There are plenty of other symbols and signs that can symbolize a diverse community and not just gay. Some of these symbols are more secretive, while people can easily interpret others.Īlso, so of the below-mentioned gay tattoo symbols are age-old, while some are developed by millennials. Whatever and whoever is behind the innovation, all these symbols do one thing: to showcase the community’s pride. The most popular and admired symbol of LGBT is my pride flag tattoo. This flag was designed in 1978 by Gilbert Baker and San Francisco Artist. The flag had eight colors in the original version, but later it was reduced to 6 due to the unavailability of fabric. The 6 colors of the flag have different meanings. Red for life, yellow for sunshine, orange means healing, blue states harmony, green associates with nature, and purple means spirit. Michael Page created the bisexual flag in 1998 to raise awareness about the deprived people in the LGBT community.
The pink stripe was to symbolizes being attracted to the same gender, and the blue symbolizes attraction with the opposite gender. The amalgamation of these two colors forms lavender to symbolize a person who gets attracted to both the same and opposite gender.
