From what I can tell, bit of both. It started as a meme on Tumblr, gained popularity because it’s easily available worldwide (wherever there’s an Ikea), and became gay because Tumblr big gay. The colors nicely matching their
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::: made it more popular among a certain subset of the community, and now everyone agrees it’s a symbol of trans (support).
From what I can tell, bit of both. It started as a meme on Tumblr, gained popularity because it’s easily available worldwide (wherever there’s an Ikea), and became gay because Tumblr big gay. The colors nicely matching their
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