Like many other organizations and communities, members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered (GLBT) community have adopted certain symbols by which they are identified and by which they demonstrate unity, pride, shared values, and allegiance to one another. GAY can mean: Gay, a term referring to homosexual men or women The IATA code for Gaya Airport Category: ... A lesbian is a woman who is romantically and sexually attracted only to other women. ... In human sexuality, bisexuality describes a man or woman having a sexual orientation to persons of either or both sexes (a man or woman who sexually likes both sexes; people who are sexually and/or romantically attracted to both males and females). ... Transgender (IPA: , from trans (Latin) and gender (English) ) is an overarching term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies that diverge from the normative gender role (woman or man) commonly, but not always, assigned at birth, as well as the role traditionally held by society. ... LGBT (or GLBT) is an acronym used as a collective term to refer to lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender people. ... Image:.jpg Six color rainbow gay pride flag flying over Castro Street, San Francisco, June 2005 The gay pride or simply pride campaign has three main premises: that people should be proud of their sexual orientation and gender identity, that sexual diversity is a gift, and that sexual orientation and...

Pink and black triangles

The pink triangle was originally used to denote homosexual men as a Nazi concentration camp badge.

The black triangle was used to mark lesbians, prostitutes or women who used birth control (among others) in Nazi concentration camps.

One of the oldest of these symbols is the pink triangle, which originated from the Nazi concentration camp badges that homosexuals were required to wear on their clothing. It is estimated that as many as 220,000 gays and lesbians perished alongside the 6,000,000 Jews whom the Nazis exterminated in their death camps during World War II as part of Hitler’s so-called final solution. For this reason, the pink triangle is used both as an identification symbol and as a memento to remind both its wearers and the general public of the atrocities that gays suffered under Nazi persecutors. ACT-UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) also adopted the inverted pink triangle to symbolize the “active fight back” against the disease “rather than a passive resignation to fate.” Image File history File links Pink_triangle. ... Image File history File links Pink_triangle. ... Nazi concentration camp badges, made primarily of inverted triangles, were used in the concentration camps in the Nazi-occupied countries to identify the reason the prisoners had been placed there. ... Image File history File links Black_triangle. ... Image File history File links Black_triangle. ... A lesbian is a woman who is romantically and sexually attracted only to other women. ... A sex worker in Germany. ... Birth control is a regimen of one or more actions, devices, or medications followed in order to deliberately prevent or reduce the likelihood of a woman becoming pregnant or giving birth. ... See also the related List of German concentration camps Concentration camp in Nazi Germany. ... The pink triangle, a popular gay pride symbol, was originally used to denote homosexual men as a Nazi concentration camp badge. ... Nazi concentration camp badges, made primarily of inverted triangles, were used in the concentration camps in the Nazi-occupied countries to identify the reason the prisoners had been placed there. ... ACT-UP, or the Aids Coalition to Unleash Power, is a diverse, non-partisan group of individuals . ...

The Nazis compelled “undesirable” women, including lesbians, to wear the inverted Black Triangle. Modern-day lesbians have reclaimed this symbol for themselves as gay men have reclaimed the pink triangle. This article is about the Black Triangle as a badge or symbol: for other uses see the disambiguation page Black triangle. ...

See also: History of gays in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust Once vibrant, Eldorado gay night club in Berlin after being shut down in 1933 Gay men and, to a lesser extent, lesbians, were two of several groups targeted by Nazis during the Holocaust. ...

Lambda

A lambda

In 1970, the Greek letter lambda (λ) was selected to symbolize the Gay Activists Alliance’s campaign for gay liberation, and, four years later, the International Gay Rights Congress in Edinburgh, Scotland, chose the same symbol to represent lesbian and gay rights. As a result, the lambda has become internationally known. It is traditional for the lambda to be shown in lavender, a color which, like pink, is often associated with homosexuality. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Look up Λ, λ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Gay Activists Alliance was founded in New York City in December 1969 after the Stonewall riots, by dissident members of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) who wanted to form a non-violent single issue, politically neutral, militant organizaiton whose goal was to secure basic human rights, dignity and freedom... The gay rights movement is a collection of loosely aligned civil rights groups, human rights groups, support groups and political activists seeking acceptance, tolerance and equality for non-heterosexual, (homosexual, bisexual), and transgender people - despite the fact that it is typically referred to as the gay rights movement, members also... Edinburgh (pronounced ; Scottish Gaelic: ) is the capital of Scotland and its second-largest city. ... Motto: (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots2 Government  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - UK Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I 843  Area    - Total 78,772 km...

The gay rights organization, Lambda Legal, also bears the name of this symbol. Lambda Legal (formerly Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund), formed in 1973, is an American non-governmental organization devoted to promoting the legal rights of gay men and lesbians, bisexuals, the transgendered, and people with HIV or AIDS, through impact litigation, education, and public policy work. ...

Rainbow flag

Current version of the Gay pride flag

Main article: Rainbow flag

Gilbert Baker designed the rainbow flag for the 1978 San Francisco's Gay Freedom Celebration. The flag does not depict or show an actual rainbow. Rather, the colors of the rainbow are displayed as horizontal stripes, with red at the top and purple at the bottom. It represents the diversity of gays and lesbians around the world. The purple stripe is sometimes replaced with a black stripe to show mascunlinity or leather pride. red stands for life, orange stands for healing, yellow stands for sun, green stands for nature, blue stands for harmony, and purple stands for soul. Image File history File links Gay_flag. ... Image File history File links Gay_flag. ... The pride flag typically refers to one of the three flags representing parts of the LGBT movement: Rainbow flag - representing Lesbians and Gay Men. ... Six color rainbow gay pride flag flying over the Castro gay village in San Francisco, June 2005 Rainbow flags at Bucharests annual GayFest LGBT pride parade, 2005 A rainbow flag is a multi-colored flag consisting of stripes in the colors of the rainbow. ... Six color rainbow gay pride flag flying over the Castro gay village in San Francisco, June 2005 Rainbow flags at Bucharests annual GayFest LGBT pride parade, 2005 A rainbow flag is a multi-colored flag consisting of stripes in the colors of the rainbow. ...

Freedom rings

Freedom rings, designed by David Spada, are six aluminum rings, each in one of the colors of the rainbow flag. Symbolizing independence and tolerance, these rings are worn as necklaces, bracelets, rings, and key chains. They're often referred to as "Fruit Loops".^{[citation needed]}

Labrys

The Labrys

Main article: Labrys

The labrys, or double-bladed battle axe, was a symbol used in the ancient civilization of Minoan Crete (sometimes portrayed as having certain matriarchal tendencies), and in ancient Greek legends it was supposedly used by Scythian Amazon women warriors (sometimes said to be ruled by two queens at a time). It can also be associated with the Greek goddess Demeter (Ceres in Roman mythology) and occasionally the Greek goddess Artemis (Diana in Roman mythology).^{[citation needed]} The labrys represents lesbian and feminist strength and self-sufficiency. Image File history File links Labrys-symbol. ... Image File history File links Labrys-symbol. ... Minoan symbolic labrys of gold, 2nd millennium BC: many have been found in the sacred cave of Arkalochori on Crete) Labrys is the term for a doubleheaded axe, known to the Classical Greeks as pelekus πέλεκυς or sagaris (the term for a single-bladed axe being hēmipelekus half-pelekus, e. ... Minoan symbolic labrys of gold, 2nd millennium BC: many have been found in the sacred cave of Arkalochori on Crete) Labrys is the term for a doubleheaded axe, known to the Classical Greeks as pelekus πέλεκυς or sagaris (the term for a single-bladed axe being hēmipelekus half-pelekus, e. ... Minoan symbolic labrys of gold, 2nd millennium BC: many have been found in the sacred cave of Arkalochori on Crete) Labrys is the term for a doubleheaded axe, known to the Classical Greeks as pelekus πέλεκυς or sagaris (the term for a single-bladed axe being hēmipelekus half-pelekus, e. ... The Minoans (Greek: Μυκηναίοι; Μινωίτες) were a pre-Hellenic Bronze Age civilization in Crete in the Aegean Sea, flourishing from approximately 2700 to 1450 BC when their culture was superseded by the Mycenaean culture, which drew upon the Minoans. ... The Amazons ( Amazones) were an ancient nation of female warriors, or a society dominated by women, at the edges of Scythia in Sarmatia (Herodotus). ... Ceres (Demeter), allegory of August: detail of a fresco by Cosimo Tura, Palazzo Schifanoia, Ferrara, 1469-70 Demeter was a god of the ancient greeks. ... In Roman mythology, Ceres was the goddess of growing plants (particularly cereals) and of motherly love. ... The Diana of Versailles, a Roman copy of a sculpture by Leochares (Louvre Museum) Artemis (Greek: nominative , genitive ) in Greek mythology the daughter of Zeus and of Leto and the twin sister of Apollo was one of the most widely venerated of the gods and manifestly one of the oldest... The Diana of Versailles In Roman mythology, Diana was the virgin goddess of the hunt, in literature the equivalent of the Greek goddess Artemis, though in cult she was thought to be the god of horror and fear. ...

Blue and pink triangles/"Biangles"

Overlapping triangles (bisexuality)

The exact origin of this symbol, sometimes facetiously referred to as the "biangles", remains ambiguous. It is popularly thought that the pink triangle may represent homosexuality, as it does when it stands alone, while the blue stands for heterosexuality. The two together form the color purple, a blend of both sexual orientations. It's also possible that the pink may represent attraction to female and the blue attraction to males. The biangles are a symbol of bisexuality and bisexual pride. Image File history File links Bi_triangles. ... Image File history File links Bi_triangles. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Bisexuality flag

Bisexual pride flag

In 1988, Michael Page designed a bisexual pride flag to represent the bisexual community. This rectangular flag consists of a broad pink stripe above a narrower purple stripe beneath which is another broad stripe in blue. The pink and blue stripes stand for women and men, respectively, and the overlapping purple band reflects the middle ground that people of bisexual orientation occupy. Image File history File links Bi_flag. ... Image File history File links Bi_flag. ... Bisexual pride flag The bisexual pride flag is a flag design representing the bisexual community. ... Bisexual pride flag The bisexual pride flag is a flag design representing the bisexual community. ...

Transgendered symbol

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Main article: Transgender symbols

Popular transgender symbols, used to identify transvestites, transsexuals, and other transgender people, frequently consist of a modified biological symbol. In addition to the arrow projecting from the top right of the circle that comprises the biological symbol for the male (from the astrological symbol for Mars), and in addition to the cross projecting from the bottom of the circle that comprises the biological symbol for the female (from the astrological symbol for Venus), the symbol incorporates both these devices as well as a cross topped by an arrowhead (combining the male and the female motifs) which projects from the top left of the circle. (See also: Gender symbols) Image File history File links A_TransGender-Symbol_Plain3. ... Image File history File links A_TransGender-Symbol_Plain3. ... Transgender (IPA: , from trans (Latin) and gender (English) ) is an overarching term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies that diverge from the normative gender role (woman or man) commonly, but not always, assigned at birth, as well as the role traditionally held by society. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Transgender. ... Note: This article contains special characters. ... Adjectives: Venusian or (rarely) Cytherean Atmosphere Surface pressure: 9. ... A gender symbol is a symbol used to denote the sex of a life form or the gender of a human being. ...

Transgender Pride flag

Another transgender symbol is the Transgender Pride flag designed by Monica Helms, and first shown at a pride parade in Phoenix, Arizona, USA in 2000. The flag represents the transgendered 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: Image File history File links Transgender_Pride_flag. ... Image File history File links Transgender_Pride_flag. ... Transgender Pride flag The Transgender Pride flag was designed by Monica Helms, and was first shown at a pride parade in Phoenix, Arizona, USA in 2000. ... Transgender Pride flag The Transgender Pride flag was designed by Monica Helms, and was first shown at a pride parade in Phoenix, Arizona, USA in 2000. ...

"The light blue is the traditional color for baby boys, pink is for girls, and the white in the middle is for those who are transitioning, those who feel they have a neutral gender or no gender, and those who are intersexed. The pattern is such that no matter which way you fly it, it will always be correct. This symbolizes us trying to find correctness in our own lives."

Other transgender symbols include the butterfly (symbolizing transformation or metamorphosis), and a pink/light blue yin and yang symbol. Families Superfamily Hesperioidea: Hesperiidae Superfamily Papilionoidea: Papilionidae Pieridae Nymphalidae Lycaenidae Riodinidae A butterfly is an insect of the order Lepidoptera, it belongs to either the Hesperioidea (the skippers) or Papilionoidea (all other butterflies) Superfamilies. ... Taijitu, the traditional symbol representing the forces of Yin and Yang The concepts of yin and yang originate in ancient Chinese philosophy and metaphysics, which describe two primal opposing but complementary principles said to be found in all objects and processes in the universe. ...

Other, lesser symbols

In addition to these major symbols of the GLBT community, other lesser symbols have been used to represent members’ unity, pride, shared values, and allegiance to one.

• American poet Walt Whitman used the calamus plant to represent homoerotic love.
• Nineteenth-century poets used the ladslove plant to symbolize homosexuality.
• In ancient Rome, as in 19th-century England, green indicated homosexual affiliations. Victorian men would often pin a green carnation to their lapel as a signal.
• Since the first century the hare, the hyena, and the weasel have been associated with male homosexuality.
• The phoenix, representing the ability of the penis to erect and resurrect itself sexually, has long symbolized male homosexuality.
• In the early years of the 20th century, a red necktie was worn by some men to signal their homosexuality to others.
• The pinky ring was a fashionable jewelry accessory for male homosexuals during the decades of the 1950’s through the 1970’s.
• Gay activists in Boston chose the rhinoceros as a symbol of the gay movement after conducting a media campaign for this purpose, selecting this animal because, although it is sometimes misunderstood, it is really both docile and intelligent.
• Lesbians in the mid-twentieth century would tattoo a blue star on a part of the body, commonly the arm, that could be covered during the day and revealed at night/in clubs.

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• http://www.swade.net/gallery/symbols.html shows images of some of these symbols and offers a brief historical account of each of them.