The closest I found is the Lambda. From something I found online: "Lambda represents synergy, the concept that the whole is greater than its independent parts. Spartan platoons consisting solely of men who loved men are said to have had this symbol emblazoned on their shields. In 1970, the Gay Activist Alliance in New York chose the lambda as a symbol of gay liberation, and in 1974, the first International Gay Rights Conference adopted it as an international symbol. Initially, some gay men used the lambda as a way to meet each other without fear of discrimination." So it's a gay symbol, but I like the description - "the whole i greater than its independent parts." And from http://www.lambda.org/symbols.htm I found things like:
- Simply, the Greek letter "L" stands for "liberation."
- The Greek Spartans believed that the lambda represented unity.
- The Romans took it as meaning "the light of knowledge shining into the darkness of ignorance."
I wish 'Queer' had its own symbol, separate from 'Gay' or 'Kinky'. If anyone knows of one, please tell me about it.
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