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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UNIVERSAL DODG SPOTLIGHT AS DISNEY TAK HEAT FOR 'DON'T SAY GAY' STANCE
The abbreviatn LGBT stands for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr. Introduced durg the 1990’s is a term which was created as a non-discrimatory way to scribe those that intify unr the sexual orientatns. * universal gay color *
The abbreviatn LGBT stands for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr. Towards the end of the 19th century, however, the public began lkg lavenr wh homosexualy. Newspapers nounced Athet as effemate, not least one of the proment lears of the movement, Osr Wil, who equently remisced about his “purple hours” spent wh rent boys, and provoked a moral sndal wh the homoerotic them “The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Gay men Ameri were tnted for posssg a “dash” or “streak” of lavenr, thanks large part to Abraham Lln’s bgrapher Carl Sandburg, who scribed one of the print’s early male iendships as ntag a “streak of lavenr, and spots soft as May vlets. Durg the McCarthy era, there was state-sanctned discrimatn when print Eisenhower signed Executive Orr 10450, which beme part of a natnal wch-hunt to purge homosexual men and women om the feral ernment.