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[–]grixit 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Before Gilbert Baker designed his flag for the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade in June 1978, the primary symbol for homosexuals back then was the pink triangle

Does no one remember the Lambda?

[–]usehername 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Never heard of that til now.

edit: I'm Gen Z

[–]grixit 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

"L" is for "liberation", "greek" implies gay, lambda is the greek l. So a lot of people wore lamdas in the 70s and 80s to mean gay liberation.

[–]usehername 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Interesting. Guess that went out of style for some reason.

[–]grixit 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I just checked. Lambda Legal still exists, along with the Lambda Literary Awards. Otherwise, the symbol is still common but usually in the background.