This includes, of course, the iconic rainbow flag that has represented pride in the LGBTQ community for more than 40 years. You may see a variety of flags around during Pride month, celebrated each June. Video: Stonewall Inn veteran Martin Boyce recalls riots 50 years later
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( web archive) The full lines containing the phrase are translated and annotated by Hopkinson as: "You should think of this and be pleasanter toward me, and love me as guilelessly as I love you, so that when you are a man (Lit.
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In relation to sexuality, Achilles had a relationship with another character, Patroclus, which is said to have romantic connotations. Community HistoryĪchilles himself is a famous figure in Greek mythology. Its 21st century use to describe sexualities is modelled after the term " sapphic", which is used to describe all women who are attracted to women.
The term "achillean" refers to the Greek hero Achilles.