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[edit] Phoenix
Is the phoenix-penis connection real or just a silly joke? 惑乱 分からん 14:36, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
- I don't know, but it might have had some relevance to the choice of illustration to appear on this cover: Image:Lady Chatterleys Lover.jpg . AnonMoos 12:38, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
That section appears to have been removed...Twitterpated. (talk) 18:40, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Red Ribbon
Although this is now seen as just for AIDS we should mention as it took years to make that distinction. Also, check out the commons link. Benjiboi 15:18, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
Isn't there a rainbow ribbon too? Also, acoording to the [Lambda] website the White ribbon is sometimes used to represent Gay Teen Suicide awareness. 90.204.216.197 (talk) 21:56, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Black triangle
According to the original chart I found and added to the article, the black triangle was not used to mark lesbians, prostitutes or women who used birth control as the article states. Instead, the black triangle was used to mark Germans shy of work (6th row from left) and other nationalities shy of work (7th and last row from left). So, ummm, eh? -- ALLSTARecho 15:58, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
- I seem to remember that it did cover lesbians so more research makes sense. There's also that quaint notion that women aren't sexual ergo couldn't have sex without men so that may also play into it. Benjiboi 21:04, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
- I found what I was looking for and have changed the paragraph about the black triangle to reflect why it was used. -- ALLSTARecho 21:45, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
- The Reich viewed women as baby making machines so the idea that lesbians would therefore count as "Germans shy of work" does make sense, in a sick kind of way. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 12:09, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
- It may 'make sense', but the evidence for it is very tenuous indeed. The main black triangle article cites discussions of this issue that seriously question whether the badge was ever used to identify lesbians, so this article should be changed accordingly. It should not say as if it were fact that the badge identified lesbians, when that is disputed. Paul B (talk) 15:01, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
- The Reich viewed women as baby making machines so the idea that lesbians would therefore count as "Germans shy of work" does make sense, in a sick kind of way. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 12:09, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
- I found what I was looking for and have changed the paragraph about the black triangle to reflect why it was used. -- ALLSTARecho 21:45, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Leather
I have added a section on leather culture, but remain unsure on whether the leather pride flag is a "LGBT symbol". Afte ral, plenty of straight people are into it as well. Thoughts? Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 12:20, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
- I think it's a little ambiguous -- the original leather culture was pretty strictly gay male, and though it has been claimed by some that the leather pride flag should not be considered an exclusively homosexual symbol, part of the reason why a number of other symbols were invented (BDSM Emblem, BDSM rights flag, Ring of O, etc.) seems to be that the Leather Pride flag was considered to have particular connotations which were too specific for a broad general BDSM symbol... AnonMoos (talk) 12:36, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
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- You can see a little of this at http://emblemproject.sagcs.net/history1.htm -- AnonMoos (talk) 00:15, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
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- By the way, there's a gallery Commons:Sexual_identity_symbols on Commons (thougb I don't know whether it should be linked from this article). AnonMoos (talk) 12:48, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
- The symbol for the leather community at Stonewall 25 was a leather high-heel. Benjiboi 22:22, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Double-Moon Bisexuality Symbol?
In the article on Bisexuality, another symbol referred to as the "double-moon" is mentioned.
Quote: " This bisexual symbol is a double moon that is formed when the sex-specific attributes of the astrological symbol of Mars & Venus (representing heterosexual union) are reduced to the two circles open on both ends, thus symbolizing that bisexuals are open to either-sex unions...".
I think that this symbol should be included in this article, no?Twitterpated. (talk) 21:48, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
Aww, thanks babe. =D Twitterpated. (talk) 21:27, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Lambda
The text notes that the Greek letter lambda (lower case, λ) was chosen as a symbol. I'm just curious as to why. Does it stand for Lesbos? Lacedaemon? or something else entirely? - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 15:32, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] HRC
What about the HRC yellow equal sign on the blue square? Should that be added here? Nanobri (talk) 15:32, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
