The Rainbow: Should Gays Embrace Refracted Light?

To be honest, the Rainbow Flag never worked for me as a homosexual. I never felt "connected" to refracted light as a representation of my sexuality. It looked more like.... well.... refracted light. Quite frankly I'm not sure what's so gay about it. I don't see a connection between homosexuality and the rainbow. So I'm wondering why the gays took it as their symbol. Since kindergarden art class, I had always believed rainbows to be what people of different colors and creeds held hands under.... and that they came after it rained. I know that each color is supposed to represent something. I wanted to go through them and figure out what makes the rainbow so gay.

RED: Stands for Life. Based on what I've seen with red, it seems not so much about life and more of an angry and violent color. It's all a crazed person sees before they go blind with rage. A stab wound victim is covered in it. Bulls charge at it angrily. There was the Red Scare, the Soviet Red Army, Red States, Red Eye, Red Dragon, Red Dawn (once considered to be the most violent film according to Guinness), Hunt for the Red October, and SATAN!!! All are very angry or violent. Doesn't seem like the ideal parts of Life to me.

ORANGE: Stands for Healing. I've never seen any orange healing, well maybe from oranges since they're good for you. But aside from the fruit, the first thing I think of is Prison Jumpsuits, so I guess there is some healing intended with the orange jumpsuits, prisons supposed to be rehabilitating and all.... but it's still a prison jumpsuit. 

YELLOW: Stands for sunlight. I gotta say, when I see yellow I think of weakness. Don't be a Yellow-Bellied Homo. Okay, an outdated insult, but still an insult nevertheless. If someone calls you yellow, they're calling you a coward. I don't feel like a sunny individual when I'm called yellow.

GREEN: Stands for nature. Very cute idea because of the popular Green movement going on in this country but when I see green I think of the Irish. Did you know that gay organizations are excluded from marching in the New York St. Patricks Day Parade? Make you reconsider hosting such a color, yes?

BLUE: Stands for serenity and harmony. Blue? Blue is a sad color. If you're feeling blue, are you feeling gay? Most certainly not.

VIOLET: Stands for spirit...Well this color seems to work just fine. It's a color of royalty, the color of many pretty flowers, gender neutral with a lean towards femininity, and thanks to the Baltimore Ravens and Minnesota Vikings its a tough color too. My homosexual brethren, I believe we have found our Pride color.

So violet is the only one that passes. I feel a connection with that. When I'm wearing violet, I feel gay. There's nothing really negative about violet, it just seems right. I feel much prouder of my sexuality with the color violet to identify with. One color, many meanings, all good. Perfect for gays. Now the rainbow can be free for all those people of different colors and creeds to hold hands under.