Doesn the rainbow flag just represent gays and lesbians?
Yes and no. While there are pride flags that represent the bisexual and transgender community and even pride flags that represent the leather, bear, and BDSM communities and thus that would make the rainbow flag represent gays and lesbians….most gays and lesbians would argue that the flag represents the entire community (that is why its a rainbow). Most people who’ve studied some about the GLBT community will recognize that one of the reasons the other flags were created was to bring visibility of these communities within the larger community. The rainbow flag has always been identified as being the symbol of the larger community and most GLBT people acknowledge this and treat the rainbow flag and rainbow symbol as thus. The pink triangle, however, is definitely a gay symbol (specifically gay men with lesbians having a black triangle) and the butterfly is often considered just a transgender symbol.
