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LGBTQI+ symbols and their meanings - People's History Museum: The national museum of democracy

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The LGBTQI+ community has created their own language of colours and symbols. In this guest blog Gillian Murphy, Curator for Equality, Rights and Citizenship at LSE Library, explores the symbols created through activism, logo competitions, resistance, and community. LGBT+ History Month is celebrated each February in the UK. “Well, of course, a symbol can mean anything you want it to mean.” Come Together, Issue 12, 1971. The use of symbols and colours is an important way for groups to convey messages, communicate with others, and to build a visual identity. During the 1970s, LGBTQI+ people were encouraged to come out and, in doing this, they often wore badges with distinctive symbols, reinforcing the belief that no longer would they be invisible. This blog looks at some of the symbols that can be found in LGBTQI+ collections. The gender symbols for male and female are traditionally derived from astrological signs and mythological meanings representing Mars (god of war with shield and

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