Smith called the high five a “defiant symbol of gay pride”. After officially coming out in the Inside Sports Magazine in 1982, sportswriter Michael J.
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He also faced harassment and discrimination after being traded to the Oklahoma A’s.įortunately, after retiring at age 27, Burke caught a second wind and dominated the Gay Softball World Series where he kept the practice of giving high-fives to his teammates. But it traces its roots to the exchange between Los Angeles Dodgers left fielder Dusty Baker and outfielder Glenn Burke.īurke, who was believed to be gay, got chewed out often by his coach. The high five is now a common greeting for sportsmen, small celebrations, and even just friends.
This predates the use of the color red to raise AIDS awareness. Red accessoriesīack in the 20th century New York, gay men would wear a red necktie or bow tie or basically any red accessory to subtly represent their identities and help identify members of the same community. This was a practice popularized by author Oscar Wilde who was openly gay and would proudly wear a green carnation in public events. That’s why Victorian men at the time would pin a green carnation on their lapels to indicate their identity. Green was a common color to refer to homosexuals, back in 19th-century England. To increase visibility for each sub-sector and sub-culture, different flags have been designed such as the bisexual flag, a lipstick lesbian flag, a pansexual flag, and many other LGBTQ flags. Even the longer version, ‘LGBTQIA+’ is not fully representative of the diversity within the community. Note that the term ‘LGBTQ’ is a blanket name for the entire community and does not represent each part of the gender spectrum.
Strewn across flags, banners, and pins, the rainbow symbolizes the diversity of gays and lesbians around the world.įirst designed by Gilbert Baker in 1978, the original version of the LGBTQ rainbow had eight colors representing different things that are necessary for liberation.įrom the original eight-color version, the LGBTQ Pride Flag has evolved to take on several different versions and iterations. The results of this study, through historical insights combined with firsthand memorial observation and interviews, can heighten understanding to highlight resilience and promote hope and healing through government/citizen reconciliation.The most recognizable symbol that represents the LGBTQ community today is the rainbow. These themes are "Serves as a Reminder", "Made Me Think" and "Taints It". Findings from interviews, observations and photographs revealed three themes as well as information for community consideration. Using qualitative methodology, the purpose of this project was to explore how the LGBTQAI+ community has been "memorialized" from the incidents of Nazi Germany, and how these memorials may serve as "interruptive symbols" to help circumvent hate and oppression of this historically marginalized group. While there are a number of reasons for these memorials, one premise is that these monuments serve as a way to create a collective memory, with the intent that these atrocities will never be repeated. Since the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps in the mid 1940's, many memorials to the Holocaust, as well as several for the Pink Triangle victims have sprung up around the world. Abstract : The Pink Triangle is a symbol of collective memory and meaning for two very different, but similarly marginalized groups: gay male prisoners held in concentration camps in Nazi Germany, and the modern LGBTQAI+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, asexual/allied and intersexed) community.