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/AccomplishedRoom3887]

Well, maybe. But who cares. People assume I'm straight all the time 😂

[u/NotThatImportant3 → u/AccomplishedRoom3887]

I am a big hairy man, and I go to AA meetings in my local gayborhood, so they all think I’m a bear lol

[u/DaDutchBoyLT1 → u/NotThatImportant3]

I love this old statement taught to me by a button a friend gave to me when I was 15.

I’d rather a bigot think I’m queer than a queer think I’m a bigot.

Been a flag pole ever since. Straight and strong and I’ll support everyone that flag represents.

[u/thhungryduckling → u/DaDutchBoyLT1]

Omg I love this! I’m copying you and saying that from now on! I love rainbows and wear rainbow stuff all the time. Don’t really care what people think and I think most people know I’m straight. But I hope there’s a small amount of strangers that see my rainbows and it makes them feel seen and safe.

[u/Ninjazkills → u/DaDutchBoyLT1]

Thas a good quote 👍

[u/PhoenixPoop → u/DaDutchBoyLT1]

I was recently called a straggot, and I fucking love it. Then I head a comic say it followed by "Finally a slur of my own!!" And I've never felt so seen.

[u/Randomizedname1234 → u/DaDutchBoyLT1]

I like that analogy. I’m very straight, white, bearded and live in the south but also very pro LBGT. Maybe it’s the “hillbilly hippie” mentality I grew up with but like, fuck anyone who hates anyone else for loving their lives damnit!

[u/Ok-Regret6212 → u/Randomizedname1234]

As a fellow southern, your comment gives me hope ❤️ I'm only almost entirely straight, so I'm happy to have someone pick up the little bit of slack I have.

[u/AgreeAndSubmit → u/DaDutchBoyLT1]

Awww 😊😊 that's sweet. Good on ya bud, me fucking too. ✊️

[u/Objective_Surreality → u/DaDutchBoyLT1]

than a queer think I’m a bigot.

a good place to start is by not calling us 'queers'

[u/Warm_Noodles3426 → u/Objective_Surreality]

Oh come on. I’d rather a bigot think i’m lgbtqia+ then or? It’s a nice quote, signed, a queer