LGBT symbols

The LGBT community has adopted certain symbols for self-identification to demonstrate unity, pride, shared values, and allegiance
to one another. LGBT symbols communicate ideas, concepts, and identity both within their communities and to mainstream culture.
The two most-recognized international LGBT symbols are the pink triangle and the rainbow flag. The pink triangle, employed by the
Nazis in World War II as a badge of shame, was re-appropriated but retained negative connotations. The rainbow flag, previously
used as a symbol of unity among all people, was adopted to be a more organic and natural replacement without any negativity
attached to it.

Contents
Flags
Rainbow
Bear culture
Bisexuality
Intersex
Lesbianism
Pansexuality
Pink Jack
Transgender
Other symbols
Ace ring
Blue feather
Calamus plant
Double-gender
Freedom rings
Green carnation
Handkerchief code
Lambda
Purple hand
Unicorns
Violets
Triangle badges of the Third Reich
Gallery
LGBT pride flags
Other
See also
References
External links

Flags

Rainbow
Gilbert Baker designed the rainbow Pride flag for the 1978 San Francisco Gay Freedom Celebration. The flag does not depict an
actual rainbow. Rather, the colors of the rainbow are displayed as horizontal stripes, with red at the top and violet at the bottom. It
represents the diversity of gays and lesbians around the world.In the original eight-color version, pink stood for sexuality
, red for life,
orange for healing, yellow for the sun, green for nature, turquoise for art, indigo for harmony, and violet for spirit.[1] A copy of the
original 20-by-30 foot, eight-color flag was remade by Baker in 2000, and was installed in the Castro district in San Francisco.[2]
Another similar flag flies atThe Center in New York City.

Original eight-stripe version Version with hot pink removed Six-color version popular since
designed by Gilbert Baker in due to a lack of fabric. (1978– 1979
1978 1979)

Bear culture
Bear is an affectionate gay slang term for those in the bear communities, a subculture in the gay
community and an emerging subset of the LGBT community with its own events, codes, and
culture-specific identity. Bears tend to have hairy bodies andfacial hair; some are heavy-set; some
project an image of working-class masculinity in their grooming and appearance, though none of
these are requirements or unique indicators. The bear concept can function as an identity, an
International Bear affiliation, and an ideal to live up to. There is ongoing debate in bear communities about what
Brotherhood
constitutes a bear. Some state that self-identifying as a bear is the only requirement, while others
argue that bears must have certain physical characteristics, such as a hairy chest and face, a large
body, or a certain mode of dress and behavior.

Bears are almost always gay or bisexual men; transgender men (regardless of their sexuality) and those who shun labels for gender
and sexuality are increasingly included within bear communities. The bear community has spread all over the world, with bear clubs
in many countries. Bear clubs often serve as social and sexual networks for older, hairier, sometimes heavier gay and bisexual men,
and members often contribute to their local gay communities through fundraising and other functions. Bear events are common in
heavily gay communities.

The International Bear Brotherhood Flagwas designed in 1995 by Craig Byrnes.[3]

Bisexuality
First unveiled on 5 December 1998,[4] the bisexual pride flag was designed by Michael Page to
represent and increase visibility of bisexuals in the LGBT community and society as a whole.
This rectangular flag consists of a broad magenta stripe at the top, a broad stripe in blue at the
bottom, and a narrower deep lavender band occupying the central fifth.

Page describes the meaning of the pink, lavender, and blue (ratio 2:1:2) flag as this: "The pink Bisexual pride
color represents sexual attraction to the same sex only (gay and lesbian). The blue represents
sexual attraction to the opposite sex only (straight) and the resultant overlap color purple
represents sexual attraction to both sexes (bi)." He also describes the flag's meaning in deeper terms, stating "The key to
understanding the symbolism of the Bisexual pride flag is to know that the purple pixels of color blend unnoticeably into both the
[5]
pink and blue, just as in the 'real world,' where bi people blend unnoticeably into both the gay/lesbian and straight communities.
The blue and pink overlapping triangle symbol represents bisexuality and bi pride. The origin of the symbol, sometimes facetiously
referred to as the "biangles", is largely unknown, however the colours of bisexuality originate from this symbol: pink for attraction to
[5]
women, blue for attraction to men, and lavender for attraction to both, as well as a reference to queerness.

Intersex
Intersex people are those who do not exhibit all the biological characteristics of male or female, or
exhibit a combination of characteristics, at birth. Between 0.05% and 1.7% of the population is
estimated to have intersex traits.[6][7]

The intersex pride flag was created by Intersex Human Rights Australia in July 2013 to create a
flag "that is not derivative, but is yet firmly grounded in meaning". The organisation describes
Intersex pride
yellow and purple as "hermaphrodite" colors. The organisation describes the circle as "unbroken
and unornamented, symbolising wholeness and completeness, and our potentialities. We are still
fighting for bodily autonomy and genital integrity [8][9][10]
, and this symbolises the right to be who and how we want to be".

Lesbianism
Women considered asocial by the Third Reich because they
did not conform to the Nazi ideal of a woman, which included
homosexual females, were condemned to concentration camps
and wore an inverted black triangle badge to identify
them.[11][12] Some lesbians reclaimed this symbol as gay men
Labrys lesbian feminist reclaimed the pink triangle, and many lesbians also reclaimed Lipstick lesbian flag
pride flag without kiss
the pink triangle although lesbians were not included in
Paragraph 175 of the German criminal code.[11]

The labrys lesbian pride flag, created in 1999,[13] involves a labrys superimposed on the inverted black triangle, set against a violet
hue background. The labrys was used as an ancient religious symbol[14] and for other various purposes.[15] It was adopted as a
symbol of empowerment by thelesbian feminist community in the 1970s.[16][17][18]

The original lipstick lesbian flag with a red kiss superimposed on six shades of red and pink colors and a white bar in the center was
introduced in a weblog in 2010.[19] It was later modified with the removal of the kiss, but the designer responsible for the bars-only
[20]
version has not been identified. The lipstick flag represents "homosexual women who have a more feminine gender expression".

A third lesbian pride flag design often seen at pride festivals and dyke marches is the rainbow flag with two interlocked Venus
symbols.[21] None of the three designs are considered an "official" lesbian pride flag.

Pansexuality
The pansexual pride flag has been found on various Internet sites since mid-2010.[22] It has three
horizontal bars that are pink, yellow and blue.[23] The pink band symbolizes women; the blue,
men; and the yellow, those of a non-binary gender, such as agender, bigender or
genderfluid.[22][24][5][25][26]

A "P" with the tail converted to an arrow with a cross is also sometimes used. It predates the flag Pansexual pride
and is still in use today. The cross on the "P"'s tail refers to the cross on the Venus or female
symbol (♀), and the arrow refers to the arrow on the Mars or male symbol (♂).[27] While it does
not technically have a name, it is sometimes colloquially referred to as "the pansexual symbol".
Pink Jack
In the United Kingdom, since 2006, the Pink Jack, a pink version of the Union Jack, has been
used to represent a British LGBT identity.[28][29]

Pink Jack

Transgender
A transgender symbol is the Transgender Pride Flag designed by transgender woman Monica
Helms in 1999,[30] which was first shown at a pride parade in Phoenix, Arizona, USA in 2000.
[31]

It was flown from a large public flagpole in San Francisco's Castro District beginning November
19, 2012 in commemoration of the Transgender Day of Remembrance.[31] The flag represents the
transgender community and consists of five horizontal stripes: two light blue, two pink, with a
white stripe in the center. Helms described the meaning of the flag as follows: Transgender pride

"The stripes at the top and bottom are light blue, the traditional
color for baby boys. The stripes next to them are pink, the traditional color for baby girls.[31]
The white stripe is for people that are nonbinary, feel that they don't have a gender."[32][33]
The pattern is such that no matter which way you fly it, it is always correct, signifying us
finding correctness in our lives.[31]

Philadelphia became the first county government in the U.S. to raise the transgender pride flag in 2015. It was raised at City Hall in
honor of Philadelphia's 14th Annual Trans Health Conference, and remained next to the US and City of Philadelphia flags for the
entirety of the conference. Then-Mayor Michael Nutter gave a speech in honor of the trans community's acceptance in
Philadelphia.[34]

A symbol of the female (♀), male (♂) and Genderqueer (⚨) symbols combined around a circle (⚧) is sometimes used to represent
transgender people.[35][36]

Also under the trans or transgender umbrella are all those who identify off the gender binary. There are many different identities
within this category includinggenderqueer, two-spirit, gender fluid, third gender, and androgyny.[37]

Other symbols
In addition to major symbols of the LGBT community, less-popular symbols have been used to represent members' unity, pride,
shared values, and allegiance to one another.

Ace ring
Wearing a black ring (also known as an ace ring) on the middle finger of one's right hand is a way Asexual people signify their
sexuality. The ring is deliberately worn in a similar manner as one would a wedding ring to symbolize asexuality. The symbol began
in 2005. [38][39]

Blue feather
In the Society for Creative Anachronism, LGBT members often wear a blue feather to indicate an affiliation with Clan Blue Feather,
a group of SCA members promoting the study of LGBT culture and people in the Middle Ages.[40] Because of this affiliation, blue
feathers have also been used at someRenaissance Faires and Pagan events.
Calamus plant
According to some interpretations, American poetWalt Whitman used the calamus plant
to represent homoerotic love.[41]

Double-gender
Interlocked gender symbols. Each gender symbol derives from the astronomical symbol
for the planet Venus and Mars. In modern science, the singular symbol for Venus is used
to represent the female sex, and singular symbol for Mars is used to represent the male
sex.[42] Two interlocking female symbols(⚢) represent a lesbian or the lesbian
community, and two interlocking male symbols (⚣) a gay male or the gay male
community.[43][44]

The symbols first appeared in the 1970s.[44]

Lesbian and gay

gender sex symbols

Acorus Calamus

Freedom rings
Freedom rings, designed by David Spada, are six aluminum rings, each in one of the colors of the rainbow flag. They were released
in 1991.[45] Symbolizing happiness and diversity, these rings are worn by themselves or as part of necklaces, bracelets, and key
chains.[45]

They are sometimes referred to as "Fruit Loops".[46]

Green carnation
In 19th-century England, green indicated homosexual affiliations. Victorian gay men would often
pin a green carnation on their lapel as popularized by openly gay author Oscar Wilde, who often
wore one on his lapel.[47][48]

Handkerchief code
In the early 20th century gay men in New York City's Caucasian professional world would often Green carnation
wear red neckties to signal their identity. This practice was later expanded into a system called
flagging, or the hanky code.[49]

Lambda
In 1970, graphic designer Tom Doerr selected the lower-case Greek letter lambda to be the symbol of the New York chapter of the
Gay Activists Alliance.[50][51] The alliance's literature states that Doerr chose the symbol specifically for its denotative meaning in
the context of chemistry and physics: "a complete exchange of energy–that moment or span of time witness to absolute activity".[50]
Within the STEM field, the lambda symbol is associated with the half-life parameter of exponential random variables, which
describes the time it takes for a state to change.
 The lambda became associated with Gay Liberation,[52][53] and in December 1974, it was officially
declared the international symbol for gay and lesbian rights by the International Gay Rights Congress in
Edinburgh, Scotland.[54] The gay rights organization Lambda Legal and the American Lambda Literary
Foundation derive their names from this symbol.

Lambda –
Greek alphabet
letter

Purple hand
On October 31, 1969, sixty members of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) and the Society for Individual Rights (SIR) staged a protest
outside the offices of the San Francisco Examiner in response to a series of news articles disparaging LGBT people in San
Francisco's gay bars and clubs.[55][56] The peaceful protest against the "homophobic editorial policies" of the Examiner turned
tumultuous and were later called "Friday of the Purple Hand" and "Bloody Friday of the Purple Hand".[56][57][58][59][60] Examiner
employees "dumped a bag of printers' ink from the third story window of the newspaper building onto the crowd".[56][58] Some
[61] The protesters "used the ink to scrawl 'Gay Power' and
reports state that it was a barrel of ink poured from the roof of the building.
other slogans on the building walls" and stamp purple hand prints "throughout downtown San Francisco" resulting in "one of the
most visible demonstrations of gay power".[56][58][60] According to Larry LittleJohn, then president of SIR, "At that point, the
tactical squad arrived – not to get the employees who dumped the ink, but to arrest the demonstrators. Somebody could have been
hurt if that ink had gotten into their eyes, but the police were knocking people to the ground."[56] The accounts of police brutality
[56][62]
include women being thrown to the ground and protesters' teeth being knocked out.

Inspired by Black Hand extortion methods of Camorra gangsters and the Mafia,[63] some gay and lesbian activists attempted to
institute "purple hand" as a warning to stop anti-gay attacks, but with little success. In Turkey, the LGBT rights organization MorEl
[64]
Eskişehir LGBTT Oluşumu (Purple Hand Eskişehir LGBT Formation), also bears the name of this symbol.

Unicorns
Unicorns have been part of pride flags and symbols of LGBT culture in the last century,
[65]
becoming prominent during the gay rights protests of the 1970s and 1980s.

Unicorn in Portland Pride,

2017

Violets
Violets and their color became a special code used by lesbians and bisexual women.[66][67][68] The symbolism of the flower derives
from several fragments of poems by Sappho in which she describes a lover wearing garlands or a crown with violets.[69][70] In 1926,
the play La Prisonnière by Édouard Bourdet used a bouquet of violets to signify lesbian love.[71] When the play became subject to
.[72]
censorship, many Parisian lesbians wore violets to demonstrate solidarity with its lesbian subject matter
 Viola flower

Triangle badges of the Third Reich

One of the oldest of these symbols is the inverted pink triangle that male homosexuals in Nazi concentration camps were required to
wear on their clothing. The badge is one of several badges that internees wore to identify what kind of prisoners they were.[73] Many
of the estimated 5–15,000 gay men and lesbians imprisoned in concentration camps died during the Holocaust.[74] The pink triangle
was later reclaimed by gay men, as well as some lesbians, in various political movements as a symbol of personal pride and
remembrance.[75][11] AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT-UP) adopted the inverted pink triangle to symbolize the "active fight
back" against HIV/AIDS "rather than a passive resignation to fate."[76]

The pink triangle was used exclusively with male prisoners, as lesbians were not included under Paragraph 175, a statute which made
homosexual acts between males a crime. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) stipulates that this was because
women were seen as subordinate to men, and the Nazi state did not feel that homosexual women presented the same threat to
masculinity as homosexual men. According to USHMM, many women were arrested and imprisoned for "asocial" behaviour, a
classification applied to those who did not conform to the Nazi ideal of a woman's role: cooking, cleaning, kitchen work, child
raising, and passivity. Asocial women were tagged with an inverted black triangle.[12] Many lesbians reclaimed this symbol for
[11]
themselves as gay men reclaimed the pink triangle.

Pink Triangle Black Triangle Pink & Yellow Triangles

The inverted pink triangle used to identify The inverted black triangle used to mark The inverted pink triangle overlapping a
homosexual men in the concentration individuals considered "asocial". The yellow triangle was used to single out male
camps. category included homosexual women, homosexual prisoners that wereJewish.
nonconformists, prostitutes,nomads,
Romani, and others.

Gallery

LGBT pride flags

Gay Agender Aromantic

Asexual Bear Brotherhood Bigender

Bisexual Demisexual Feather pride

Gay pride flag of South Africa Genderfluid Genderqueer

Intersex Israeli transgender and Lesbian pride

genderqueer

Lesbian feminist Lipstick lesbian Lipstick lesbian (without

lipstick kiss)

Non-binary Pansexual Pink Jack

Polysexual Transgender Twink

Other
Biangles Double moon Double female Double male symbol
(represents (represents symbol (represents Gay
Bisexuality) Bisexuality) (represents Lesbian males)
females)

Labrys Lambda Pansexual symbol Transgender symbol

(represents Lesbian (represents Gay
feminism) Liberation)

See also
LGBT slogans
White Knot

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