Chasg the rabow: lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer youth and pri semtics - PMC

Contents:

• WHAT DO THE RABOW MEAN FOR GAYS?
• WHAT DO LGBTQ+ STAND FOR AND WHAT DO THE RABOW GAY PRI FLAG MEAN?
• CHASG THE RABOW: LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND QUEER YOUTH AND PRI SEMTICS

WHAT DO THE RABOW MEAN FOR GAYS?

God signed the rabow to symbolize somethg far greater and far more glor than homosexualy, and if those the homosexual muny tly unrstood and embraced the symbol they are wavg their hands, they would experience te eedom and peace. "The Progrs Pri flag, an evolutn of the origal Pri flag, celebrat the betiful, vibrant diversy of the LGBTQ+ muny, and that tersectnaly mt always be ont and center the fight toward equaly, " Aryn Fields, a Human Rights Campaign spokperson, told Mashable by 's the brief history of the classic pri flag, but there are well over a dozen addnal flags reprentg other groups of LGBTQ+ people and muni, cludg:The Transgenr Flag, wh light blue, light pk, and whe strip, buted Nonbary Pri Flag, wh yellow, whe, purple, and black strip, was created 's most monly ed Intersex Flag, wh a purple circle over a yellow background, was signed Asexual Flag, wh black, gray, whe, and purple strip, was created Bisexual Flag, wh a pk top sectn and blue bottom sectn meetg a purple stripe the middle, was created Pansexual Flag, wh pk, blue, and yellow strip, was created Lbian Flag, wh strip shas of red, pk, and orange s most wily accepted sign, was created 2018 and more broadly embraced than Abrosexual Flag, wh strip shas of green, whe, and pk, is believed to have been created around 2015, as a symbol for those whose sexualy is morn Gay Men's Pri Flag, wh strip shas of green, blue, and purple, pl whe, was signed Genrqueer Flag, wh lavenr, whe, and green strip, was created 2011. Together, the Pri Flag's six rabow lors symbolize hope, and each also has s own meang:Red: LifeOrange: HealgYellow: SunlightGreen: NatureBlue: Peace or serenyPurple: SpirLGBTQ Pri flags go beyond the classic 's what each one meansLGBTQ glossary: Defns every good ally should knowThe history of the Gilbert Baker Pri Flag In the 1970s, Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official  California, challenged activist Gilbert Baker to sign a symbol of hope for the gay muny.

"Harvey Milk was a iend of me, an important gay lear San Francis the ’70s, and he rried a really important msage about how important was to be visible, " said Baker an terview wh the Mm of Morn Art 2015. Sce the late 1970s, the rabow flag has been an ternatnal symbol of LGBTQ+ pri—but did you know that there are more than 50 different flags regnized by lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and other queer dividuals, each wh their own meang?

In regnn of October beg LGBT History Month, a natnal observance of the history of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and other queer muni and their impacts on society, The Daily dove to learn more. We spoke wh Mailey Lor and Harry Hawks, the assistant director and director of Case Wtern Rerve Universy’s Lbian Gay Bisexual Transgenr Center, to share the origs and symbolism of a handful of the more mon pri flags. History: Activist Gilbert Baker created the rabow flag as a symbol of pri, diversy and uny for the LGBTQ+ muny after he was missned by Harvey Milk, one of the first openly gay elected officials the U.

WHAT DO LGBTQ+ STAND FOR AND WHAT DO THE RABOW GAY PRI FLAG MEAN?

" That sealed June as Pri month se you are wonrg, LGBTQ stands for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Qutng or Queer, while the "+" reprents other sexual you will never be stumped by a smart-aleck askg you about Pri's origs and whatever LGBTQ+ means.

Story has that when the 1979 Pri Para Commtee cid to e the 7-stripe rabow flag to honour the assassated gay muny lear Harvey Milk, the logistics volved to divi the lours evenly on para grounds led to the eventual cisn to stick to an even number of lours on the flag.

CHASG THE RABOW: LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND QUEER YOUTH AND PRI SEMTICS

The reads will shed some light on the liv of the LGBTQ+ muny and probably make you shed a tear or Price of Salt by Patricia HighsmhAristotle And Dante Disver The Secrets Of The Universe by Benjam Alire Saenz Orang are Not the Only F by Jeate WtersonCall Me By Your Name by Andre AcimanLovg My (LGBT) Neighbor by Glenn StantonDavid Bowie Ma Me Gay: 100 Years of LGBT Mic by Darryl W. The basels claim that chemils – particularly tap water – uld turn people gay has gaed populary wh nspiracy theorists over the years, most memorably wh nservative rad host Alex Jon, who said chemils the water were “turng the igg’ ogs gay. Acrdg to the History Channel, Harvey Milk, one of the untry’s first openly gay elected officials, missned artist Gilbert Baker to create the first rabow flag for San Francis’s Gay Freedom Day Para.

Wh the help of his roommate, gay rights activist Cleve Jon, and others, Baker also signed and created an Amerin flag wh rabow strip stead of the ual red, whe and blue, and both flew over the 1978 Pri para, Refery29 of the hu of the rabow stand for a different aspect of LGBTQ+ Pri. When she was younger, she realized when she was about six that the rabow flag was associated wh queerns, bee a neighbor who intified as gay had a flag outsi of his she has embraced her sexualy, her lk to the flag has grown.

Published fal eded form as:PMCID: PMC5378595NIHMSID: NIHMS843014AbstractWhile the pri rabow has been part of polil and social terventn for s, few have rearched how lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer young people perceive and e the symbol. As part of a larger study on supportive lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer youth environments, we nducted 66 go-along terviews wh lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer youth people om Massachetts, Mnota and Brish Columbia. Keywords: Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, LGBT, youth, wellbeg, semtics, rabow, pri flagIntroductnLbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer youth face greater risk of physil and mental health hazards than their heterosexual peers, cludg substance abe, sexual risk-takg, suicidaly and prsn (D’Augelli 2003; Eisenberg and Rnick 2006; Friedman et al.