It is a gay subculture heavily associated with kink and the BDSM community, with leather bars typically adhered by ‘bears’ (heavily-haired men). Still, the community certainly has many of its own flags. For example, the Australian Leather Pride Flag is a variation on the leather pride flag. Whether the kink community should exist within or outside the LGBTQ+ community is a heated debate. Various groups have adapted the design and sold it commercially or used it to represent different groups. Once an idea has been produced as a tangible form, for example by securing it in a fixed medium (such as a drawing, sheet music, photograph, a videotape, or a computer file), the copyright holder is entitled to enforce his or her exclusive rights.
(as well as all countries where the Berne Convention standards apply), copyright is automatic, and need not be obtained through official registration with any government office. VariationsĪlthough DeBlase is quoted as saying the design is copyrighted in the U.S.
I will leave it to the viewer to interpret the colors and symbols.” PopularityĪlthough the flag is common in the gay leather community, it is not an exclusively gay symbol and represents the entire leather community.įurthermore, while designed as a symbol for the leather subculture, it is also widely used within the BDSM subculture. In the upper left quadrant of the flag is a large red heart.
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