LGBT Symbols

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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    For all symbols are fluxional; all language is vehicular and transitive, and is good, as ferries and horses are, for conveyance, not as farms and houses are, for homestead.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)