Where did the gay flag come from

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The International Gay Rights Congress held in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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In 1974, the lambda was subsequently adopted by The lambda was first chosen as a gay symbol when it was adopted in 1970 by There are several differing opinions as to why the lambda was chosen as a gay The lambda symbol seems to be one of the mostĬontroversial of symbols in regards to its meaning. Looks like an 'A' without the horizontal stroke. It’s a lower case lambda ('λ'), as the upper case (glyph from Monotype’s Corsiva Regular typeface) Keywords: lambda | lamda | λ | l | doerr (tom) | gay activist alliance | gaa | los angeles | catalyst | liberation | energy | wavelength | scales | balance | action | unity | light | lesbian | sparta | lacedaemon | laconia |

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