What sexualities is the rainbow flag for?

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I have been thinking of getting some pride stuff and the rainbow things are always very cool.  So I decided to put in a little research.  Some websites were saying that the rainbow flag was for homosexuals and others were saying that it is for the LGBT community.  So now I am just wondering which it is and if you could help that would be awesome.  :)

JPane · Accepted Answer

The rainbow flag stands for the entirety of the LGBT community, but it is often associated with homosexuals because they tend to be the sexuality that folks think of when they hear the phrase "queer" or "sexual minority".

Each group within LGBT has its own individual flag:

Bisexuality: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bi_flag.svg
Asexuality: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Asexual_flag.svg
Pansexuality: http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/pansexual-flag
Transgender: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Transgender_Pride_flag.svg
Intersex: http://www.zazzle.com/intersex_flag_postcards-239208975689565295

Saut de Chat · Answer

It's like the word "gay" is sometimes used for men but can mean lesbians too. It can be used to cover the entire LGBT community. There's also another pride flag exclusively for bisexuals.

? · Answer

I heard they each stand for some thing completely random... EG: nature, happiness, ect. alongside the strains of stuff like that, no longer that precisely. Edit: in accordance to wikipedia (no longer good i recognize) warm pink: sexuality pink: existence orange: healing yellow: image voltaic eco-friendly: nature turquoise: magic/paintings indigo/blue: serenity/cohesion violet: spirit keep in concepts transgenders, gays, and bisexuals all have a pride flag. There extremely isn't a reason to have all sexualities be contained in the gay pride flag in the adventure that they have got their own.

? · Answer

The rainbow flag is for homosexuals and the rest of the community has their own flags.

Tai · Answer

It's for the entire LGBTQ community, although I believe all but gays/lesbians have their own individual flags as well, so I guess it could be seen as more indicative of homosexuality than bisexuality, transgender, and queerness.

Dee in CO · Answer

I'm not gay and have never felt the need to have a rainbow anything, but I believe the idea of the rainbow is that it has all colors in it, so it includes all.  Whatever you are--straight, bi, transgender, gay, etc. you are equally accepted (or should be).

? · Answer

I would say it is for both.  There isn't really a committee to say one way or the other.  Some claim it for LGBT, some claim it as strickly a GAY symbol.  To me it is the gay symbol.

Everyone I know, if they see that symbol as a sticker in the back window of a car, say about the driver, "Hey, look, he/she must be gay."

Master_Onion · Answer

lgbt, its for everyone

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