEN HE HURLED A HOMOPHOBIC SLUR AT HIS -STAR T. R. KNIGHT, WHO HAD NOT E OUT OF THE CLOSET YET. SHORTLY AFTER THE SUATN WENT PUBLIC, KNIGHT REVEALED THAT HE WAS GAY. DURG A GOLN GLOB PRS NFERENCE SOON AFTER, WASHGTON ED THE GAY SLUR AGA, FURTHER UPSETTG MANY MORE WHO THOUGHT HE WAS TLY SORRY FOR WHAT OCCURRED. AFTER THE SUATN WAS ALLEGEDLY ROLVED, WASHGTON ISSUED A STATEMENT APOLOGIZG FOR HIS "UNFORTUNATE E OF WORDS DURG THE RECENT CINT ON-SET." THE FOLLOWG YEAR, ABC ANNOUNCED THAT HAD CID NOT TO RENEW WASHGTON'S NTRACT AND HE WAS BOOTED OM THE SHOW.DONNIE MCCLURKPHOTO: EARL GIBSON/BET/GETTY IMAG FOR BET(PHOTO: EARL GIBSON/BET/GETTY IMAG FOR BET)GOSPEL SGER DONNIE MCCLURK SAID 2000 THAT GOD "LIVERED HIM" OM "THE CURSE" OF HOMOSEXUALY. SCE THEN, HE HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR HIS NEGATIVE FEELGS TOWARDS THE LGBT MUNY. IN 2009, THE MISTER ALLEGEDLY WENT AS FAR AS LLG GAY PEOPLE "VAMPIR" A YOUTUBE VIO BEFORE SAYG, "I SEE FEME BOYS, EVERYWHERE I GO... NO, DON'T APPLD, 'E A'T FUNNY. IT'S BEE WE FAILED." IN 2015, HE ME UNR FIRE FOR SPEAKG OUT AGAST THE U.S. SUPREME COURT LG WHICH MA SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LEGAL ACROSS THE UNTRY. "WE'VE JT RECEIVED THE ANSWER OM MAN'S SUPREME COURT... WE ALREADY RECEIVED THE ANSWER OM GOD," HE WROTE. "WH NO REGARD TO WHAT THE SUPREME COURT OF MAN CRE... NO MATTER WHAT MY PAST WAS OR FEELGS & STGGL... GOD HAS SET THE ONLY STANDARD FOR MARRIAGE TO BE BETWEEN MAN AND WOMAN."LORD JAMAR BENT RAGL/GETTY IMAG FOR WE TV(PHOTO: BENT RAGL/GETTY IMAG FOR WE TV)A RAPPER AND MEMBER OF THE HIP HOP GROUP BRAND NUBIAN, LORD JAMAR RELEASED A DISS SONG TLED "LIFT UP YOUR SKIRT" 2013 TARGETED TOWARD KANYE WT. IN , HE SOMEHOW MANAGED TO REVEAL HIS OPN ON HOMOSEXUALY, SAYG, "GAY HAS NO PLACE HIP HOP." AFTER RECEIVG SOME BACKLASH, HE TWEETED, "I WENT TO A GAY WEDDING OF A GOOD IEND NOT TOO LONG AGO SO I DOUBT I'M HOMOPHOBIC."EMEM DONNA WARD/GETTY IMAG(PHOTO: DONNA WARD/GETTY IMAG)RAPPER EMEM IS KNOWN FOR G HOMOPHOBIC TERMS HIS LYRICS, AND WHEN AN ATRALIAN POLICIAN TRIED TO BAN HIM OM THE UNTRY FOR THIS, THE MC SAID THAT, GROWG UP, WORDS LIKE "F****T" AND "QUEER" WERE SUALLY ED TO SCRIBE HOMOSEXUALS. IN 2010, ANRSON COOPER NONTED EMEM ABOUT THE HARSH TERMS AND ASKED IF HE DIDN'T LIKE GAY PEOPLE. "NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WH NOBODY," HE RPOND. "YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I'M JT LIKE WHATEVER."MIKE EPPS JASON KEMP/GETTY IMAG FOR BET(PHOTO: JASON KEMP/GETTY IMAG FOR BET)MIKE EPPS ME UNR FIRE 2008 WHEN HE REPORTEDLY LLED A MERAMAN A "F*G," LEADG MANY TO ASSUME THAT HE WAS HOMOPHOBIC. THE ACTOR/EDIAN LATER SPOKE OUT RPONSE TO THAT CINT, SAYG, "I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT ME OM. NOTHG TOWARDS THE MUNY — NONE OF THAT. I MIGHT'VE JT SAID OUT OF ANGER. IT A'T NOTHG PERSONAL [SIC] AGAST THE MUNY."ERICK SERMONPHOTO: BEN GABBE/GETTY IMAG(PHOTO: BEN GABBE/GETTY IMAG)RAPPER ERICK SERMON, 2012, SOUND OFF ON HOMOPHOBIA HIP HOP AND REVEALED THAT HE NSIRS TO BE "A CURSE." "WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SPORTS PLAYERS, TOO, LIKE WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S EVER GONNA HAPPEN, 'E THAT'S LIKE A CURSE TO BE THE SPORTS AND BE GAY AND BE HIP HOP AND BE GAY," HE SAID DURG AN TERVIEW WH VLADTV. "YOU N'T BE ON A BASKETBALL TEAM, FOOTBALL TEAM AND BE A HOMO, AND BE RAPPG... AND BE HOMO. N****S WILL KILL YOU."BOW WOWPHOTO: JASON MERRT/GETTY IMAG(PHOTO: JASON MERRT/GETTY IMAG)BOW WOW UPSET A LOT OF HIS FANS 2009 WHEN HE SPOKE ABOUT REFG TO LET A BARBER CUT HIS HAIR BEE HE WAS GAY. WHEN HE WAS SLAMMED FOR THE RIDICULO REASONG, HE TRIED TO CLEAR THE AIR, ONLY MAKG THGS WORSE THE PROCS. "I WANTED MY HAIRCUT AND I ASKED SOMEBODY OM THE LABEL TO GET ME A BARBER AND THE DU WAS, YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW... AND AS A MAN, I'M A MAN. YOU FEEL ME? I'M A MAN. LIKE, I'M A MAN, SO 'S KDA LIKE... I LOVE WOMEN TO ATH... I DON'T DISLIKE GAY PEOPLE... I JT DON'T WANT NO OTHER MAN TOUCHG ME."LA'PORSHA RENAEPHOTO: VIVIEN KILLILEA/GETTY IMAG FOR IHEARTMEDIA(PHOTO: VIVIEN KILLILEA/GETTY IMAG FOR IHEARTMEDIA)AMERIN IDOL SEASON 15 NNER-UP LA'PORSHA RENAE ME UNR FIRE 2016 AFTER SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T "AGREE" WH THE "LGBT LIFTYLE" WHILE SHARG HER OPN ON MISSISSIPPI'S ANTI-LGBT BILL. "I AM ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T REALLY AGREE WH THAT LIFTYLE," SHE SAID. "I WASN'T BROUGHT UP THAT WAY. IT WASN'T HOW I WAS RAISED." SHE LATER APOLOGIZED, SAYG SHE "DIDN'T MEAN TO HURT ANYONE" AND WAS "JT TRYG TO HONTLY ANSWER A QUTN THAT UGHT ME OFF GUARD."BLAKE SHELTONPHOTO: JASON BAHR/GETTY IMAG FOR PERNOD RIRD(PHOTO: JASON BAHR/GETTY IMAG FOR PERNOD RIRD)MANY HAVE GROWN TO NSIR UNTRY SGER BLAKE SHELTON THE FUN-LOVG JUDGE ON THE VOICE, BUT THANKS TO SOCIAL MEDIA, SOME TAILS OM THE SGER'S PAST HAVE E BACK TO HNT HIM, REVEALG THAT HE MAY BE A HOMOPHOBE. TWTER ACUNT @MICFACTSTEA DUG UP SOME OLD HOMOPHOBIC TWEETS OM SHELTON DATG BACK TO 2010. "GROWN MEN WHO WEAR CHUCK TAYLOR'S MAY AS WELL WRE ON THEIR FORE HEAD 'CUCUMBERS TURN ME ON!!!'" HE ALLEGEDLY WROTE ONE TWEET, WHILE, ANOTHER, HE WROTE, "STANDG LE AT A FFEE SHOP LA TALKG WH THE MA ONT OF ME. HE ORRS A SKNY RAMEL LATTE. I ULDN'T TELL HE WAS GAY!!!" IN 2016, HE ADDRSED THE TWEETS, APOLOGIZG FOR HIS BRAND OF "EDY."AZEALIA BANKSPHOTO: JOHN SCIULLI/GETTY IMAG FOR NASTY GAL(PHOTO: JOHN SCIULLI/GETTY IMAG FOR NASTY GAL)AZEALIA BANKS, WHO ONCE NSIRED HERSELF BISEXUAL, WENT ON A HOMOPHOBIC TIRA 2015 AGAST GAY BLOGGER PEREZ HILTON, WHERE SHE ED A GAY SLUR THAT UPSET MANY OF HER FANS. "DO YOU GUYS THK I'M A PETTY F****T LMFAO," SHE TWEETED. WHEN LLED OUT BY HILTON FOR THE HURTFUL WORDS, SHE ONLY DUG A EPER GRAVE, SAYG, "A F****T IS NOT A HOMOSEXUAL MALE. A F****T IS ANY MALE WHO ACTS LIKE A FEMALE. THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE." WHEN ONE FAN LLED HER OUT FOR BEG HOMOPHOBIC, SHE OFFENSIVELY RPOND, ".. EVEN IF I AM A HOMOPHOBE... SO WAT? I STILL MAKE MORE $ THAN YOU... STILL HAVE AN EXTRA HOLE... AND STILL OWN EVERYTHG."BUJU BANTON WILLIAM D. BIRD/GETTY IMAG(PHOTO: WILLIAM D. BIRD/GETTY IMAG)JAMAIN ARTIST BUJU BANTON HAS EXPRSED AN ANTI-GAY STANCE HIS MIC SCE THE '90S. IN 1992, HIS H "BOOM BYE BYE," WHICH HE WROTE WHEN HE WAS 15, WAS KNOWN FOR S ANTI-GAY LYRICS WHICH SUPPORTED THE MURR OF GAY MEN. MANY THOUGHT HE HAD TURNED A NEW LEAF 2007 WHEN WAS MORED THAT HE AND A NUMBER OF OTHER REGGAE ARTISTS SIGNED A PLEDGE, THE REGGAE COMPASSNATE ACT, CREATED BY THE STOP MURR MIC MPAIGN, WHICH AIMED TO STOP THE PERFORMANCE OF HOMOPHOBIC SONGS AND STATEMENTS. HE, HOWEVER, LATER NIED BEG A PART OF THAT.BEENIE MANPHOTO: JERRT CLARK/GETTY IMAG(PHOTO: JERRT CLARK/GETTY IMAG)ANOTHER POPULAR REGGAE ARTIST AND JAMAI NATIVE, BEENIE MAN, IS KNOWN FOR HIS HOMOPHOBIC MIL NTENT. IN 2004, HE WAS EVEN REMOVED OM THE MTV VIO MIC AWARDS AFTER PROTTS BY GAY-RIGHTS ACTIVSTS. LIKE BUJU BANTON, HE WAS ALSO MORED TO HAVE SIGNED THE REGGAE COMPASSNATE ACT, BUT LATER NIED THAT HE WAS EVER A PART OF . SCE THEN, HE NTUED TO CLU HOMOPHOBIC LYRICS HIS MIC, RULTG SEVERAL OF HIS SHOWS AROUND THE WORLD BEG NCELED. IN 2012, HE APOLOGIZED FOR THE OFFENSIVE NTENT, SAYG, "I HAVE NOTHG AGAST NO ONE. I RPECT EACH AND EVERY HUMAN BEG, REGARDLS OF WHICH RACE OR CREED, REGARDLS OF WHICH RELIG BELIEF YOU BELIEVE , AND REGARDLS OF WHICH SEXUAL PREFERENCE YOU ARE, CLUDG GAYS AND LBIAN PEOPLE."BEANIE SIGEL STT GRI/GETTY IMAG(PHOTO: STT GRI/GETTY IMAG)BEANIE SIGEL SHOWED HIS TE LORS DURG AN TERVIEW ON THE BREAKFAST CLUB 2016 WHEN HE SPOKE ABOUT HIS DISGT FOR HOMOSEXUALY ON NATNAL COMG OUT DAY. "THGS ARE GOG TOO FAR," HE SAID. "EVEN THE MEDIA AND TELEVISN, THIS HOMOSEXUALY S**T IS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH... AND 'S SICKENG TO ME. 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Bettmann Archive/Getty ImagRock Hudson and his bri Phyllis Gat at their 1955 gay actors chose to live openly, spe the risk. He’s now often nsired one of Hollywood’s first openly gay stars. Lavenr marriag beme ls prevalent the 1960s and ‘70s as the gay rights movement gaed momentum followg the Stonewall Rts of 1969.

Although reprentatn film and on televisn was still srce, the actual liv of the stars on screen—straight, gay or bisexual—weren’t dictated by studs as much as they had been the past. From gospel sgers Kim Burrell and Donnie McClurk to rappers Emem and Beanie Sigel, here are some celebri who have ma some disappotg ments about homosexuals and the LGBT BurrellGospel sger Kim Burrell recently me unr fire when vio footage leaked of her gog off on a homophobic rant durg a sermon she was liverg at her church. In , she lled homosexualy a "spir of ln and nfn" that "has ceived many men and women.

She was schled to perform wh Pharrell durg the LongBishop Eddie Long's suatn is a ltle different as, addn to beg ially known as a homophobe, he was later acced of partakg sexual acts wh other men who attend his mistry. In 2010, Bishop Long, who notorly preached agast homosexualy and often mistered "homosexual cur" to gays and lbians durg his servic, was acced of ercg four young men to sex.

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"Tim HardawayRetired NBA athlete Tim Hardaway ma clear that he was a proud and blatant homophobe 2007 when he spoke rponse to a qutn about the g out of former NBA star John Amaechi.

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Hardaway said he would try to distance himself om a player who intified as homosexual, and when asked if he was aware that his ments were homophobic, he said, "Well, you know I hate gay people, so I let be known. I don't like gay people and I don't like to be around gay people. I am homophobic.

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"Isaiah WashgtonIsaiah Washgton was once many people's favore star on the h ABC seri Grey's Anatomy, but that was promised 2006 when he hurled a homophobic slur at his -star T. Shortly after the suatn went public, Knight revealed that he was gay.

Durg a Goln Glob prs nference soon after, Washgton ed the gay slur aga, further upsettg many more who thought he was tly sorry for what occurred. " The followg year, ABC announced that had cid not to renew Washgton's ntract and he was booted om the McClurkGospel sger Donnie McClurk said 2000 that God "livered him" om "the curse" of homosexualy. In 2009, the mister allegedly went as far as llg gay people "vampir" a YouTube vio before sayg, "I see feme boys, everywhere I go...

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I sli the p off of a silvery tube of lipstick wh creamy pigment that’s been worn down to a triangular lump. I apply the ral lor a clockwise motn to my lips.</p><p>I’m 11 and have pilfered the lipstick om my mother’s llectn. I turn and look at my face om over my shoulr. Then adjt om angle to angle. The bright pout floods me wh phoria. The ma-up face I see starg back — not for anyone else’s gaze but my own — is eply satisfyg.</p><div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--article-mid-ntent" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--article-mid-ntent nsumer-marketg-un__slot---ntent"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><p>It may seem like an unremarkable re of passage: a girl, tght all her life that she ought to wear lipstick to attract a man, gets to mommy’s makp. But for me, was never about that. I uldn't articulate at the time, but that lipstick was an exprsn of my femme inty. Wearg solu was the only place I knew where I uld pe the expectatn that I was wearg to appeal to boys. When I saw my reflectn lipstick ma me feel seen, even if only by myself.</p><div class="Contaer-bkChBi byNLHx"></div><p></p><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad---ntent"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot---ntent" data-no-id="a0ifye"></div></div><p><strong>Growg up</strong>, I always had an klg that I wasn’t straight. Yet, as a feme lipstick-obssed girl, I seldom saw queer women like me. On televisn, there was Ellen DeGener, then lightly ma up wh short hair on her s, <em>Ellen</em>. In magaz, there was k.d. lang, the epome of the ol butch as Cdy Crawford pretend to shave her face. They were both groundbreakg their own right. But, when me to beg a queer woman, I ate up the stereotyp that meant beg butch and beg a lbian when I was neher. I was attracted to girls and boys, everyone outsi and between.</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-1 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>I’ve heard that femm blend and that we are not queer enough; that we are unsirable on datg apps and re about the superficial. In public spac, this so-lled visibily affords me the protectn of beg perceived as straight; however, also means that the legimacy of my inty is nstantly challenged. This is where my bisexualy and femme inty overlap. As a bisexual person, I’m part of the "<a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">visible majory.</a>" Though bi+ folks prise the majory of LGBTQ+ people, we rema closeted part bee we are judged based on the genr of our partners. As a femme, I’m prumed straight by the people who I want to know me the most.</p></div></div></div><div class="GridItem-buujkM fVLMby grid--em grid-layout__asi"><div class="StickyBoxWrapper-jfYB kNleGZ sticky-box"><div class="StickyBoxPrimary-dzWDWL cdhYoN sticky-box__primary"><div class="Contaer-bkChBi byNLHx"></div><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--rail"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--rail" data-no-id="ml6efl"></div></div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--display-rail" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--display-rail"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><div class="StickyBoxPlaceholr-grPmrg dxAvXx"></div></div></div></div><div class="RowWrapper-UmqTg HEhan full-bleed-ad row-mid-ntent-ad"><div class="StickyMidContentAdWrapper-fSBzwl drzyIa ad-stickymidntent"><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--mid-ntent should-hold-space"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="yecffv"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK kHBDeH grid grid-margs grid-ems-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bjczjj grid-layout--adrail narrow wi-adrail"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layout__ntent"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa bectqB body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>As my rual of medatg over lipstick ntued to my teens and then my early twenti, I me to unrstand as a marker that wasn’t there to serve a heterosexual fantasy. Applyg the pigment beme a remr that my femme-ns wasn’t fed as the absence of signs and signals that I was queer. Rather, my loud lipstick proclaimed .</p><p>We live a culture that polic and victimiz femy at every turn. Women who wear some makp at work are <a href=">perceived as more petent</a> than those who do not, but women who wear too much makp n be thought of as untstworthy. We are enuraged om fancy to make ourselv appealg to men, then blamed for “askg for ” when we are sexually harassed or asslted bee our clothg is tight and makp is bright. This is amplified for trans, genr nonnformg, and nonbary femm, who are disproportnately targeted by vlence. In the news, media, and movi, trans women who are subject to vlence are often blamed for “trickg” their male partners wh their femy, and therefore their aths are ma jtifiable.</p><p></p><asi aria-hidn="te" class="PullQuoteEmbedWrapper-sc-EoVjf fQbAzo"><div class="PullQuoteDerativeBorr-sc-iUyOLj fAzNVP"></div><div class="PullQuoteEmbedContent-sc-kTcfhx eoUd"><p>In a culture that ti a woman’s worth to her abily to attract the oppose sex, is a power claimg a tool that epomiz this drive and stead sayg: This is not for you. This is for me. This is for my queerns.</p></div></asi><p></p><p><strong>Bee of my place the world</strong> relatn to beg a femme, I have been afford the latu to fd affirmatn through lipstick. My cisns has ma my accs to makp practilly a given, and not somethg I feared gettg found out about. My whens means that my femy is not perceived as threateng, but rather sympathetic. My athletic and able body aligns wh domant ias of what is attractive. Through no skill, talent, or virtue of my own makg, the tras allow me to step outsi of my ont door every morng whatever lipstick I want and assume I will return home unsthed.</p><p>Wh this md, I rive power om lipstick when I wear as an adornment that do not serve straight sir, a kd of power that exists beyond amplifyg femy for the sake of beg seen as worthy of attentn om straight cis men. It’s a power to own my own prentatn, and to appeal to myself beyond whatever expectatns other people have of me. In a culture that ti a woman’s worth to her abily to attract the oppose sex, is a power claimg a tool that epomiz this drive and stead sayg: This is not for you. This is for me. This is for my queerns.</p><p>It's been nearly two s sce I swiped my mom's red lipstick, and I wear as armor the face of the reali. Whether 's Mac's <em>Ruby Woo</em> or Lorac's <em>Domatrix</em> or Urban Dey's <em>Catfight</em>, my fire enge red or plum purple or hot pk pout is an adornment that is jt for me. There’s a tan sha for when I’m a bs femme, a ep burgundy for when I’m I-did-not-e-to-play femme, there’s a glossy orange to say I’m an un-fuck-wh-able-femme, and a blue for when I’m feelg like an tergalactic party femme.</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-2 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>Whatever the sha, ’s a reclaimg of femy om a culture that tells me I should only wear lipstick pursu of a straight relatnship. It is my war pat for g out nstantly: to strangers who immediately genr my partner as male, to men to harass me on the street, and to other queer people who have the narrow view I once held of same-genr-lovg women. It is a way of sayg that femy isn’t here to uphold heterosexualy or the patriarchy or the bary. It’s a way to mark myself as a femme who wants to be seen as queer, and as one who n see the other femm around her.</p><p><em><a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alex Berg</a> is a wrer, host, and vio producer specializg natnal news, femism/LGBTQ+ issu, and pop culture.</em></p></div></div></div><div class="GridItem-buujkM fVLMby grid--em grid-layout__asi"><div class="StickyBoxWrapper-jfYB jxBcTH sticky-box"><div class="StickyBoxPrimary-dzWDWL cdhYoN sticky-box__primary"><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--rail"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--rail" data-no-id="ull1ah"></div></div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--display-rail" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--display-rail"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><div class="StickyBoxPlaceholr-grPmrg 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