Gay Rights are Human Rights

Jernegan, J. (ca. Late 1970s). Gay Rights are Human Rights. Center for the Study of Political Graphics.

Once used for tracking genetics, the sex symbol has been utilized by a variety of social and political movements, acting as a shorthand for a multitude of identities. It is usually imbued with other elements that alter its meaning from a mere genetic tracker. For the gay rights movement, a version of the symbol repeated and intertwined became shorthand for homosexuality, as seen in Jary Jernegan’s Gay Rights are Human Rights.