Amsterdam Rainbow Dress
Dress made of flags of nations where same-sex relations are illegal
![]() The dress in Madrid in 2018 |
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The Amsterdam Rainbow Dress is a dress made of more than 70 flags of nations where same-sex relations are illegal,[1] commemorating LGBT+ victims of persecution. The dress has a diameter of 52 feet and has been displayed in San Francisco,[2][3] Cape Town,[4] and Ottawa,[5] among other cities.
Icesis Couture and Lola Rodríguez have modeled the dress.
List of flags
The Amsterdam Rainbow Dress in its current form consists of 68 national flags, 4 Amsterdam city flags, and 9 rainbow flags which represents countries whose flag has been formerly represented in this dress but have since adopted LGBTQIA+ legislation.[6]
Row 1
- Rainbow flag (Formerly
Singapore)
- Rainbow flag (Formerly
Angola)
Uganda
Qatar
Row 5
Mauritius
Comoros
Ghana
Turkmenistan
Cameroon
Palestine
Row 11
Namibia
Egypt
Afghanistan
Morocco
Dominica
Senegal
Row 17
Malawi
Samoa
Kenya
Malaysia
Uzbekistan
Ethiopia
Row 23
Papua New Guinea
Sudan
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Cook Islands
United Arab Emirates
Maldives
Eswatini
Brunei
Row 31
- Rainbow flag (Formerly
Antigua and Barbuda)
Zimbabwe
- Rainbow flag (Formerly
Botswana)
Amsterdam bodice (upper)
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Row 39
Row 47
Guinea
Yemen
Jamaica
Grenada
Tonga
Saudi Arabia
Eritrea
- Rainbow flag (Formerly
Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Row 55
Row 61
Row 67
Row 73
Syria
Libya
- Rainbow flag (Formerly
Trinidad and Tobago)
Liberia
Chad
Row 78
See also
References
- ^ "The 'Amsterdam Rainbow Dress' is made from flags of 72 countries that outlaw homosexuality". gaystarnews.com. 8 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2021-12-10. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
- ^ "Amsterdam rainbow dress displayed at San Francisco City Hall - ABC7 San Francisco". abc7news.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-10. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
- ^ "Amsterdam rainbow dress displayed at San Francisco City Hall - ABC11 Raleigh-Durham". abc11.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-10. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
- ^ "Zeitz MOCAA weaves local lives into the global fabric o..." dailymaverick.co.za. 14 December 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-12-10. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
- ^ "Amsterdam Rainbow Dress makes Canadian début in the capital region". Ottawa Citizen. Archived from the original on 2021-12-10. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
- ^ "List of Countries". Amsterdam Rainbow Dress Foundation. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
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