# How Did the Color Purple and the Greek Letter Lambda Get Assoc. with Gay Rights?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 13, 2002, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-color-purple-and-the-greek-letter-lambda-get-assoc-with-gay-rights/142423 "2002-12-13T04:02:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-color-purple-and-the-greek-letter-lambda-get-assoc-with-gay-rights/142423/21 "2002-12-15T21:21:09Z")

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I thought the Greek letter Lambda was associated with a third-person shooter called _Half-Life_. 😉

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