File:Labrys Lesbian Flag.svg

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DescriptionLabrys Lesbian Flag.svg	English: A version of the lesbian labrys flag, based mostly on File:Labrys Pride Flag.gif This flag is a symbol for the lesbian feminist community. The elements in this flag are: (1) the labrys, a double-sided axe used in ancient Minoan civilization as a religious symbol often associated with female divinity and priestesses; and in European, African, and Asian matriarchal societies as both a weapon and a harvesting tool. In Roman Crete, the labrys was often associated with the mythological Amazons. The labrys was adopted in the 1970s by lesbian feminists as a symbol representing strength and empowerment; (2) The labrys is superimposed within the inverted black triangle used as an identification coding symbol by Nazi Germany for lesbian prisoners in concentration camps. Similar to the pink triangle badge, the black triangle was used to designate prisoners considered to have anti-social behavior, which included lesbians; (3) The color violet became associated with lesbians through the representation of the violet flower as a symbol of lesbian love, which originates from a poem by Sappho about a lost love wearing a garland of "violet tiaras, braided rosebuds, dill and crocus". The original flag was created in 1999 by graphic artist Sean Campbell and first used as a graphic element in the 2000 Pride issue of the Gay and Lesbian Times newspaper (Palms Springs edition).
Date	26 February 2019
Source	Own work, @ http://queerstoryfiles.blogspot.com/2012/06/putting-out-sean-campbells-flags.html
Author	Thespoondragon
Other versions	Labrys Pride Flag Lesbian pride labrys flag
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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	22:37, 30 July 2022	1,000 × 600 (966 bytes)	Smasongarrison	slimmed down with svgomg // Editing SVG source code using c:User:Rillke/SVGedit.js
	04:58, 18 June 2019	1,000 × 600 (1 KB)	Thespoondragon	Improved based on photo, simplified geometry
	17:19, 16 May 2019	1,000 × 600 (2 KB)	Thespoondragon	size down a fuckton
	16:03, 16 May 2019	1,000 × 600 (7 KB)	Thespoondragon	proportions
	00:47, 27 February 2019	512 × 307 (5 KB)	Thespoondragon	same
	00:45, 27 February 2019	512 × 307 (5 KB)	Thespoondragon	violet color
	19:58, 26 February 2019	512 × 307 (4 KB)	Thespoondragon	smol
	19:50, 26 February 2019	512 × 307 (20 KB)	Thespoondragon	User created page with UploadWizard