woodys_place | Pride in the Pitts ♦ The Prompts

Because there are very few symbols more iconic in the LGBTQ community than the Rainbow Flag, and especially during Pride season, the mods decided to base all of this summer's prompts on a color and meaning on the original rainbow flag. I think that everyone will agree that the inclusion of hot pink and turquoise will add to our fun!

For those who are curious, the colors and symbols from the original flag are as follows:

Hot pink - sexuality
Red - life
Orange - healing
Yellow - sunshine
Green - nature
Turquoise - magic/art
Blue - serenity/harmony
Violet - spirit

Each color has four subcategories under it: place, image, quote, item/concept. Our fourth category is sort of a catch all for anything we thought might be fun, from a word to an event! In selecting these prompts, the mods did their best to find prompts that would be concrete enough to provide a specific idea but flexible enough to go a thousand different ways with it. And for those of you scratching your heads at a few of the selections for our more abstract or hard to place categories (serenity or sunshine, for example), we ask that you just go with it! Our first priority was creating useful prompts, and sometimes we had to play with words and feelings.

Finally, when selecting your prompt for this fest, you will be selecting a color and subcategory. When asked for your prompt on the sign-up post, you'll need to put, for example, violet-quote. You may not choose only a color.

.	Place	Image	Quote	Word/Item/Concept
Hot Pink — Sexuality	Liberty Avenue	Source	"My sexual preference is often." -Unknown	Flagging
Red — Life	Debbie's House	Source	"It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime." – Khaled Hosseini	Celebratory events
Orange — Healing	Ibiza	Source	"When you finally come out, there's a pain that stops, and you know it will never hurt like that again, no matter how much you lose or how bad you die." – Paul Monette	AIDS
Yellow — Sunlight	Kennywood	Source	"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out." – Walter Winchell	The White Party
Green — Nature	Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium	Source	"Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them." –Oscar Wilde	Sightseeing
Turquoise — Art	Broadway	Source	"I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me." – Roy Lichtenstein	Camera
Blue — Serenity	San Francisco/The Castro	Source	"We'll never be as young as we are tonight." –Chuck Palahniuk	Closure
Violet — Spirit	Stonewall Inn	Source	“The only thing they have to look forward to is hope. And you have to give them hope. Hope for a better world, hope for a better tomorrow, hope for a better place to come to if the pressures at home are too great. Hope that all will be all right." -Harvey Milk	Pride Parade