why do gays use the rainbow as a symbol?

Question

that is an abomination.why dont you defile something else?!god used it as a sign to promise he would no longer destroy the earth with water but with fire.first you defile the rainbow now you want to defile marrige.if i was president id lock all gays up or ship them to mars so they can start their own generation and offspring.o!i forgot they cant!silly me.report me i dont give a ****

Answer 1

First of all, you need to grow up. Homosexuals are people too and just want to have the rights of any other person.

The gay pride flag, which was debuted at the 1978 San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Freedom Day Parade, was designed by Gilbert Baker. It's inspiration came from the black civil rights and hippie movements.

Each color on the gay pride flag (also known as the rainbow flag) has a different meaning. Test your knowledge below.

Rainbow Pride Flag

RED = Life
ORANGE = Healing
YELLOW = Sun
GREEN = Nature
ROYAL BLUE = Harmony
VIOLET = Spirit

Adding a black stripe to the bottom of the flag represents victory over AIDS. It can also signify leather daddy pride.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Rainbow Symbolic Of Gay Rights

by Roelle Balan, staff writer
June 27, 2005 10:03 PM


The myriad life of rainbow flags ruled the city streets June 26.

On a summer morning gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgenders and spectators lined Market Street as they showed off rainbow flags in the annual San Francisco Pride Parade and festival.

What does this flag mean? What does it represent?

The rainbow flag has been associated with the gay community for over 50 years, yet many people do not know the story behind the colors.

The flag was created by Gilbert Baker, a former board of supervisor in San Francisco. It was first shown at San Francisco’s gay Freedom Day Parade on June 25, 1978.

Baker, who is formally known as the "gay Betsy Ross," dreamt of being an artist. In the early 1970s, Baker worked all day and night creating visuals for gay parades and marches.

Baker was asked to create a symbol to represent the gay community. He sewed up some colored fabric together to create a rainbow.

This rainbow fabric is now famously known as the rainbow flag.

Replacing the upside down pink triangle used by Hitler's Third Reich to identify gay men, the rainbow now represents the gay community.

The rainbow was first introduced with eight stripes - fuchsia, red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, blue, and violet.

The fuchsia stands for sexuality; red, orange and yellow stand for healing, sunlight and nature, respectively. Turquoise, blue and violet, stand for art, serenity and spirit.

The high demand for rainbow flags in 1978 caused the production of the flags to exclude fuchsia because of the scarcity of the ink.

The flag was changed for the last time in 1979 without fuchsia and turquoise. This flag is popularly used today in annual gay pride parades and protests all over the country for gay civil rights.

There are other flags that represent the community besides the rainbow flag. The addition of the color black, representing the people who died from AIDS, is said to be removed once a cure is found for AIDS.

Many meanings have been attached to the rainbow symbol. The use of a similar flag was known for internationalism and unity of all people on earth during the early 1970s.

Ever since the 1980s the flag has been used to represent gay pride and rights, as well as the diversity of it.

The rainbow flag was used all around the world as a sign of diversity, hope and of yearning.

It was used in many protests such as the peace march in Italy in 1961. It was also involved in the famous Pace da tutti i balconi (“peace from every balcony”) campaign in 2002.

The flag is also used in Peru and Ecuador to represent Inca territory. There were many considerations of changing the flag to avoid confusion with the gay pride flag. But, today the same flag remains.

There are many variations of the flag in Canada, Germany, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Sweden. Similar rainbow flags are used to represent many countries.

When people wear the colors, it is easily assumed that they are gay, said Virgina Tovar, a SF State visitor.

“It’s a trigger response, they’re trying to say that they’re gay,” said Tovar.

"They should be proud in what they are.”

Answer 4

Your thoughts have been recorded in the book of life and will be read back to you on the day of judgment.
The rainbow is also a symbol of hope and faith.
Gays (both male and female ) were created with the spark of the Creator of all things within them. Just like you were. they just prefer to have sex with their own gender.for various reasons.they can still have sex with the opposite gender for the purpose of creating a child as is written in the old and new testaments.. Marriage is the bonding of two people for love and support of each other at its most basic meaning.

Answer 5

Now this is the story all about how
My life got flipped, turned upside down
And Id like to take a minute just sit right there
Ill tell you how I became the prince of a town called bel-air

In west philadelfia born and raised
On the playground where I spent most of my days
Chilling out, maxing, relaxing all cool
And all shooting some b-ball outside of the school
When a couple of guys said were up in no good
Started making trouble in my neighbourhood
I got in one little fight and my mom got scared
And said youre moving with your aunte and uncle in bel-air


I begged and pleaded with her the other day
But she packed my suitcase and sent me on my way
She gave me a kissin and she gave me my ticket
I put my walkman on and said I might aswell kick it

First class, yo this is bad,
Drinking orange juice out of a champagne glass
Is this what the people of bel-air livin like,
Hmm this might be alright!

I whistled for a cab and when it came near the
Licensplate said fresh and had a dice in the mirror
If anything I could say that this cab was rare
But I thought now forget it, yo home to bel-air

I pulled up to a house about seven or eight
And I yelled to the cabby yo, home smell you later
Looked at my kingdom I was finally there
To settle my throne as the prince of bel-air

Answer 6

A rainbow is beautiful. It is different colors, and together they form a rainbow.

It represents the hope that people, regardless of their differences, can unite to become a beautiful, open-minded society. Different races, sexualities, political opinions - no reason we can't all get along.

Answer 7

First off. You're an idiot. You make me ill with your un-american sentiment, you commie. Dx

Now, the rainbow flag is used by the gay community because it represents a unity among differences. Difference cultures, races, genders, faiths, and political ideals. The rainbow flag has also historically represented peace and social change.

Answer 8

Get a life, better than that, get a job! Does your mommy know you are on the computer saying stupid things?

Answer 9

They only WISH they were gay. They feel put upon by society, so they think they can steal whatever they like from us. Words, symbols, institutions... whatever they can grab.
It's what they do.

Answer 10

cus theyr gay nd so r rainbows