willshebemina: lesbianflaghistory:Seeing a lot of misinformation flying around regarding lesbian f
willshebemina: lesbianflaghistory: Seeing a lot of misinformation flying around regarding lesbian flags this year, particularly the pink one, so here’s my attempt to set the record straight! FAQ/Common Misconceptions and Sources are listed below the cut - if anything in this post contradicts what you’ve heard, I’d encourage you to read through them before responding. Please DO NOT promote flag redesigns on this post :) Keep reading about the labrys flag not being widely used — i don’t know that much, but what i DO know is that a purple-ish triangle and axe made its way into the 1996 movie “first wives’ club”, aka before the flag was even a thing. one of the protagonists’ daughter is a lesbian (yes she explicitly says lesbian) and in a show of solidarity with her daughter, the mother goes to the lesbian bar her daughter frequents and adorning the wall you see this: it’s a neon sign, not a flag, and it was made before the flag was even a thing, but it does speak to that symbol having been in wide use and that it remained popular for a decade at the very least Thank you for this! While I’ve known that the labrys/triangle combo was a pre-existing and popular symbol, I was not aware of this example. -- source link