why? rainbow club
2006-10-31 04:04:09 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
if i were gay i will be supporting you - how can i be a gay and be against it. that's stupid jojon.
2006-10-31 04:08:05 · update #1
Use of the rainbow flag by the gay community began in 1978 when it first appeared in the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Freedom Day Parade. Borrowing symbolism from the hippie movement and black civil rights groups, San Francisco artist Gilbert Baker designed the rainbow flag in response to a need for a symbol that could be used year after year. Baker and thirty volunteers hand-stitched and hand-dyed two huge prototype flags for the parade.
The flags had eight stripes, each color representing a component of the community:
1. Hot Pink for Sex 2. Red for Life 3. Orange for Healing 4. Yellow for Sun
5. Green for Nature 6. Turquoise for Art 7. Indigo for Harmony 8. Violet for Spirit.
The next year Baker approached San Francisco Paramount Flag Company to mass-produce rainbow flags for the 1979 parade. Due to production constraints the hot pink and turquoise were removed and blue replaced the indigo.
This six-color version spread from San Francisco to other cities, and soon became the widely-known symbol of gay pride and diversity it is today
2006-10-31 04:10:08 · answer #1 · answered by auntgnu62 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Each color symbolized diversity in the gay community.
If you want more information check out this link. Gives you background and info on it.
Hope this helps.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_flag
2006-10-31 04:08:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
there are several reasons for the flag, the one that I know of is that each Stripe (or color) represents a continent on which known Gay people live.
2006-10-31 04:21:30 · answer #3 · answered by TRACER 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
diversity -- as in all the colors of the rainbow.
2006-10-31 04:06:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
A) admit that you're gay, and then
B) ask yourself.
2006-10-31 04:05:36 · answer #5 · answered by jonjon418 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know why you are curious about this .... I saw the sticker on your car ... Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha !!!!
2006-10-31 06:49:45 · answer #6 · answered by spartexcites 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Skittles ....candy
2006-10-31 04:06:55 · answer #7 · answered by babo1dm 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
BECAUSE THEY CAN
2006-10-31 04:05:27 · answer #8 · answered by Juleette 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋