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Old 06-16-2003, 11:28 AM
CutiePie2000 CutiePie2000 is offline
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Originally posted by sigmagrrl
The rainbow flag means that the establishment is owned by/services the gay community specifically (ie gay clubs/bars, bookstores, etc). The pink triangle means it is a Gay friendly establishment.
Rainbow flag just means that it is gay friendly (i.e. gay people know that their patronage are welcome), not necessarily OWNED by gay people [although it COULD be and oftentimes is]. I know a straight guy who is married (to a woman, that is) with kids, and they fly the Canada flag at their house and a rainbow flag.

This is because he is an art dealer (runs the biz from his home) and has lots of gays customers, so he wants to show that his is a gay-friendly business. Pink triangle, ditto. They live out in the country, where the nearest neighbour is 2 miles away and of course, the neighbours don't even know what the flag means...they just think "Oh, look at those pretty colours"....LOL

More about the flags here:
http://www.bearmfg.com/history/history.html

Last edited by CutiePie2000; 06-16-2003 at 11:35 AM.
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