The Rainbow Flag just around Gender Bend
Posted in Ask a Gay! on 06/23/2009 10:22 am by adminI decided to answer questions in posts and not comments. Also the title of this sounds to me like directions to a quaint village. Perhaps a gay village.
So the first question:
Jess,
Why do gays use the rainbow flag as their flag?
Also, why do some gay girls prefer other gay girls who dress and have hairdo’s like 14 year old boys?
Thanks,
Maria
Dear Maria, it is so we can distinguish which Subarus belong to lesbians and which belong to soccer moms.
Actually, the rainbow flag was first used to represent the LGBT community at the San Francisco Gay Freedom parade on June 25th 1978. It was designed by Gilbert Baker to represent diversity and that parade was led by Harvey Milk. In an article in the Independent Gilbert says in reference to designing the flag, “”I almost instantly thought of using the rainbow. To me, it was the only thing that could really express our diversity, beauty and our joy. I was astounded nobody had thought of making a rainbow flag before because it seemed like such an obvious symbol for us.” Read more »