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:
- PRI FLAGS 101: EVERYTHG YOU'VE EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT GAY, TRANS, AND OTHER PRI FLAGS
- STEP-BY-STEP INSTCTNS FOR SHOOTG YOUR SHOT WH GAY GUYS
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR AGG
PRI FLAGS 101: EVERYTHG YOU'VE EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT GAY, TRANS, AND OTHER PRI FLAGS
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In a world which stunts are expelled for handg out Pri flags to prott Florida's "Don't Say Gay Bill, " the need to show support for LGTBQ+ rights—publicly as well as privately—is as important as ever. Gilbert Baker Pri Flag(Image cred: Wikimedia Commons)In 1977, gay polician Harvey Milk tasked veteran Gilbert Baker to e up wh a Pri flag.
STEP-BY-STEP INSTCTNS FOR SHOOTG YOUR SHOT WH GAY GUYS
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Tradnal Gay Pri Flag (Image cred: Getty Imag/Norberto Cuen)This is probably the flag you'll see most often: Six lors, apparently easier to produce than the odd-numbered seven (although other reports say was more about makg the flag easier for paras and to hang on posts). Lbian Labrys Flag(Image cred: Getty Imag/Ecelop)This flag isn't wily ed—and part of the reason may be that the flag was signed 1999 by a gay man, Sean Campbell. But the "leather flag, " created by Tony DeBlase 1989, is a symbol of that muny (which clus many gay men)—black may symbolize leather, whe is pury, blue is votn, and the heart is Brotherhood Flag(Image cred: Getty Imag/grebhkovmaxim)Craig Byrn and Pl Wzkoske 1995 ma the "bear flag" for "a subculture of mascule-prentg gay, bisexual and trans men who embrace facial and body hair and may have larger bodi.
The creator of the first rabow Gay Pri Flag, Gilbert Baker, said, “Flags say somethg. The flag on the left is remiscent of the rabow style Gay Pri Flag, while the one on the right looks more like an equal sign to reprent equal rights and is referred to as Androgyno Equal Pri Flag.
Page scribed the meang behd his flag as, “The key to unrstandg the symbolism of the Bisexual Pri Flag is to know that purple pixels of lors blend noticeably to both the pk and blue, jt as the ‘real world, ’ where bi people blend unnoticeably to both the gay/lbian and straight muni. The qutsential six-stripe Gay Pri Flag is rived om the origal Pri flag sign created by Gilbert Baker. This flag is meant to reprent the entire Pri muny, addn to beg the ma flag for gay men.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
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Genrqueer clus the word “queer”, which was ually a hurtful slur agast gay people. The origal Gay Pri flag was signed 1977 by Gilbert Baker after he was approached by gay in, polician Harvey Milk, to create a symbol for the gay muny.
Its rabow sign is believed to be spired by “Over the Rabow”, sung by Judy Garland, a favore sger of the gay movement. Gilbert Baker’s Pri Flag was first showsed at the San Francis Gay Freedom Day Celebratn 1978. While the morn six-stripe sign is the most mon Gay Pri Flag ed, the origal sign is still seen.
Its black triangle is om the Nazi era when lbians were forced to wear black triangl ncentratn mps, like how gay men had to wear pk triangl.
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR AGG
The Two-Spir culture is not, as some would believe, the gay muny among Native Amerins. Before the rabow-striped Pri flag was created, the LGBTQ+ muny tend to e the pk triangle as a symbol, adapted om the badge that gay prisoners were forced to wear Nazi ncentratn mps.
Durg World War II, Nazis forced gay men mps to wear a downward-potg triangle, wh around 100, 000 timated to have been held prisoner and 65, 000 thought to have been killed.
Lambda reprents energy and balance, and was primarily ed by the Gay Activists Alliance the 1970s.