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In recognition of the 35th Anniversary of the LGBTQ rainbow flag, Colors of Compassion 2013 was a collaborative flag sharing project inspired by traditional Tibetan and Bhutanese Prayer Flags, with hundreds of flags created in the colors of the LGBTQ rainbow flag.
Colors of Compassion was envisioned to connect people locally and globally, with hundreds of people writing personal messages of hope, love, support and encourgement on flags which were then sent to those facing life struggles. |
- To raise awareness of significant issues facing LGBTQ people around the world
- To enhance historical and cultural understanding of LGBTQ people
- To connect people with compassion-based, solutions-focused activities
- Flags were created and sent to LGBTQ individuals & organizations to uplift and strengthen in the struggle for courage and pride.
MAY 2013: From Stonewall With Love
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In May 2013, we began Colors of Compassion with a prayer flag project, together with Stonewall veterans Erica Kay-Webster and David Bermudez. The first sets of flags, featuring the eight colors of the original rainbow flag, were created by Stonewall veterans Erica Kay-Webster and David Bermudez, the Cape Cod Chapter of PFLAG and the Foundation for International Justice.
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> View Stonewall Vets Flags
May 2013: Presentation to the Dalai Lama
In May 2013, these prayer flags in the colors of the rainbow flag were presented on behalf of the LGBT community by Erica Kay-Webster to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Louisville LGBTQ Youth Group during a major event with the Dalai Lama in Louisville, Kentucky.
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> View Dalai Lama Prayer Flags Photos
June 2013: AIDS/LifeCycle
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Eight giant prayer flags which were created by AIDS/Lifecycle veteran Tommy Gaebel and carried by AIDS/LifeCycle riders on the 7-day journey from San Francisco to Los Angeles.
Riders had the opportunity to reflect on the meanings behind the colors of the flags, on the many lives lost to AIDS, and on those living with HIV/AIDS in the LGBTQ community.
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Riders had the opportunity to reflect on the meanings behind the colors of the flags, on the many lives lost to AIDS, and on those living with HIV/AIDS in the LGBTQ community.
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June & September 2013: LA PRIDE & Gay Straight Alliance/LA
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At LA PRIDE's Momentum Pavilion, GetaVision hosted an expansive space to display both Tibetan- and Bhutanese-style prayer flags, including an interactive exhibit area to give people the opportunity to personalize the flags with messages of encouragement and inspiration to LGBTQ youth who received these at LA areas schools through the Gay Straight Alliance.
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> View Rainbow Prayer Flags Photos
June 2013: Stand for Equal Human Rights
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Tall Bhutanese-style flags were on display at LA PRIDE and people were given the opportunity to personalize these flags with messages in support of LGBT people around the world. These flags were later sent to LGBTQ organizations outside the US.
> View Free & Equal Flags
> View Free & Equal Flags
Because the struggle continues...
Colors of Compassion 2013 was produced on the 45th anniversary of the historic Stonewall Rebellion and welcomed the participation of Stonewall Veterans Erica Kay-Webster and David Bermudez, who shared their concern for the countless LGBTQ people throughout the world living under legal threat of persecution, torture and execution.
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Let us not forget... 1933: Germany After several decades of freedom and growing acceptance of LGBT people in Germany, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party assumed power in 1933 - and a brutal crackdown on the LGBT community began. The laws written into Germany’s Paragraph 175 led to the immediate closure of gay establishments and produced widespread fear among people throughout Germany and occupied territories. These laws and the resulting imprisonment, torture and executions of German citizens and other Europeans, bear such resemblance to laws and conditions today in a vast number of countries, that we are compelled and obligated to mobilize and participate together in compassionate action. |
1948: UN Declaration
It was the atrocities of Nazi Germany, including the imprisonment, torture and execution of millions of people including LGBT people, that directly led to the December 10, 1948 adoption by the UN of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which in 2013 celebrated its 65th Anniversary. Sadly, this declaration is still being violated by 80+ countries with inhumane laws and treatment of LGBT people.
It was the atrocities of Nazi Germany, including the imprisonment, torture and execution of millions of people including LGBT people, that directly led to the December 10, 1948 adoption by the UN of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which in 2013 celebrated its 65th Anniversary. Sadly, this declaration is still being violated by 80+ countries with inhumane laws and treatment of LGBT people.
Compassion Games 2013
Colors of Compassion was a partner project with the Compassion Games, held in multiple cities around the US and abroad. As a part of the LGBT community’s Compassion Games, we encouraged people to engage in community service projects, random acts of kindness, and to create and send personalized prayer flags to those who needed encouragement and strength in their lives.
Colors of Compassion was a partner project with the Compassion Games, held in multiple cities around the US and abroad. As a part of the LGBT community’s Compassion Games, we encouraged people to engage in community service projects, random acts of kindness, and to create and send personalized prayer flags to those who needed encouragement and strength in their lives.
