Equality For All

My advocacy symbol is the pink/red equality symbol that was very popular across the web within the last serval years. This symbol though every simple was the symbol of marriage equality. It was created by the HRC (Human Rights Campaign). The HRC it every involved in the equal and fair treatment of the LGBT-Q community. So it was only right that they be the first to create a symbol that would go viral. The key visual elements of the Marriage Equality symbol is a red background with a pink equality symbol. It was created March 25, 2013

You may look at this simple symbol and wonder if you have seen it before. You would be correct because the HRC has been using a plain background with a equal symbol since 1995, when the organization dropped "Fund" from it's name and reorganized. The current logo of HRC is a solid blue square with a yellow equality symbol.

Social media help propel this symbol of marriage equality. It could be seen everywhere from Facebook to Twitter garnering support from top celebrities as they shared the image. Facebook even made it possible to make a type of mask over your profile picture so that you could still use your profile picture.

 


The symbol makes sense because it was created by the HRC who believes that all persons should be treated fairly and equally. The choice of using the color red was also because that is the color of love. So basically love should be equal for everyone, not just one group of people.

Once the original was out and kicking it didn't take long before spin offs and new creations where made and shared. This not only ended with celebrities but companies also showed up to show their support for gay marriage rights.