29. Beyond the Rainbow: Building Queer Symbologies Before and After Gilbert Baker

For this episode, we’re bringing you a whole bunch of history at once, for everyone’s quarantined entertainment! Presented live on Zoom, we revisted a presentation that Leigh originally gave at the GLBT Historical Society Museum about the history of queer symbols before and after the creation of the rainbow flag, and sharing some stories from folks who participated in a flag-making workshop! From 600 B.C. to right now, queer people have used hundreds of symbols to refer to themselves, find community, and create shared language. Learn about just some of them in this episode, and tell us your favorites! What symbols are your favorites? If you were to create a new queer symbol or flag, what would you do?

You can follow along listening to the episode and see the presentation side show below:

Beyond the Rainbow: Building Queer Symbologies Before & After Gilbert Baker Hello and welcome to History is Gay, a podcast that examines the underappreciated and overlooked queer ladies, gents, and gentle-enbies that have always been there in the unexplored corners of history. Because history has...

New Queer Flags!

Below are some of the amazing pieces of artwork that the participants in our flag-making workshop at the GLBT Historical Society Museum back in January created! You can hear each person describe their flag, the symbolism behind it, and what inspired them toward their designs, in the episode!