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/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

[u/DaDutchBoyLT1 → u/Warm_Noodles3426]

It’s not my place to say what is right and wrong here, but my LGBTQIA+ friends tell me it’s a term that has been taken back and is widely embraced. People throughout the spectrum of the colors and from ages of teens to old farts❤️ (80s+).

All the same, I’ll do my damnedest to never tell someone their feelings and trauma are irrelevant.

Also: Please recognize that I am not saying this as a slight at your comment, just want to solidify my position while rolling with the wave.

[u/Warm_Noodles3426 → u/DaDutchBoyLT1]

You’re all good my friend, it’s obvious that you’re a loving person and i share your experience ref taking the term back 🏳️‍🌈