pink triangle in the upper hoist, usually point upward The rainbow flag with a heart on it: leather = SM. The rainbow flag with a naked female torso: lesbian. The rainbow flag with a naked male torso: gay They are apparently used to give info to potential customers: In Amsterdam one can't help noticing in the Red Light quarter gay and lesbian flags. Perhaps not all of these flags are actually used in the real word.
It is hard to say how many of these are flying somewhere.Īt GayJourney.COM, lots of rainbows: from Argentina to Wales, EU, UNO, US states, Canadian provinces and general gay flags. Most of these, with "GJ" underneath, were designed by the site's author, Greg Gomes. This web page GayJourney.COM has an awful lot of gay flags, which are mostly variations on other flags, including all US states, all Canadian provinces, and many nations. I suppose there will be many more like the Maryland one at that will to be known or developed and then known. This seems to be a fairly consistent pattern - taking an existing flag and "merging" it with the Rainbow Flag or various GLBT symbols to represent GLBT members of the group the existing flag represents. The rainbow flag forms the basis for many different, in part localized, variants. Miscellaneous Reports about the Rainbow Flag