Home for the holidays
Submitted by Shannon Kelley, the model.
“I am fortunate to have a loving and supportive family and this picture was taken over the holidays, during family time. I like this photo because my Dad took it, it features my brand new (LGBT) lambda tattoo and genderblending style.”
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Posted by Kat on February 25th, 2014 at 10:00 am
Category: faces 2 comments »
March 6th, 2014 at 7:29 am |
Curious… Why does lambda stand for LGBT? Is it just “L” for “Lesbian”, or shorthand for the whole thing, or is there a story behind it?
Shannon is beautifully androgynous. Would turn my head any day!
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radical/rebel replied:
March 6th, 2014 at 3:04 pm
hi Danielle! it’s pretty easy to use Google for things like, “why is lambda a gay symbol?”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_symbols#Lambda
there ya go.
“The Greek letter lambda was selected as a symbol by the Gay Activists Alliance of New York in 1970.[5] In December 1974, the lambda was officially declared the international symbol for gay and lesbian rights by the International Gay Rights Congress in Edinburgh, Scotland”
-radical/rebel
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