October 11 is National Coming Out Day in America. This day is used because it is the anniversary of a historic gay and lesbian march on Washington.
The rainbow awareness ribbon show awareness and support for LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, queer) pride.
Learn more about National Coming Out Day on the Human Rights Campaign website.
The rainbow awareness angel is in support of gay pride.
It is a reference to the rainbow gay pride
flag. The rainbow flag was first used as
a LGBT symbol in the 1970s and has had different color variations. The Rainbow Awareness Angel uses the most
common version of 6 colors.
The colors were each assigned a meaning as follows of red
(life), orange (healing), yellow (sunlight), green (nature), blue (serenity /
harmony), purple (spirit). The original
flag also included hot pink (sexuality) and turquoise (magic / art).