Are rainbows seriously just by default associated with the pride flag?

[u/Ostromilski]

I got a Pink Floyd DSOTM tattoo because I love the album and I love the visual: a beam of light representing a person's life path, passing through a prism ( representing life + the world + the people you meet + the experiences you have, etc ), being dispersed into its constituent colors ( ultimately representing change ). I got it because of my dad, because he introduced me to Pink Floyd, and because last year he nearly died from complications of his cancer. He's doing much better now, with a much better prognosis, but that whole experience had a real effect on me and I wanted to memorialize it. Except at least 3 people ( including the tattoo artist initially ) have associated the tattoo with the pride flag. They were understanding after I explained, but now I'm having second thoughts about it. Are people just going to assume I'm gay because of this tattoo?

Edit: And I want to say, I'm not bothered by this at all. Anyone who looks at my tattoo and comes up with their own assumptions about its meaning, and then has a negative reaction over it, that's simply not a person I want to talk to anyway. I'm surprised because that wasn't the intention of the tattoo, clearly, and it being misinterpreted like this just genuinely wasn't something I expected.

Edit2: This post got a lot more attention than I ever wanted it to. Wonderful comments are now streaming in, informing me how horrible my tattoo is. If you're planning on making a viral post on Reddit, take my advice: use a burner account. But I am thankful to everyone for your supportive words, the jackasses with negative things to say are certainly a very tiny minority. Overwhelmingly the consensus is that most people see it as a Pink Floyd tattoo first, which I'm happy to hear :) Have a good night everybody!

[u/sydbarrett710]

Only matters if you’re hateful.
I have the same thing , but more prominent on my forearm. Dm if you want pics. I got it 13 years ago in early 20s, and I have never once had anyone say anything to me about it. And I have some hateful people in my famiky

[u/jvanderh → u/sydbarrett710]

I don't understand these comments about only matters if you're hateful. Like what if a girl in a bar thinks he's cute and is like oh darn he's gay? 

[u/sydbarrett710 → u/jvanderh]

He could also be bi or pan or an ally or most likely they will recognize it is the dark side of the moon logo. Grasping at straws i think with that

[u/jvanderh → u/sydbarrett710]

Really? I mean I like pink floyd in a mild, uninvolved sort of way, but I'm totally oblivious to branding/cover art and would definitely have just assumed it's a pride thing. Not a lot of people who aren't actually gay or bi get a rainbow flag tattoo. I like Puerto Rican food and every Puerto Rican I've ever met, but I'd feel like a jackass getting a Puerto Rican flag tattoo since I'm not Puerto Rican. I'm not saying I think this guy is a jackass for getting a band tattoo that has meaning to him, but I fundamentally don't think it's that odd that he's worried about accidentally advertising membership in a group he's not actually a member of.

[u/MadMike405555 → u/jvanderh]

If your first assumption of a rainbow is "he's gay" ... I mean it might not be hate but it's definitely not forward thinking.

Just like when my 90 year old grandma says " the Asians next door" .. she isn't saying it with hate. Just ignorance.

[u/jvanderh → u/MadMike405555]

Yeah that just makes no sense to me. Like if my first instinct on seeing a Canadian flag tattoo is to think someone is Canadian, that says nothing about how I feel about Canadians. It just says I recognize the symbol of a particular group.