LGBT slogans
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'''LGBT slogans''' are catchphrases or slogans which express support for members of the [[lesbian]], [[gay]], [[bisexual]], and [[transgender]] ([[LGBT]]) communities and [[LGBT rights]].
== Slogans ==
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! Slogan
! Notes
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| "Gays Bash Back"
| This slogan is often used by more militant gay people and implies violent [[self-defense]] against [[Gay bashing|gay bashers]]. Similarly, one of the [[Pink Pistols]]' mottos is "Armed gays don't get bashed".
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| "We're here. We're queer. Get used to it"
| This slogan was popularized by [[Queer Nation]].
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| "We're here, we're queer and we'd like to say hello!"
| A variation of the above used by [[Queer Nation]] during the 1992 opening of the "Queer Shopping Network".
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| "Silence=Death"
| Designed by six people<ref name="article_nytimes">{{cite web
| date = 2003-12
| title = When Political Are Mattered
| url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9807E3DE113AF934A35751C1A9659C8B63
| publisher = [[New York Times]]
| language = English
| accessdate = 2007-07-08
}}</ref>, including [[Avram Finkelstein]]<ref name="interview-afinkelstein">{{cite web
| date = 2001-07
| title = Aids—20 Years And Counting - Panel Discussion
| url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_7_31/ai_76638204/pg_3
| publisher = [[Interview in Arts]]
| language = English
| accessdate = 2007-07-08
}}</ref>, this slogan was used by [[ACT UP]] to draw attention to the [[AIDS]] crisis in America. It was often used in conjunction with a right-side up pink triangle.
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| "Two, Four, Six, Eight! How Do You Know Your Kids Are Straight?"
| This slogan was also used by [[Queer Nation]]. Another variation is "One, Two, Three, Four! Open on up the closet door! Five, Six, Seven, Eight! Don't assume your kids are straight!"
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| "Out of the Closets and into the Streets"
| This slogan was also used by [[Queer Nation]].
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| "I'm gay & that's OK that way"
| Slogan used by the [[Mayor of Berlin]], [[Klaus Wowereit]]
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| "Rainbows Reign"
| Used most notably on banners of the "Pink Pistols" Organization.
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| "Why be afraid to be enGayged"
| Brooks foundation
|}
==See also==
*[[Anti-gay slogans]]
*[[Gay pride]]
*[[Gay pride parade]]
*[[LGBT symbols]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
{{LGBT-footer |culture=yes |rights=yes}}
[[Category:LGBT culture]]
[[Category:LGBT civil rights]]