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THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN |
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| The Human Rights Campaign, the largest national lesbian and gay political organization, envisions an America where lesbian and gay people are ensured of their basic equal rights -- and can be open, honest and safe at home, at work and in the community. HRC has more than 360,000 members, both gay and non-gay -- all committed to making this vision a reality. http://www.hrc.org |
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The Bisexual Triangle |
| For many years, bisexuals were left out of both heterosexual and homosexual society. Being neither lesbian/gay or straight, they had no symbols of their own for pride in being who they are. So, the overlapping triangles were created as a symbol of pride in being bisexual. This is (as far as I know) the most commonly used and accepted bisexual pride symbol. It should be noted that there have been many other variations on the use of a triangle as a pride symbol. Some of the variations include the rainbow triangle and the lavender triangle. Other triangles show pride in being lgbt AND being of a particular race or culture. |
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SYMBOL of SEXUAL ORIENTATION |
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| Entwined rings of the sexes depict mixing of the different sexual (human) beings. It is an illustration of the natural mixing of the sexes, male with male, female with female and male with female. It also depicts male-male-female and female-female-male mixing clearly symbolizing coupling and interrelations of all the sexes in all possible combinations. This symbol captures the freedom of sexual will or orientation. |
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The Gender Symbols |
| The gender symbols were originally common astrological signs coming from Roman times. The interlocking male symbols have been used since the 1970's as a symbol of pride for gay men. The interlocking female symbols are used as a lesbian pride symbol. Some feminists also use the double female symbol (one ring with two crosses) as a symbol of sisterhood among women. Trans persons sometimes use a symbol created by one ring, one cross, and one arrow. Other times this symbol is used to show that a person enjoys bending the gender lines in any way or that they understand and support the blurring of the strict gender boundaries. |
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IFGE Logo |
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This is another symbol used by trans persons. This is the symbol
inspired by the gender symbols and created as a symbol for The
International Foundation for Gender Education, which is an organization
concerned with issues facing cross dressers and transgendered persons.
The symbol represents the fusing of various genders into one. Please
note that while the IFGE seems to use another image as its logo now, I
do believe that this symbol IS still copyrighted, but it may be used for
non-commercial purposes to denote transgendered persons or
gender-supportive individuals.
Please visit www.ifge.org for more information. |
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