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The rainbow flag or pride flag is a symbol of LGBT pride and LGBT social movements. The colors reflect the diversity of the LGBT community and the spectrum of human sexuality and gender. Using a rainbow flag as a symbol of LGBT pride began in San Francisco, California, but eventually became common at LGBT rights events worldwide.

Originally devised by the artists Gilbert Baker, Lynn Segerblom, James McNamara and other activists, the design underwent several revisions after its debut in 1978, and continues to inspire variations. Although Baker's original rainbow flag had eight colors, from 1979 to the present day the most common variant consists of six stripes: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. The flag is typically displayed horizontally, with the red stripe on top, as it would be in a natural rainbow.

LGBT people and allies currently use rainbow flags and many rainbow-themed items and color schemes as an outward symbol of their identity or support. There are derivations of the rainbow flag that are used to focus attention on specific causes or groups within the community (e.g. transgender people, fighting the AIDS epidemic, inclusion of LGBT people of color). In addition to the rainbow, many other flags and symbols are used to communicate specific identities within the LGBT community.

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[–] Eco@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago (3 children)

do you define gang as "a group of black people"? that's the only way the black panthers could be considered a gang

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 13 points 3 days ago

some of the major gangs formed out of the vacuum created by the destruction of the BPP so that question isn't totally naked clownery and i don't think he's implying the BPP was a gang by asking.

I worded that badly sorry, my break was ending and I didn't have time to read it over carefully. I meant to say "What happens that results in a gang vs a non-gang group like the black panthers."

[–] rhubarb@hexbear.net 8 points 3 days ago

Both are organizations of the lumpenproletariat, and I do not believe he meant to call the Panthers a gang, but to ask why specifically do gangs lack revolutionary potential.