LGBT Symbols
The LGBT community has adopted certain symbols for self-identification which demonstrate unity, pride, shared values, and allegiance to one another. LGBTQ symbols communicate ideas, concepts, and identity both within their communities and to mainstream culture. The two most-recognized international LGBTQ 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 was created to be a more organic and natural replacement without any negativity attached to it.
Read more about LGBT Symbols: Triangles During World War II, Labrys, Lambda, Purple Hand, Bisexuality Symbols – Flag, Triangles, and Moons, Gender Symbols, Leather Sub-culture, Bear Culture, Butch and Femme Symbols, Intersex, Pansexuals, Asexuals, Other Symbols
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“As usual I finish the day before the sea, sumptuous this evening beneath the moon, which writes Arab symbols with phosphorescent streaks on the slow swells. There is no end to the sky and the waters. How well they accompany sadness!”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)