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:
- THE LAMBDA: ALL THGS GAY & FRATERNAL
- THE MYTH OF THE ANCIENT GREEK ‘GAY UTOPIA’
- SEX SYMBOL: HOW ANTO BEME A GAY CO WORD THE VICTORIAN ERA
THE LAMBDA: ALL THGS GAY & FRATERNAL
* greek gay symbol *
Strewn across flags, banners, and ps, the rabow symboliz the diversy of gays and lbians around the world.
The Internatnal Gay Rights Congrs Edburgh formally adopted the symbol as an in for gay and lbian rights 1974.
Tradnally, the symbol is drawn pla black, but more recent versns pict the double mars wh the rabow lors filled to symbolize the gays’ aterny or solidary wh other subsectors of the muny. The pk triangle symbol was first ed by the Nazis to intify homosexuals their ncentratn mps. Over the urse of the send world war, an timated 10, 000 to 15, 000 homosexuals were rcerated.
THE MYTH OF THE ANCIENT GREEK ‘GAY UTOPIA’
The symbol has sce been reclaimed as a symbol of Pri and remembrance of the horrors that gay men experienced Nazi Germany. Green was a mon lor to refer to homosexuals, back 19th-century England.
SEX SYMBOL: HOW ANTO BEME A GAY CO WORD THE VICTORIAN ERA
This was a practice popularized by thor Osr Wil who was openly gay and would proudly wear a green rnatn at public events. Back the 20th century New York, gay men would wear a red necktie or bow tie or basilly any red accsory to subtly reprent their inti and help intify members of the same muny.
Burke, who was believed to be gay, got chewed out often by his ach. Fortunately, after retirg at age 27, Burke ught a send wd and domated the Gay Softball World Seri where he kept the practice of givg high-fiv to his teammat.