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Contents 1 Move (name change) 2 GLBT is fine--no need to move this page 3 Transgendered symbol 4 Copied text? 5 Bisexuality symbol (Pink and Blue Triangles) 6 Merge Proposal 6.1 Removed template 7 Labrys goddess 8 Phoenix

[edit] Move (name change)

It seems to be that the commonly used acronym is LGBT, not GLBT, and that this article should be chaged accordingly. Any comments? Wuzzy 20:19, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GLBT is fine--no need to move this page

As the following sample from the Yahoo search engine shows, "GLBT" is also a very commonly used acronym; therefore, there is no need to move this page.

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• Google shows 9 million hits for GLBT but 15 million hits for LGBT. Also, LGBT is the term used most commonly in Wiki, with 6 pages of results for GLBT and 11 for LGBT. GLBT is not used for categories. There are only 8 articles that start with GLBT, including this one, but 27 articles starting with LGBT. Wuzzy 12:40, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

• It's half a dozen of one and six of another. The best solution is to have redirects for these acronyms, as they are virtually synonymous.Gpscholar 00:38, 9 April 2006 (UTC)gpscholar

[edit] Transgendered symbol

"The International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE) logo"
is not a transgender symbol (although the website does show some TG-symbols).
– See also “Talk:Transgender#Other transgender symbols”. -- ParaDox 17:27, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Copied text?

Some of the text seems to be taken from the linked page http://www.swade.net/gallery/symbols.html . Is this a copyright violation? AnonMoos 17:03, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bisexuality symbol (Pink and Blue Triangles)

No mention at all is made of the internationally-known badge of Bisexuality, a pink triangle overlapping a blue triangle so that the translucent colours combine in a small triangle of violet. This is usually called a Bi triangle or Bi Pride triangle:- http://www3.telus.net/hillwalker/images/graphics/s-bitri.gif http://www.anythingthatmoves.com/ http://www.bicon2006.org.uk/

Whereas, the article goes on:- Usually, to show a bisexual identification, women wear two of the biological symbols for female, the circles of which are linked. Bisexual men represent their sexual preference the same way, except that the biological symbol for male is used instead of the female symbol.

I am Bisexual myself, and I have never encountered Bisexuals declaring their sexuality in this way: it is in fact more typical of exclusively same-sex-attracted people.

Nuttyskin 03:49, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

I actually made a bi-triangles symbol for Wikimedia Commons, since there didn't seem to be one, and added it to Bisexuality. I'm adding a bi-triangles section in this page too. Switchercat 00:03, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, Switchercat. It's a good image, but the article describes the overlapping area as being purple. It looks more like blue for me, so if it's not too much trouble it might be good to change the color slightly. -kotra 21:51, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Good point. I made a new version, much more purple in the middle, and with regular triangle ends instead of the rounded ends. I'm just about to edit the page so it shows the new picture. Switchercat 16:26, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

nice job, Switchercat! It looks better with pointed corners, too. -kotra 07:12, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge Proposal

I created Pro-gay slogans and symbols about a month before this page came about, but this page is much nicer looking at this time. I think that either: A)"Pro-gay slogans and symbols" should be merged here or B)Both pages should be merged to LGBT slogans and symbols or something like that. I prefer option B because it includes slogans and symbols and has a more inclusive name. I remember spending a lot of time trying to come up with an inclusive name for the article and didn't really like the one I originally came up with. I can't believe I never thought of something as simple as that. Ungovernable Force^{Got something to say?} 07:50, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

As I basically said on Talk:Pro-gay slogans and symbols, I think this page should be kept for symbols, and any useful non-redundant symbol content in "Pro-gay slogans and symbols" should be moved over here, leaving the slogans information for the other article. I'm not sure that symbols and slogans are similar enough that they have to be treated together in one article, and this article (LGBT symbols) is getting kind of long without slogans. AnonMoos 08:49, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Removed template

There has been no discussion for more than three weeks, and it's the other article which may have a lack of focus, not this article. AnonMoos 20:01, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Labrys goddess

First it said that it was associated with Demeter (Ceres), then someone changed it to read Artemis (Diana). I have no idea whether either, neither, or both are true, but someone should -- otherwise I feel inclined to rip out the whole section... AnonMoos 17:39, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

After a googling, I found that the Labrys is usually associated with Demeter (Ceres) though occasionally Artemis (Diana). I'm changing it back to Demeter (Ceres), though it probably needs a reference. -kotra 00:37, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Ok, thanks -- as long as it's not complete BS (which I was increasingly suspecting that it might be), then there's no problem... AnonMoos 14:14, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Phoenix

Is the phoenix-penis connection real or just a silly joke? 惑乱 分からん 14:36, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

I don't know, but it might have had some relevance to the choice of illustration to appear on this cover: Image:Lady Chatterleys Lover.jpg . AnonMoos 12:38, 9 February 2007 (UTC)