Allies are people outside of the LGBTQIA+ community that support the civil rights and equality of those within the community. Allies have an important role in amplifying the voices of marginalized people and their perspectives, and are active in standing up for injustices.
Being an ally
The Human Rights Campaign, an organisation that focuses on LGBTQIA+ rights, has some starter resources, with links off to more. Some parts are more focused on the United States of America, so try to find local organisations that you can help out too.
Flag history
This flag was uploaded to Wikimedia by the user Straight-allies-for-equality (no user page) in 2011, linking to the Tumblr URL straight-allies-for-equality. The Wayback Machine does not have posts from that time (or any time), only archiving not found pages. There are also no further URLs archived for that site.
The description states that the upside-down "V" represents the "A" in "activism", with the black and white stripes representing heterosexuality.
Sources and acknowledgements
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