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[[File:Gay flag.svg|thumb|The rainbow flag]]The '''rainbow flag''' has been a symbol for LGBT people since the 1970s. it | [[File:Gay flag.svg|thumb|The rainbow flag]]The '''rainbow flag''' has been a symbol for LGBT people since the 1970s. it originated in California. Originally it had eight stripes, but it now normally has six, representing the diversity of the LGBT community. | ||
The different stripes are sometimes reckoned to have symbolic meaning: | The different stripes are sometimes reckoned to have symbolic meaning: | ||
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*blue (representing "art") | *blue (representing "art") | ||
*purple (representing "spirit"). | *purple (representing "spirit"). | ||
There was originally also a pink stripe.<ref>http://www.lambda.org/symbols.htm#Rainbow</ref> | |||
See also: [[trans flag]] | See also: [[trans flag]] | ||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:Flags and symbols]] | [[Category:Flags and symbols]] | ||
Revision as of 13:53, 4 May 2013
The rainbow flag has been a symbol for LGBT people since the 1970s. it originated in California. Originally it had eight stripes, but it now normally has six, representing the diversity of the LGBT community.
The different stripes are sometimes reckoned to have symbolic meaning:
- red (representing "life")
- orange (representing "healing")
- yellow (representing "sunlight")
- green (representing "nature")
- blue (representing "art")
- purple (representing "spirit").
There was originally also a pink stripe.[1]
See also: trans flag
References
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