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This girl always looks at me, I think she might be bi

Question asked by Ciara (15 years old questioning woman from United States of America, United States of America)

Question answered on July 13, 2005 by Équipe AlterHéros

Sorted in Bisexuality, Dating, Questions

Ciara, It's difficult to ask people point blank about their sexual orientation. What I would suggest, is that you wear or put on your school bag a small bi flag, or even one of those pins or t-shirts that have funny sayings on them like "I'm fabulous and I know ... Read more.

Piecing Together My Racial Identity

Article published on October 2, 2002 in APIwellness.org by Kohei Ishihara

Sorted in Discovery, Dossiers, Coming out, Visible minorities

Race and racial identification have always been confusing concepts for me. What is my ethnicity? What do I look like? What do other people think I am? These questions baffled me throughout my childhood, growing up in a white, upper-class, suburban neighborhood. My elementary school told me who I am. My teacher told me to [...]

Origin of Gay and Lesbian Symbols

Article published on July 5, 2002 in Swade.net by Unknown

Sorted in Dossiers, Facts, Pride

The Rainbow Flag, created in 1978 for San Francisco’s Gay Freedom Celebration by Gilbert Baker, depicts not the shape of the rainbow, but its colors in horizontal stripes. The Rainbow Flag has been adopted as the Gay and Lesbian flag. It represents the diversity yet unity of Gays and Lesbians universally. The [...]

The Story of the Rainbow Flag

Article published on May 12, 2002 in 365gay.com by 365gay.com

Sorted in Dossiers, Facts, Pride

Colour has long played an important role in our communities’ history and expression of pride. In Victorian England, for example, the colour green was associated with homosexuality. The colour purple (or, more accurately, lavender) became popularized for the lesbian and gay communities with “Purple Power”. And, of course there are the pink and black triangles. [...]

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This girl always looks at me, I think she might be bi

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Origin of Gay and Lesbian Symbols

The Story of the Rainbow Flag

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