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LGBTQ symbols. Over the course of its history, the LGBTQ community has adopted certain symbols for self-identification to demonstrate unity, pride, shared values, and allegiance to one another. These symbols communicate ideas, concepts, and identity both within their communities and to mainstream culture.
LGBTQ symbols. A pride flag is any flag that represents a segment or part of the LGBTQ community. Pride in this case refers to the notion of LGBTQ pride. The terms LGBTQ flag and queer flag are often used interchangeably. [1] Pride flags can represent various sexual orientations, romantic orientations, gender identities, subcultures, and ...
Using a rainbow flag as a symbol of LGBTQ pride began in San Francisco, California, but eventually became common at LGBTQ rights events worldwide. The rainbow flag is a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) pride and LGBTQ movements in use since the 1970s. Originally devised by the artists Gilbert Baker, Lynn ...
A pink triangle in the original Nazi orientation. A pink triangle has been a symbol for the LGBT community, initially intended as a badge of shame, but later reappropriated as a positive symbol of self-identity. In Nazi Germany in the 1930s and 1940s, it began as one of the Nazi concentration camp badges, distinguishing those imprisoned because ...
The IKEA plush toy shark Blåhaj is commonly associated with LGBT culture, in particular the transgender community, in part due to being colored similarly to the transgender pride flag. Early origins of this are traced back to around 2020 and in 2021 IKEA ran an ad-campaign to support same-sex marriage in Switzerland featuring the shark.
e. The handkerchief code (also known as the hanky code, the bandana code, and flagging) [ 1 ] is a system of color-coded cloth handkerchief or bandanas for non-verbally communicating one's interests in sexual activities and fetishes. The color of the handkerchief identifies a particular activity, and the pocket it is worn in (left or right ...
The original gay pride flags were flown in celebration of the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade on June 25, 1978. [1] According to a profile published in the Bay Area Reporter in 1985, Gilbert Baker "chose the rainbow motif because of its associations with the hippie movement of the 1960s, but notes that use of the design dates back to ancient Egypt".
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