did they know

[axe31]

the rainbow flag is gay icon
but wat about the ship rainbow warrior
or the kids show rainbow with a pink efmanet hippo

[Lilith]

I would like to think it makes no diff....but I still remember the whole Fallwell /Tinky Winky fiasco. I am pretty sure they(those involved) were oblivious.....but we all know about Bert and Ernie:p

[axe31]

bert and ernie aren't gay no gay man would
decorate there apartment like that(giggles)

[Lilith]

ROTFLMAO................

[Oldfart]

Noddy and Big Ears (Brit 1950's kiddy reading staples) were

taken out of some libraries because:-

1. they slept in the same bed.

2. their dis-respect of the law (Mr Plod the Policeman)

3. the naughty people in Toytown were golliwogs, taken by
some as a racial slur. Later changed to goblins.

BTW Bob the Builder (modern Brit kiddie icon) had his own

float in the Sydney gay mardi-gras.

Also did you know that the 'Rainbow Warrior' was named after

an Australian Aboriginal resistance fighter during the white

invasion of Australia? Tactics worse than the Mau-Mau.

[axe31]

bob the builder wasnt he one of the village people

[icecreamthighs]

my kids were watching sooty and sweep (uk puppet show), when the little dog, sweep wanted to be a knight, he called himself 'sir bone-a-lot'

now that can not be right can it?
they knew they knew!!

[Lilith]

LMAO@ ICT

[icecreamthighs]

have you ever heard of captain pugwash the pirate? with Seaman Stain, Roger the Cabin boy and Master Bates??

hmmmm!!!!

not to mention Muffin the Mule - I say !!!! ;)

[axe31]

sorry ict the pugwash one is not true i aruban legend
wat about the stoned rabit on the magic round about

[icecreamthighs]

dilan? - yeah and there was also lots of magic mushrooms about!!!

[nikanik]

isnt it weird that people who get upset about gay and lesbian cartoon seem like their sexuality is being questioned and they must announce that they are straight. they are probably the biggest s&m freaks around. not that all people into s&m are freaks just the ones who are prejudiced against others.

[axe31]

thank u all for the replys this thread has
gone great

the ultimate did they know is the village people
and all the songs where about
the gay lifestyle and was atop seller not
just to the gays ether

Y.M.C.A

[looga]

To Old Fart,

You need to learn a little bit about Australian History and the true reason the ship "Rainbow Warrior" was named as such. It was a French ship, named in France by the French and it appears sunk by the French.

:D :D :D

[vampeyes]

LMAO If anyone who listened (or listens) to the Village People did (or do) not know that they were gay and that their songs were about the lifestyle then they are just being blind :)

[Wicked Wanda]

TRIVIA
I love old movies!
"Bert and Ernie" in Sesame Street are named after the town cop and the taxi driver in "It's A Wonderful Life"

really!

WW

[Ophelia]

"Use of the rainbow flag by the gay community began in 1978 when it first appeared in the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Freedom Day Parade. Borrowing symbolism from the hippie movement and black civil rights groups, San Francisco artist Gilbert Baker designed the rainbow flag in response to a need for a symbol that could be used year after year. Baker and thirty volunteers hand-stitched and hand-dyed two huge prototype flags for the parade. The flags had eight stripes, each color representing a component of the community: hot pink for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sun, green for nature, turquoise for art, indigo for harmony, and violet for spirit.

The next year Baker approached San Francisco Paramount Flag Company to mass-produce rainbow flags for the 1979 parade. Due to production constraints -- such as the fact that hot pink was not a commercially-available color -- pink and turquoise were removed from the design, and royal blue replaced indigo. This six-color version spread from San Francisco to other cities, and soon became the widely-known symbol of gay pride and diversity it is today. It is even officially recognized by the International Congress of Flag Makers. In 1994, a huge 30-foot-wide by one-mile-long rainbow flag was carried by 10,000 people in New York's Stonewall 25 Parade. "

Taken from http://www.enqueue.com/ria/rainbow.html

Lots of cool information on symbols. I think the important thing to remember is that colors/symbols/icons only have value if you believe they do.

Ophelia