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"Lambda"
Visibly Female, Invisibly Male
The Word "Lambda"
The
eleventh letter of the Greek alphabet, lambda is also the symbol of kinetic
energy, reports Kathy Beige of Lesbian Life (on the Web at about.com/people).
Kathy says: "The lambda has been
used as a symbol of gay pride and identification since the 1970s. The
Gay Activists Alliance first used the lambda as a symbol of the energy
of the gay/lesbian movement."