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

For this very first solo episode, we’re bringing you a whole
bunch of history at once, for everyone’s quarantined
entertainment! Presented live on Zoom, we revisited 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?


Outline

0:00 – Introduction
3:42 – Main presentation: Beyond the Rainbow
57:31 – Interviews with flag workshop participants
1:09:57 – Closing Announcements and Where to Find us Online


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