Rainbow Flag
Another connection is the rainbow flag, symbol of the LGBT communities which may have been inspired, in part, by Garland's song "Over the Rainbow." Garland's performance of this song has been described as "the sound of the closet," speaking to gay men whose image "they presented in their own public lives was often at odds with a truer sense of self that mainstream society would not condone."
Read more about this topic: Judy Garland As Gay Icon
Famous quotes containing the words rainbow and/or flag:
“The Rainbow comes and goes,
And lovely is the Rose,”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
“Up rose old Barbara Frietchie then,
Bowed with her fourscore years and ten;
Bravest of all in Frederick town,
She took up the flag the men hauled down;”
—John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)