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During the Renaissance cities such as Florence and Venice were known for the widespread practice of same-sex relations. However, the authorities were prosecuting, fining, and imprisoning much of the gay population.
The term homosexual was coined by [[W:Karl Maria Kertbeny|Karl Maria Kertbeny]] in an 1868 letter to [[W:Karl Heinrich Ulrichs|Karl Heinrich Ulrichs]].<ref>
==Modern History ==
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==Flags==
[[File:Gayflag.png|thumb|220x220px|The original eight-stripe rainbow flag|alt=A flag with eight even horizontal stripes. From top to bottom they are pink, red, orange, yellow, green, teal, blue, and purple.]]▼
The rainbow flag was originally decided by Gilbert Baker and was first displayed in a Gay Freedom Day Parade celebration on June 25, 1978.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20220123100347/https://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/scotts/bulgarians/rainbow-flag.html
</ref> The flag represents the entire LGBT community, but is commonly used to represent gay individuals specifically. The original flag had eight stripes, with each stripe having a specific meaning: hot pink - sex, red - life, orange - healing, yellow - sunlight, green - nature, turquoise - magic/art, indigo - serenity, violet - spirit.
[[File:Homo-.png|thumb|A general homo- flag]]▼
This design has undergone some changes over the years. As the demand of rainbow flags increased they began selling with seven stripes, without the pink stripe due to the lack to pink fabric. In 1979 the design was changed again because, when hung vertically from the lamp posts of San Francisco's Market Street, the center stripe was obscured by the post itself. The turquoise stripe was dropped, making a flag with an even number of stripes.<ref name=":0">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090721053735/http://ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/08/Apr/1801.htm Unsung Heroes of the Gay World: Vexillographer Gilbert Baker]</ref> The general/specific homo- flag was designed by Tumblr user pastelroswell via submission to the blog Beyond-[[MOGAI]]-Pride-Flags. Each color is paired with a similar color to represent attraction to and relationships between similar genders. This is also meant to visually illustrate that homo- individuals aren’t necessarily attracted to the exact same gender exclusively, eg. a homosexual man might be attracted to both [[binary]] and nonbinary men, or individuals that are [[multigender]] with at least one of those genders being [[masculine]]. The outermost stripes being purple represents purple’s history as a symbolic color of the LGBTQIA+/gay/[[queer]] communities, which intersect directly with the homo- community.<ref>{{Archive|Site=web|URL=20220120131112/https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/177311648565/i-designed-a-homo-flag-this-includes-all-forms}}</ref>
[[File:Gender neutral gay flag.png|thumb|homo/gay flag ]]▼
Another gender non-specific homo/gay flag was created by twitter user [[straightbian]] (Eep). It mimics the typical pattern used in the lesbian and vincian flags, but uses the 6 main colors typically used in variants of the original rainbow flag as a gradient.
[[File:GayestFlag.jpg|thumb|Another gay flag]]▼
[[File:Gay flag imoga.png|thumb|General gay flag]]▼
Another flag for individual who experiences any of their attraction to be gay was created on November 22nd 2021 by Tumblr user androgynousxandroid. This flag is inspired by the lesbian, [[veldian]] and [[enbian]] flags.<ref>https://soong-type-delta.tumblr.com/post/668589937064640512/i-made-a-gay-flag-this-is-a-flag-for-anyone-who ([https://archive.is/QSRlk archived])</ref>
[[File:Gay flag BMPF.png|thumb|Another general gay flag]]▼
In 11 February 2019 the Tumblr users imoga-pride and beyond-mogai-pride-flags created general gay flags regardless of [[gender]], representing [[equaric]] individuals (including [[omnique]]) as well as other people who reclaim the word, such as [[straight]] [[cusper]]s/[[transhet]]s/[[queerhet]]s and [[straightn't]] people (including [[pluralian]]s/[[bi]]/[[pan]] and [[nullarian]]s). It can also represent gay in the sense of [[lesbian]]/[[veldian]]/[[cenelian]] or [[daunic]]/[[floric]].<ref>https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/182748876685/gay-man-flagsgay-flag-the-two-are-6-striped</ref><ref>https://imoga-pride.tumblr.com/post/182748376951/gay-man-flagsgay-flag-the-two-are-6-striped</ref>
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==Etymology==
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The term gay originally meant 'happy', 'carefree', or 'cheerful'. It was occasionally used to refer to homosexual men in the 19th century, but lost popularity in the beginning of the 20th century.<ref>[https://www.etymonline.com/word/gay Gay]</ref> The term was solidified in in 1960's when homosexual men began using it to describe their orientation.
== See also ==
* [[Simulsexual]]
==Resources==
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