LGBT slogans 4565145 224102449 2008-07-07T09:17:32Z User0529 7280847 replace with more comprehensive footer '''LGBT slogans''' are catchphrases or slogans which express support for members of the [[lesbian]], [[gay]], [[bisexual]], and [[transgender]] ([[LGBT]]) communities and [[LGBT rights]]. == Slogans == {| class="wikitable" |- ! Slogan ! Notes |- | "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". |- | "We're here. We're queer. Get used to it" | This slogan was popularized by [[Queer Nation]]. |- | "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". |- | "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&#151;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. |- | "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!" |- | "Out of the Closets and into the Streets" | This slogan was also used by [[Queer Nation]]. |- | "I'm gay & that's OK that way" | Slogan used by the [[Mayor of Berlin]], [[Klaus Wowereit]] |- | "Rainbows Reign" | Used most notably on banners of the "Pink Pistols" Organization. |- | "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]]