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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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MEET RABOW DIRECTN -- THE FANS FIGHTG TO END LGBT BULLYG IN THE ONE DIRECTN FANDOM'THE 1D BOYS THEMSELV HAVE HAD SUCH AN IMPACT ON MY FIGURG OUT MY OWN GENR INTY,' ONE FAN TELLS MTV {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}ISSUBY KRISTA MASICJULY 20, 2015/5:36 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}VIA TUMBLRBY KRISTA MASICJULY 20, 2015 / 5:36 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MEET RABOW DIRECTN -- THE FANS FIGHTG TO END LGBT BULLYG IN THE ONE DIRECTN FANDOM","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-07-20T21:36:03.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-07-20T21:36:03.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"KRISTA MASIC","ARTICLESECTN":"ISSU"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANY SER 1D FAN N TELL YOU THAT HARRY SLEEPS NAKED, LIAM HAT SPOONS, LOUIS LOV SOCCER AND NIALL PLAYS GUAR. WHAT YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, THOUGH, IS THAT WH THE NORMALLY TIGHT-KN CLUB THAT IS 1D FANDOM, LGBT FANS OFTEN ENUNTER HOMOPHOBIA AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GROUP RABOW DIRECTN IS DOG AMAZG THGS TO HELP CHANGE THAT. MTV NEWS RECENTLY UGHT UP WH KAT LEWIS, ONE OF THE -FOUNRS OF THE GROUP, AND LOU WOODLEY, AN OUT-AND-PROUD TRANSGENR 17-YEAR-OLD OM BOSTON WHO IS GEARG UP TO REPRENT RABOW DIRECTN AT THE BAND'S UPG BALTIMORE NCERT TO FD OUT WHAT RABOW DIRECTN IS ALL ABOUT.RABOW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KAT LEWIS WH RABOW DIRECTN BSSELS (13 OM LEFT, BACK ROW){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE -FOUNDG RABOW DIRECTN, KAT HELPED LNCH TAKEMEHOMEFROMNARNIA, AN ONLE IATIVE THAT WORKS TO TE PEOPLE ABOUT HOMOPHOBIC ONLE BULLYG AND GET YOUNG PEOPLE VOLVED AFFECTG THE LGBT MUNY WH THE ONE DIRECTN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT GROUP WAS CREATED RPONSE TO A TWEET THE WANTED'S THOMAS PARKER SENT TO LOUIS TOMLSON, WHICH SARSTILLY ED THE HASHTAGS #NARNIA AND #GETSBETTER WHILE IMPLYG THAT TOMLSON WAS GAY, G MANY (CLUDG THE BAND WHEAT, APPARENTLY) TO LL THE TWEET OUT AS HOMOPHOBIC.SCREEN SHOT 2015-07-20 AT 10.17.57 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;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;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;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;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KAT TOLD MTV NEWS THAT SHE WANTED TO HELP TE PEOPLE THAT GAY MORS AREN'T SOMETHG TO FEND THEMSELV AGAST (PECIALLY A MEAN FASHN), BEE BEG GAY ISN'T SHAMEFUL. RABOW DIRECTN STARTED OUT AS JT ONE MPAIGN AMONG MANY FOR THE GROUP, BUT QUICKLY BEME THE MOST VISIBLE AND GLOBALLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE WANT ALL FANS TO FEEL SAFE, WELE, AND SUPPORTED," THE GROUP'S TUMBLR PAGE READS. "THE HOMOPHOBIA THE ONE DIRECTN FANDOM OFTEN MAK LGBTQ+ FANS FEEL UNWELE AND VISIBLE THE WORLD. ... WE WANT TO CHANGE THAT. WE WANT TO SPEAK OUT, STAND UP PROUDLY AND MAKE OUR SELV KNOWN. BEE WE AREN’T JT ONE A LN! WE WANT TO SHOW WHO WE ARE AND JT HOW MANY OF THERE ARE, ALL AROUND THE GLOBE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RABOW DIRECTN SHOWS JT HOW MANY LGBTQ FANS THERE ARE AT EVERY 1D NCERT: YOU N TYPILLY SPOT A HUGE SHOWG OF RABOW FLAGS, BANNERS AND SIGNS. THE GROUP ALSO PROVIS ONLE FOMS FOR DISCSN AMONGST ONE DIRECTN FANS ABOUT ISSU FACG THE LGBT MUNY (AND DIRECTNERS, PARTICULAR) ON TWTER, TUMBLR, INSTAGRAM, AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;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;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT'S FUN AND EMPOWERG FOR PEOPLE," LEWIS SAID. "FIGHTG AGAST BULLYG IS A B PRSG, BUT HAVG A RABOW PARTY AT A NCERT IS FANTASTIC AND LOTS OF FUN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RABOW DIRECTN ORIGALLY LNCHED THE U.K., BUT NOW, AS THE BAND BEGS THEIR NORTH AMERIN TOUR, GROUPS OF RABOW-CLAD RABOW DIRECTN NTGENTS ARE POPPG UP AT NCERTS ACROSS THE U.S. TOO. LOU PLANS TO BE AMONG THEM -- HE'S TRAVELG TO ATTEND 1D'S BALTIMORE SHOW WH HIS MOM, AND SAYS HE PLANS TO WEAR "SO MUCH RABOW EVERYWHERE," AND GET HIS MOM TO WEAR SOME, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE 1D BOYS THEMSELV HAVE HAD SUCH AN IMPACT ON MY FIGURG OUT MY OWN GENR INTY AND FDG PEOPLE THROUGH THE FANDOM THAT N HELP ME FIGURE OUT THGS RELATED TO MY GENR AND SEXUALY," LOU SAID. "I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH THE LAST NE OR 10 MONTHS SCE BEG THE FANDOM, 'S LIKE MY ENTIRE LIFE HAS CHANGED. SAYG THAT OUT LOUD, SOUNDS SILLY, BUT I'M SER ABOUT ."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;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;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IF I MET ONE OF THEM," HE NTUED, "I'D JT START SOBBG AND TELLG THEM HOW IMPORTANT THEY'VE BEEN TO ME. ... Y, THEY'RE A BOY BAND, BUT THEY'RE ALSO SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WOODLEY TOLD MTV NEWS THE STORY OF HOW HE FIRST FELL LOVE WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I WAS STAYG WH MY AND SHE SHOWED ME THE 'BT SONG EVER' VIO AND I LOOKED AT VERONI AND I WAS LIKE, 'WHO IS THIS BETIFUL WOMAN?' AND SHE WAS LIKE, 'OH NO, THAT'S ZAYN,' SO I WAS LIKE 'WHO IS ZAYN?' SHE TURNED ON THE 'THIS IS US' DOCUMENTARY AND THAT WAS THE BEGNG OF THE END. MY FORCIBLY PHED ME DOWN THE RABB HOLE [OF 1D FANDOM]."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;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;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL THGS I'VE LEARNED OM THIS IS THAT ONLE ACTIVISM N BE REALLY POWERFUL," KAT LEWIS TOLD MTV NEWS. "AND WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE N DO IS REALLY POWERFUL. I'VE MET SO MANY LOVELY, TALENTED AND MOTIVATED PEOPLE THROUGH THIS, AND I'VE MA VERY GOOD IENDS WHO ARE VERY DIFFERENT OM ME AND HAVE VERY DIFFERENT LIV OM ME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHE ALSO SAID THAT THE REACTNS THEY GET "OM PEOPLE WHO SAW A RABOW AT A NCERT AND FELT SO VALIDATED" MAKE ALL WORTH , AND THAT RABOW DIRECTN NOW HELPS MANY YOUNG PEOPLE GET MORE VOLVED OTHER TYP OF LGBTQ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT'S EMPOWERG PEOPLE OM AN EXPERIENCE OF BEG BULLIED, TO STANDG UP FOR YOURSELF AND FOR OTHERS, TO STANDG UP FOR YOUR PRCIPALS," SHE TOLD MTV NEWS. "IT'S ONE BIG NTUUM, AND 'S AMAZG HOW MUCH 'S UGHT ON."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;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;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;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;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WOODLEY TOLD MTV NEWS THAT HE WAS BULLIED ONLE JT RECENTLY AN ARGUMENT WH ANOTHER 1D FAN OVER SOMETHG TRIVIAL THEY SAID ABOUT LOUIS THAT LATED QUICKLY. "IT WAS VERY SHOCKG," HE SAID. "IT STARTED WH TWO PEOPLE DISAGREEG ABOUT SOMETHG SILLY, AND THEN THEY WERE ATTACKG MY GENR. I WAS CRYG. I DIDN'T GET ON THE TER FOR A WEEK. I HAD TO BLOCK EVERYONE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I FEEL LIKE RABOW DIRECTN IS A REALLY POSIVE NTRIBUTN TO THE FANDOM BEE REMDS THAT THERE ARE LNS OF PEOPLE LIKE ALL ACROSS THE WORLD," WOODLEY SAID. "PEOPLE JT SAY WILD THGS ONLE ALL THE TIME WHOUT THKG ABOUT WHO'S GOG TO SEE AND WHO'S GOG TO REACT WHAT WAY. SO 'S NICE TO HAVE A A BIG GROUP OF PEOPLE REMDG EVERYONE TO BE CIVIL AND RPECTFUL. WE'RE TALKG ABOUT A BOYBAND, 'S REALLY GOG TO BE OK. JT LM DOWN AND BE RPECTFUL OF OTHER PEOPLE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN PREPARATN FOR THE BALTIMORE SHOW, WOODLEY SAID HE SIGNED UP ONLE FOR THE RABOW DIRECTN MEET-UP BEFOREHAND, AND HE'S LOOKS FORWARD TO MEETG UP WH OTHER RABOW DIRECTNERS.RABOW DIRECTN / {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEWIS TOLD MTV NEWS THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKG WHETHER TAKEMEHOMEFROMNARNIA WILL START RABOW DIRECTN-LIKE MPAIGNS FOR OTHER FANDOMS, AND SHE ENURAGED YOUNG PEOPLE TO START THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"TRY AND MAKE A CHANGE WHERE YOU ARE," SHE SAID. "IT'S NOT ALWAYS NECSARY TO GO OUT AND NQUER THE WHOLE WORLD TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. START SMALL, CLOSE TO HOME. STICK TO WHAT YOU KNOW, AND TRY TO DO SOMETHG THERE THAT WILL BE A POSIVE FORCE FOR CHANGE WHERE YOU ARE." AS RABOW DIRECTN PROV, SHE SAID, "IF YOU'RE A FANDOM ONLE, THAT'S SOMEWHERE YOU N START TO CHANGE THE WORLD."VIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

* gay pride rainbow direction *

It go back to 1978, when the artist Gilbert Baker, an openly gay man and a drag queen, signed the first rabow flag. Baker later revealed that he was urged by Harvey Milk, one of the first openly gay elected officials the U. S., to create a symbol of pri for the gay muny.

As he later said an terview, “Our job as gay people was to e out, to be visible, to live the tth, as I say, to get out of the lie.

WHAT DO THE RABOW MEAN FOR GAYS?

The first versns of the rabow flag were flown on June 25, 1978, for the San Francis Gay Freedom Day para.

RABOW CONNECTN: FDG HOME WH ONE DIRECTN'S QUEER FAN BASEA LOOK AT RABOW DIRECTN AND THE WORLDWI MUNY OF LGBTQ {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MICBY BRODIE LANSTERJUNE 30, 2016/11:21 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}STT BARBOUR/GETTY IMAGMELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 16: FANS YELL AS THEY WA FOR THE GAT TO OPEN OUTSI OF THE ONE DIRECTN NCERT AT HISENSE ARENA ON APRIL 16, 2012 MELBOURNE, ATRALIA. (PHOTO BY STT BARBOUR/GETTY IMAG)BY BRODIE LANSTERJUNE 30, 2016 / 11:21 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"RABOW CONNECTN: FDG HOME WH ONE DIRECTN'S QUEER FAN BASE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-06-30T15:21:24.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-06-30T15:21:24.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"BRODIE LANSTER","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LI WAS ONE OF THOANDS OF ONE DIRECTN FANS WAG LE OUTSI THE O2 WORLD HAMBURG ARENA THREE YEARS AGO WHEN SOMETHG HAPPENED THAT WOULD SHIFT THEIR INTY AS A DIRECTNER. "A MOTHER OF A FAN SAW A TEENY, TY GAY PRI P I WAS WEARG, AND SHE WENT OFF ABOUT ,” LI, WHO IS NOW 28, RELLS. “[SHE ASKED] HOW ULD I, AS AN ADULT, BE ALLOWED TO BE AT A SHOW LIKE THIS WHEN I SUPPORT VIEWS LIKE THAT?” LI, A LONGTIME DIRECTNER WHO THEY/THEM PRONOUNS, HAD SEEN THE BAND PERFORM BERL TWO DAYS EARLIER AND TRAVELED TO HAMBURG TO SEE THEM AGA. UNTIL THIS POT, LI HAD NEVER ENUNTERED HOMOPHOBIA OR SMALL-MDNS AT A ONE DIRECTN SHOW. “IT WAS TRMATIC," LI SAYS. "I GOT ANGRY AND UPSET.” THEN LI NOTICED A YOUNG SAME-SEX UPLE NEARBY, WNSG THE WHOLE EXCHANGE. “[THEY] WERE VERY SRED TO SEE WHAT WAS GOG ON A FEW FEET AWAY OM THEM. THAT WAS WHEN I WOKE UP AND THOUGHT: SOMETHG HAS TO CHANGE ABOUT THE WAY HOMOPHOBIA IS ENTERG THIS FANDOM.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT 2013 CINT BEME THE TALYST FOR LI TO LNCH RABOW DIRECTN, A NOW-GLOBAL MPAIGN WHOSE IAL GOALS WERE TO CREATE SAFE SPAC AT ONE DIRECTN SHOWS AND PROVI TNAL ROURC FOR FANS NAVIGATG THEIR SEXUAL INTY. AS SOON AS THE SHOW WAS OVER, LI LOOKED THE CROWD FOR THEIR IEND AND FELLOW DIRECTNER, KAT, WHO HAD RECENTLY FOUND TAKE ME HOME FROM NARNIA, A TUMBLR-BASED GROUP AIMG TO BATTLE HOMOPHOBIA AND HATE ONLE FAN MUNI. SAYS LI, “I TOLD KAT WE’VE GOT TO DO SOMETHG ABOUT THIS. NEXT TIME I’M GOG TO A NCERT I WANT TO BRG A POSTER OR SOMETHG THAT SAYS, ‘WE’RE HERE AS QUEER PEOPLE, AND WE’RE JT AS MUCH FANS AS ANYONE ELSE.’”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCE THEN, RABOW DIRECTN HAS GROWN TO A VOL PRENCE ONE DIRECTN FANDOM, EMPHASIZG THE MSAGE THAT THE BAND'S NCERTS AND NVERSATNS MT BE CLIVE SPAC FOR LGBTQ FANS AND ALLI. LI, KAT, AND THEIR FELLOW ANIZERS ARE LOTED AROUND THE WORLD, AND CLU EMPLOYE OF THE EUROPEAN FERATN OF ASSOCIATNS AND THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA. THEY CURRENTLY NUMBER AROUND 20 ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS; AT THE GROUP'S PEAK, BEFORE ONE DIRECTN’S CURRENT PERD OF DELPHIC HIAT, THE NUMBERS BALLOONED TO OVER 130 FANS WHO UNED AROUND THE GOAL OF BRGG POSIVE VISIBILY TO THE GLOBAL MUNY OF QUEER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ANIZERS' OTHER IAL GOAL WAS TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE KEY PARTICIPANT REPRENTG THEM AT EACH STOP ON ONE DIRECTN'S WHERE WE ARE TOUR 2014. THEY PASSED THAT BENCHMARK DURG THE FIRST LEGS OF THE TOUR, SOUTH AMERI AND EUROPE, AND HOSTED THEIR FIRST OFFICIAL MEET-UP BEFORE A SHOW THAT JULY DüSSELDORF. THE CROWD AT ESPR ARENA THAT NIGHT WAS RATED WH STTERED BANNERS AND MSAG OF SUPPORT, CLUDG RABOW FLAGS BEARG THE LYRICS “YOU MAKE ME STRONG” AND T-SHIRTS CLARG, “STANDG ONE DIRECTN AGAST HATE.” WHEN THE BAND RETURNED FOR THE ON THE ROAD AGA TOUR FEBARY 2015, THEIR EUROPEAN SHOWS REGULARLY SAW HUNDREDS OF FANS MEETG UP WH RABOW DIRECTN ANIZERS TO MAKE SIGNS, BRACELETS, AND HEART-SHAPED CRAFTS TO DISTRIBUTE BEFORE NCERTS. “BY THE TIME THE ON THE ROAD AGA TOUR STARTED,” LI SAYS, “WE HAD A WELL-TABLISHED TEAM [AND] A WEBSE WH A MAP SYSTEM THAT ALLOWED PEOPLE TO SIGN UP THEMSELV.” BY THEIR TIMATE, RABOW DIRECTN VOLUNTEERS HOSTED MORE THAN 200 MEET-UPS ACROSS THE WORLD DURG ONE DIRECTN'S 2014 AND 2015 TOURS, BRGG TOGETHER NEARLY 8,000 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RABOW DIRECTN'S PRI FLAGS AND HANDMA HEARTS HAVE MAJOR IRL VISIBILY AT NCERTS, AND NOT JT ONE DIRECTN’S — LI AND THEIR TEAM HAVE ALSO ED THEIR PLATFORM TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT SIAR FAN-N MPAIGNS FOR TAYLOR SWIFT, TROYE SIVAN, ED SHEERAN, LTLE MIX, AND FORMER ONE DIRECTN MEMBER ZAYN MALIK. BUT THE BULK OF THEIR WORK HAPPENS ONLE, WHERE A DITED BEHD-THE-SCEN TEAM OFFERS PERSONALIZED ADVICE TO YOUNG FANS WHO REACH OUT WH QUTNS ABOUT THEIR SEXUALY OR REQUTS FOR REAL-WORLD ROURC. “RABOW DIRECTN WAS ABLE TO CREATE A SAFE SPACE AND A SENSE OF HOME TO PEOPLE WHO WEREN’T OUT TO THEIR FAI, OR WHO MAY NOT WORK A REAL-LIFE SPACE THAT WAS AS ACCEPTG OR TED AS WE NEED THEM TO BE,” LI SAYS. THE MPAIGN FED BONDS AND HAD A LASTG IMPACT, PARTICULARLY FOR PEOPLE WHO DIDN’T HAVE AN EQUIVALENT WORK THEIR DAILY LIV. “U GUYS HAVE MA ME FEEL SO ACCEPTED AND LOVED AND JT MUCH MORE FORTABLE WH MYSELF AND I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THAT!” ONE FAN WROTE, ANONYMOLY, ON THE TAKE ME HOME FROM NARNIA BLOG LAST YEAR. “EVERY NEW RABOW SIGN OR REPORT ABOUT THE BOYS OR OTHER FANS BEG SUPPORTIVE MAK ME REALLY WARM AND FUZZY SI AND HAD ME REALIZE THAT MAYBE STAYG CLOSETED ISN’T MY ONLY OPTN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE EFFECT WAS MIRRORED LI’S OWN LIFE: BEFORE RABOW DIRECTN, THEY’D NEVER WALKED A PRI PARA, AND HAD KEPT THE TAILS OF THEIR INTY CLOSE TO THEIR CHT. “NOW RABOWS FOLLOW ME EVERYWHERE I GO," LI SAYS. "I JO PROTTS AND GATHERGS WHEN I N, I VOLUNTEER AT LGBTQ+ EVENTS AND VOICE MY OPN ON FACEBOOK, WHERE PEOPLE KNOW ME PERSONALLY AND I AM NOT AAID OF BEG LOUD ABOUT ANYMORE. THANKS TO AMAZG TRANS AND NON-BARY PEOPLE I MET THROUGH RABOW DIRECTN, I UNRSTOOD THAT MY GENR WAS NOT A STUPID IA MY BRA ME UP WH WHEN I WAS 17, BUT THAT THERE WAS ACTUALLY A WORD FOR AND THAT WAS OK FOR ME TO RPECT AND CELEBRATE MYSELF.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE BEG VOLVED RABOW DIRECTN ON A GRASSROOTS LEVEL, 25-YEAR-OLD ANNE WAS WORKG ON AN AU — A TERM FOR FAN FICTN BASED ALTERNATE UNIVERS — ABOUT A FICTNAL BOY BAND. ON A REMENDATN OM A IEND, SHE WATCHED THE ONE DIRECTN DOCUMENTARY, THIS IS US, AND WAS IMMEDIATELY HOOKED, DRAWN TO THE PLAYFUL AND AFFECTNATE BOND BETWEEN MEMBERS LIAM PAYNE AND ZAYN MALIK. “THEIR DYNAMIC AND THE WAY THEY WERE FORTABLE WH WAS WHAT DREW ME , A VERY SUPERFICIAL WAY,” SHE SAYS. ANNE IS QUEER AND HAS BEEN OUT SCE HER TEENS, BUT SCE GETTG TO 1D TWO YEARS AGO, SHE SAYS HER SEXUAL INTY HAS BEEN VERY MUCH NNECTED WH HER LOVE OF ONE DIRECTN. “THEY’RE GEO, AND I HAVE A RDBOARD CUTOUT THAT I STOLE OM WORK MY ROOM," ADDS ANNE, WHO REQUTED THAT MTV NOT E HER REAL NAME. “[BUT] ’S NOT LIKE I’M ATTRACTED TO THEM. A BIG DRAW FOR ME WAS THE QUEER SUBTEXT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE LIAM-ZAYN DYNAMIC THAT ANNE PICKED UP ON WASN’T UNIQUE ONE DIRECTN, A BAND WHERE THE 'SHIPPG OF DIFFERENT MEMBERS IS MONPLACE AND PRACTICED EVERY POSSIBLE BATN: ZIALL (ZAYN AND NIALL), NARRY (NIALL AND HARRY), LILO (LIAM AND LOUIS), AND, MOST FAMOLY, LARRY (LOUIS AND HARRY). THE POSSIBILY THAT THERE ULD BE SOMETHG MORE TIMATE BEYOND THE PLAYFUL TOUCH AND LGERG GLANC BETWEEN TWO OF THE BOYS ONSTAGE IS A RERCEMENT THAT MANY FANS LIKE ANNE HAVE SPERATELY LONGED FOR. WHEN ONLE FAN MUNI EXPLORE THE FANTASY THAT THE BIGGT BOY BAND ON THE PLA MIGHT BE KEEPG SECRETS OF S OWN, A WORLD WHERE THE FANS ULD BE OUT AND PROUD SEEMS WH ARM’S REACH. IT’S RARE FOR YOUNG QUEER KIDS TO SEE POSIVE REFLECTNS OF THEMSELV POPULAR CULTURE, SO THE ACT OF FILLG THE BLANKS AND BELIEVG — HOPG — THAT LOUIS AND HARRY’S MATCHG SHIP AND PASS TATTOOS MEAN WHAT SOME FANS WANT THEM TO MEAN IS PART OF A VERY REAL NEED TO BE SEEN AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS REFLECTS A FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT THE WAY POP FANDOM WORKS 2016. IN MANY S, BEE THE TER HAS OFFERED FANDOMS THE OPPORTUNY TO BROADST THEIR OWN IAS AND EXPERIENC, THE BANDS THEMSELV HAVE BEEN MOTED TO NNERS-UP, REPLACED FANS' HEARTS BY AN URGENT SIRE FOR REPRENTATN AND QUEER SURVIVAL. IN THE WORLD OF POP MIC — WHERE STRAIGHTNS IS THE PRUMED FLT AND GIRLS ARE EXPECTED TO WATCH BOYS SG ABOUT GIRLS AND PRAY THAT ONE DAY THEY’LL BE SUNG ABOUT TOO — FANS LIKE ANNE ARE CHERRY-PICKG ELEMENTS OF BAND MEMBERS’ INTI TO ENGEER RELATABILY, HOPG STEAD FOR A REALY WHERE MALE BAND MEMBERS FALL LOVE WH, AND WRE SONGS ABOUT, ONE ANOTHER. INSTEAD OF LG THEIR LOCKERS AND SCHOOLBOOKS WH PHOTOS OF CUTE BOYS WH SWOOPY HAIR, THEY’RE SIGNG ELABORATE POSTERS AND VISUAL AIDS AT NCERTS TO SEND PALPABLE MSAG ABOUT QUEERNS AND HOPE. THEY ARE LKG ARMS AND LISTENG TO ONE ANOTHER, WHILE THE BAND THAT BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER IS RCED TO SOMETHG LIKE BACKGROUND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHETHER ’S THROUGH WRG AUS AND FAN FICTN OR DRAWG FAN ART, QUEER DIRECTNERS ARE PUTTG THEMSELV TO THE NARRATIVE OF THIS BAND EN MASSE. THAT SENSE OF MUNY WAS MORE VISIBLE THAN EVER ON ONE DIRECTN'S 2015 TOUR. IN A STUNNG ACT OF ANIZATN AND CLEVERNS, RABOW DIRECTN LAST YEAR BEGAN FEEDG S FULL MUNY — NOW NUMBERG TENS OF THOANDS OF FOLLOWERS ACROSS THEIR SOCIAL CHANNELS — MAPS OF THE STADIUMS AND ARENAS WHERE THE BAND PLAYED. EACH IMAGE WAS SUPERIMPOSED WH A RABOW FLAG, DIVIDG THE SEATG CHART TO LORED SECTNS RRPONDG TO THE HU OF THE FLAG. THE MAPS MA EASY FOR FANS TO SCREENSHOT THEIR SECTN’S LOR WHOUT THE NEED FOR AN APP OR PLITED STCTNS. DURG A SPECIFIC SONG THE SET, THEY’D PULL UP THE SCREENSHOT, RAISE THEIR PHON THE AIR, AND HELP MAKE THE STADIUM TO A SHG RABOW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE DIRECTN APPEARED TO JO TOWARD THE END OF THE TOUR, WHEN THE STAGE LIGHTS DURG "GIRL ALMIGHTY" — A TRACK OM THE 2014 ALBUM FOUR THAT HAS SCE BEEN RETROFTED BY FEMALE FANS TO EXPRS THEIR OWN ROMANTIC LOVE AND SELF-ASSURANCE — WERE RESIGNED TO FLASH A RABOW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;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;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER HEARG ABOUT RABOW DIRECTN ON TUMBLR, ANNE ANIZED A MEET-UP BALTIMORE, WHERE SHE LIV, AND HEAD TO A SEND SHOW WHEN SHE WAS VISG BUFFALO, NEW YORK. THE BALTIMORE MEET-UP WAS HELD AT A RANDOM FFEE SHOP CINTALLY LOTED ON THE RNER OF PRATT AND GAY STREETS; FANS HELPED ONE ANOTHER SIGN POSTERS, AND PATED RABOWS ON THEIR CHEEKS OVER CUPS OF FFEE. ANNE REMEMBERS SOMEONE STOPPG THEM ON THEIR WAY TO THE SHOW TO ASK THEM IF WAS PRI WEEKEND ( WAS ACTUALLY AUGT). DURG THE BUFFALO SHOW, A PARABLY QUIETER RPONSE HAD ANNE OVERPENSATG BY CLOAKG HERSELF A PRI FLAG AND RRYG A SIGN EMBLAZONED WH THE ONE DIRECTN LYRICS, “NOBODY N DRAG ME DOWN.” (“ON A RABOW, SURROUND GLTER,” SHE SAYS.) SHE TOOK HEART WHEN A RANDOM NCERTGOER UGHT HER EYE TO GIVE HER A REASSURG THUMBS-UP OM THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I’M A VERY OUT AND PROUD PERSON,” ANNE TELLS ME REFULLY, SPEAKG MORE SLOWLY THAN SHE DID DURG THE RT OF OUR NVERSATN. “I PUT A LOT OF PERSONAL EMPHASIS ON BEG AS LOUD ABOUT MYSELF AS I N BE, BEE I SPENT SO MUCH TIME MY LIFE HAVG PEOPLE TELL ME THAT I NEED TO HI THAT PART OF MYSELF AWAY. SO IS IMPORTANT TO ME, BASILLY EVERY SUATN, TO BE ABLE TO MUNITE OPENLY AND HONTLY ABOUT WHO I AM. IF THE OPPORTUNY PRENTS SELF WHERE I N LERALLY SHOW UP TO A NCERT WH, LIKE, A BIG-ASS RABOW FLAG … I’M GOG TO TAKE .”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT SHOW BUFFALO BEME SIGNIFINT FOR RABOW DIRECTN — AND FOR FANS LIKE ANNE — WHEN HARRY STYL, DURG THE SONG “ACT MY AGE,” WAED UNTIL THE JUMBOTRON’S MERAS WERE FOCED ON HIM BEFORE MIRRORG ANNE AND WRAPPG A SIAR RABOW FLAG AROUND HIS SHOULRS.ONE DIRECTN PERFORMS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS WAS NOT AN OUT-OF-CHARACTER DISPLAY FOR THE SGER, WHO IS SURELY VERY AWARE OF THE HOPE AND ENURAGEMENT HIS LGBTQ+ FANS TAKE OM SEEMGLY SMALL ACTS, LIKE WHEN HE WEARS MICHAEL SAM’S RAMS JERSEY DURG A NCERT ST. LOUIS, OR SAYS THE GENR OF A PARTNER IS “NOT THAT IMPORTANT,” OR WISH AN DIENCE “HAPPY PRI.” “EVERY TIME A BAND MEMBER HAS OPENLY DISPLAYED OR ACKNOWLEDGED A RABOW — FOR EXAMPLE, NIALL LLG FOR MARRIAGE EQUALY IRELAND, LOUIS WH HIS RABOW-THEMED SHIRTS, AND LIAM POTG OUT RABOW-LORED POSTERS AND TALKG ABOUT THEM ONSTAGE — THE LGBTQ+ SI OF THE 1D FANDOM HAS GROWN TO FEEL STRONGER, MORE VALIDATED, AND MOST OF ALL WELE, WHETHER THAT WAS TIED TO RABOW DIRECTN OR NOT,” LI SAYS. MOMENTS LIKE THE E THE FANS TO REJOICE BEE THEY FEEL HEARD AND SEEN BY THE PEOPLE THEY’VE SPENT YEARS LOOKG AT AND LISTENG TO. IN THOSE MOMENTS, THE EXCHANGE BETWEEN ARTIST AND FAN OFFERS THE POTENTIAL FOR A RELATNSHIP THAT’S RECIPROL. THEY VALIDATE THE VISIBILY THAT IS SO SENTIAL TO THE WELL-BEG OF QUEER FANS. “I REMEMBER WHAT WAS LIKE TO BE YOUNG AND CLOSETED AND NOT ENTIRELY SURE OF WHO YOU ARE,” ANNE SAYS. “AND I KNOW THAT WHEN I WAS THAT POSN, DID HELP ON SOME LEVEL TO SEE PEOPLE WHO WERE OLD ENOUGH AND SECURE ENOUGH WHO THEY WERE TO BE OUT AND PROUD.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TO MANY MENTATORS, LAST YEAR’S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT ONE DIRECTN WOULD TAKE AN FE HIAT STEAD OF TOURG THEIR FIFTH ALBUM, MA THE A.M., SPELLED AN EVABLE END FOR THE BAND. MANY ASSUMED THAT THE FANS WOULD STAY STRONG FOR A POT, BEFORE DROPPG AWAY AND MOVG ON TO THE NEXT BIG THG. BUT ASSUMG THAT A BAND ENDS WHEN THE MIC STOPS IS A DISPLAY OF IGNORANCE ABOUT WHY THEY EXIST THE FIRST PLACE. ONE DIRECTN — AND ANY POP ACT WHOSE FAN ARMI NGREGATE AND MUNITE PENNTLY OF THEM — WILL ONLY DISSOLVE WHEN THERE IS NO ONE LEFT TALKG, TWEETG, AND TUMBLRG ABOUT THEM. THE BAND EXISTS AS THE SOURCE MATERIAL, BUT ’S WHAT THE FANS ARE DOG WH THAT SYLLAB THAT REALLY UN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AUTHOR LEV GROSSMAN HAS SAID THAT THE ACT OF WRG FAN FICTN IS “NOT ABOUT SIMPLY CHURNG OUT MORE AND MORE ERATNS OF EXISTG CHARACTERS AND WORLDS … ’S ABOUT DOG THGS WH THOSE EXISTG CHARACTERS AND WORLDS THAT THEIR CREATORS WOULDN’T OR ULDN’T DO.” FOR QUEER DIRECTNERS, DOG WHAT THE CREATORS ULDN’T DO MEANS PUTTG THEMSELV FIRST; MEANS PRRIZG THE STORI AND EXPERIENC OF HISTORILLY DISMISSED OR OPPRSED PEOPLE OVER THE HETERONORMATIVE PARTY LE THAT THE BAND AND S FANS ARE JOTLY EXPECTED TO OPERATE UNR. THE FANS WHO HAVE FOUND, HERE THEIR FANDOMS, A SAFE SPACE TO RETROF THEIR FAVORE POP MIC AND POP STARS TO ALIGN WH THEIR QUEER PERSPECTIV ARE ACTIVELY WORKG TO REPRENT THEMSELV THE POP CULTURE THEY’RE EXPECTED TO PASSIVELY NSUME.NIALL HORAN/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE DIRECTN WAS THE FIRST BOY BAND TO BE FULLY REALIZED AS AN ONLE PHENOMENON. USG THE MASSIVE POWER OF THE TER, DIRECTNERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BRG THEMSELV CLOSER TO THE BAND AND EACH OTHER, AND THE RULT IS A MUNY THAT UNRSTANDS S IMPORTANCE. THE ACT OF IMPOSG AN LGBTQ+ NARRATIVE ON A PUBLICLY STRAIGHT GROUP OF YOUNG MEN IS A RADIL ONE, AND WHEN DIRECTNERS REJECT THE IA OF HOW BOY BANDS AND THEIR FEMALE FANS ARE SUPPOSED TO ENGAGE AND TERACT, THEY SEIZE POWER THE EXCHANGE. WHEN YOU ARE NO LONGER SIMPLY WATCHG SOMEONE ELSE'S IA OF LOVE, BUT STEAD SISTG THAT BE MA AVAILABLE TO YOU, YOU ARE REMDG THE WORLD THAT YOU MATTER, THAT YOUR SURVIVAL IS BOTH POSSIBLE AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

The LGBT pri flag was vented 1978 by Gilbert Baker, a gay rights activist, army veteran, artist, and self-styled "gay Betsy Ross. ) He ma the flag for the Gay Freedom Pri Para that year San Francis, at the requt of Harvey Milk, a gay cy polician who was assassated later that symbol took hold immediately. "Closeted gay people have also historilly ed bright lors to signal their homosexualy to each other, as Forrt Wickman wrote Slate.

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Judy Garland, the star of "The Wizard of Oz, " has a large followg as a gay symbol, and is famo for sgg "Somewhere Over the Rabow" the movie. And when the Supreme Court tablished the legaly of gay marriage natnwi 2015's Obergefell v. The Whe Hoe illumated rabow lors after 2015's Supreme Court lg legalizg gay marriage.

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