Colour gay
In his book Chroma () the musician Derek Jarman writes about colour. At the end of his life, with his eyesight failing, he imagines purple as a transgressive colour.
“Purple is passionate, maybe violet becomes a minuscule bolder and ***** pink into purple. Sweet lavender blushes and watches.”
By the time he conjures his orgy of purples in the ’s, purple had a clear homosexual heritage. Stripes of purple have flashed across the designs of queer flags from Gilbert Baker’s rainbow flag to Daniel Quasar’s 21st century progress flag, with the thought of purple as overlapping pink/red and blue representing a blurring of genders in bi and trans flags. Looking back at the messy, majestic history of queer purples gives a feeling of why the LGBTQ+ Working Organization chose to search Scottish design history through a lavender lens.
Vibrant variations of purple were notoriously difficult to pin down outside of nature without extinguishing an entire species of shellfish. Reserved for the obscenely rich until the 19th century, these glorious colours retained an aura of mystery after lab-made dyes
Flags of the LGBTIQ Community
Flags have always been an integral part of the LGBTIQ+ movement. They are a evident representation meant to honor progress, advocate for advocacy, and amplify the request and drive for collective action. There have been many LGBTIQ+ flags over the years. Some acquire evolved, while others are constantly being conceptualized and created.
Rainbow Flag
Created in by Gilbert Baker, the iconic Pride Rainbow flag originally had eight stripes. The colors included pink to represent sexuality, red for healing, yellow for daystar, green for serenity with nature, turquoise for art, indigo for harmony, and violet for spirit. In the years since, the flag now has six colors. It no longer has a pink stripe, and the turquoise and indigo stripes were replaced with royal blue.
Progress Identity festival Flag
Created in by nonbinary artist Daniel Quasar, the Progress Pride flag is based on the iconic rainbow flag. With stripes of black and brown to represent marginalized LGBTIQ+ people of hue and the triad of blue, pink, and pale from the trans flag, the desig
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.To My Favourite Gender non-conforming. Inclusive colour on pale gay greeting card
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.To My Favourite Queer. Inclusive colour on white gay greeting card
Who is your favourite Queer? Available in 3 different designs. Can be sent for any occasion. From our Pride range.
Blank inside for your hold message. Printed on a gsm premium textured light card. Sourced from sustainable forests. mm x mm card size. Includes a brown envelope. Standard letter size. FREE 1st CLASS UK DELIVERY.
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