"The LGBT community has adopted certain symbols for self-identification..."
An expression of Queer identity through the use of symbols, colors, and images that represent the LGBTQ+ community's values, struggles, and history.
Gender and sexuality: Understanding the difference between gender and sexuality and exploring the various identities that fall under each category.
Queer theory: Familiarizing oneself with the overarching theory that focuses on the breaking down of binary gender norms and heteronormative paradigms.
Intersectionality: Acknowledging the ways in which race, class, ability, and other factors can intersect with gender and sexuality to create complex experiences.
The history of queer activism: Examining past movements that have fought for queer rights and how that activism has been reflected in literature.
The language of queerness: Familiarizing oneself with queer slang, terminology, and ways of speaking that have emerged out of queer communities.
Queer relationships: Exploring the different types of relationships that can exist between queer people, including romantic, platonic, and chosen family relationships.
Symbols of queer identity: Examining the various symbols that have become associated with queer culture, such as the rainbow flag, pink triangle, and lambda symbol.
Queer aesthetics: Investigating the ways in which certain styles, clothing, and art forms have become associated with queer identity.
The representation of queer characters and themes in literature: Analyzing works of literature that center queer characters and themes, and how those representations have evolved over time.
The role of queer literature in shaping cultural perceptions: Investigating how queer literature has influenced mainstream ideas about gender and sexuality.
"These symbols communicate ideas, concepts, and identity..."
"These symbols... demonstrate unity, pride, shared values, and allegiance to one another."
"These symbols communicate ideas, concepts... to mainstream culture."
"The two symbols most recognized internationally..."
"The two symbols most recognized internationally are the pink triangle and the rainbow flag."
"These symbols... communicate ideas, concepts, and identity both within their communities..."
"The pink triangle... has a historical background associated with the persecution of LGBT individuals during the Holocaust."
"The rainbow flag... has become synonymous with the LGBT rights movement."
"These symbols... demonstrate unity, pride, shared values, and allegiance to one another."
"These symbols... demonstrate... pride."
"These symbols... communicate... shared values."
"These symbols... have become powerful symbols of the LGBT rights movement."
"These symbols... communicate... identity."
"These symbols... communicate... to mainstream culture."
"These symbols... demonstrate... allegiance to one another."
"These symbols communicate ideas, concepts, and identity..."
"Over the course of its history, the LGBT community has adopted certain symbols..."
"These symbols... communicate... to mainstream culture."
"The two symbols most recognized internationally are the pink triangle and the rainbow flag."