Talk:Pride flag
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Gay man flag
[edit]Most of these flags here are not really mainstream, you wouldn't be able to show it to someone on the street and have them recognize it besides like, the rainbow one. I don't think the fact that it is originated in social media should be a point against it, as the lesbian one also was. I don't think including the most used flag for gay men, a huge part of the LGBT community, is "indiscriminate archiving of all flags".
Things showing how common it is:
Physical versions of it to buy: https://pridenation.lgbt/products/blue-gay-men-flag
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08B4QGSRF/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_-u5-Eb8BG772B
https://www.1000flags.co.uk/gay-male-pride-striped-5-x-3-150cm-x-90cm-flag-76197-p.asp
Pins and many other products: https://www.etsy.com/listing/754583534/gay-man-gay-male-gay-bear-pride-flag-pin?utm_source=OpenGraph&utm_medium=PageTools&utm_campaign=Share https://www.fursonapins.com/shop/product/631
https://gayprideshop.co.uk/collections/gay-male-mlm
There are many more links at the source of its creation (https://gayflagblog.tumblr.com/merch).
Articles or so about it or that include it: https://cadehildreth.com/pride-flags/ (source posted)
https://queercafe.net/symbols.htm
https://orientando.org/search/apora/
https://www.josiewrites.com/2021/02/19/writing-gay-characters/
https://entendi2.com/nueva-bandera-gay
https://escriturafeminista.com/2018/06/19/cicloorgullolgbtia-identidad-gay/
https://codigopublico.com/rompiendo-codigos/bandera-gay-necesidad-o-capricho
I could also find many many examples of it being used on social media, but I was told that was irrelevant to adding things here... When imo it really shouldn't. The way LGBT youth expresses themselves absolutely matters, and the fact that such being done in social media is considered not valid is, legimately saddening to me. And this is a website that archives plenty of things related to the internet.
It might seem like I'm just someone randomly deciding to put this nonsense here, but there's the fact that, a version of the file was originally uploaded here back in 2019, it was included in another article before I even tried putting it in pages myself, after the revert of my original one on LGBT symbols someone else(that isn't me, or the original uploader, or the one who added it to the gay men page) added it back, so clearly this is something that a considerable amount of people think deserve to be here and not just some random whim. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wonkakun (talk • contribs) 7:41, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
"Israel" flag is not accepted by general queer community due to its extremist roots
[edit]From the very source given for the flag, this flag was banned from Chicago's Dyke March because of its usage by political extremists "using Israel's supposed 'LGBTQ tolerance' to pinkwash the violent occupation of Palestine". If there are no sources for this flag being used outside of political provocateurs, it is misleading to give it as an example of a pride flag. There are other Jewish pride symbols which do not invoke the exact design of Israel's flag and locational pride symbols tied to the land of Palestine that would be more fitting inclusions. Vovbv (talk) 03:50, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
- Whatever -- if the flag is used IN Israel by Israeli gays, than I don't see what anybody outside Israel has to say about it. Furthermore, the six-pointed star was used as a Jewish community symbol in Prague (now in the Czech republic) beginning about 1354, almost 600 years before the Israel existed as a nation-state or the flag of Israel was adopted, and has appeared on many synagogues etc. throughout Europe and the United States since around the late 18th century. The word "Extremism" here seems to mean little beyond "I personally don't like Israel"... AnonMoos (talk) 11:03, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
adjust Asexual and Lesbian flag links?
[edit]Adjusted Pride_flag#Sexual_orientation–based_flags "gay men" link TO link to Gay_men's_flags (similar to sections' Bisexual_flag and Pansexual_flag links. Suggestions for same section: how about
- adjusting Asexual link from Asexuality#Community to Asexual flag (OR Asexuality#Symbols)?
- adjust Lesbian link to Lesbian flags? --EarthFurst (talk) 19:29, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
- On a similar note: wondering about
- Pride_flag#Romantic_attraction–based_flags section with adjusting Aromantic link to linking to Aromantic_flag
- Pride_flag#Gender_identity–based_flags section with adjusting Non-binary link to linking to Non-binary flag. (similar to that section linking to Transgender_flag) --EarthFurst (talk) 20:33, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
Are there Unicode Emoji versions of any of these?
[edit]The transgender flag page has a Unicode Emoji sequence, it seems like there should be ones for at least the better-known pride flag. Spitzak (talk) 18:31, 18 September 2024 (UTC)
- A general rainbow flag emoji 🏳️🌈 exists, but as of 2022, "the Emoji Subcommittee is no longer taking in any proposals for flags of any kind"... -- AnonMoos (talk) 18:06, 19 September 2024 (UTC)
does wikimedia count as a source for flags?
[edit]question in title NotAvi10 (talk) 00:58, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
- A flag image existing on Wikimedia Commons means nothing in itself, as far as inclusion into Wikipedia articles such as this one, which usually requires sourced notability. Of course, an image could still be a very accurate representation of a non-notable flag... AnonMoos (talk) 18:23, 5 November 2024 (UTC)