rainbow flags

Colorful pride symbols

Rainbow flags are multicolored striped flags, most prominently the six-stripe flag symbolizing LGBTQ+ pride and community.

Since its creation in 1978, the rainbow flag has become the primary symbol of gay rights movements worldwide: Rainbow flags lined the parade route.

Other rainbow flags exist for various causes and jurisdictions, but without context, the term typically refers to the pride flag.

Opposites
LGBTQ+ symbolism

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Keeping part of oneself secret

conversion therapy · heteronormativity · Defense of Marriage Act · sodomy laws

social/political stance

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Emblems of Southern secession

Moral Majority

flag type/function

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Countries' official banners

Stars and Stripes · Union Jack · tricolors · corporate logos

Family

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Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G