# What do these TWO bumper stickers mean?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 15, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-two-bumper-stickers-mean/207496 "2003-10-15T02:17:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-two-bumper-stickers-mean/207496/1 "2003-10-15T02:17:40Z")
I had always wanted to know this, and seing one of the two again tonight reminded me of the question. I assume that these two stickers are together, or at least rival each other. Both are square. 1.One of the stickers is Blue with a Yellow Equal sign on it. 2.The other one is Black with a Blue Minus sign on it. What do these mean, and along with that, are they indeed opposites to each other or what? Are there more in this group if they are so grouped? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-two-bumper-stickers-mean/207496/2 "2003-10-15T02:37:46Z")
Where do you live? What kinds of cars do you see these bumper stickers on? How common are they? ---
**Author:** ![NevarMore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7feea3/32.png) [@NevarMore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NevarMore)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-two-bumper-stickers-mean/207496/3 "2003-10-15T02:47:22Z")
#1 Is a gay pride. A co-worker is homosexual and has one. #2 Is presumably a PFLAG type statement. “I’m not gay but I have family friends that are, and thats cool with me.” Discaimer: My use of gay and homosexual are to the best of my knowledge the most common and/or PC terms to use. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-two-bumper-stickers-mean/207496/4 "2003-10-15T02:49:00Z")
What is your actual question there Wendell? I’m in the Southeast US (Georgia). And I would say, of the times Im looking at bumpers, its about once a week and on commonfare to more sporty car vehicles. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-two-bumper-stickers-mean/207496/5 "2003-10-15T02:51:28Z")
> [@](#): > > One of the stickers is Blue with a Yellow Equal sign on it. [Human Rights Campaign](http://www.hrc.org/) logo. > [@](#): > > The other one is Black with a Blue Minus sign on it. Sorry. I’ve never seen that. (Minus sign? Dash? Bar? Hyphen?) ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-two-bumper-stickers-mean/207496/6 "2003-10-15T03:08:47Z")
I was thinking that it had to do with Gay Rights. Straight but not Narrow, etc. ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-two-bumper-stickers-mean/207496/7 "2003-10-15T03:12:07Z")
Ahh, that would explain why I see so many hereabouts… Is the pink triangle passe, then? ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-two-bumper-stickers-mean/207496/8 "2003-10-15T03:33:24Z")
Are you sure the black square has a blue minus on it? And not a Thin Blue Line going all the way across? If the line goes from one end of the square to the other, it’s a “Hey I belong to the law enforcement community” sticker. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-two-bumper-stickers-mean/207496/9 "2003-10-15T03:35:20Z")
Here is a picture of the one I am talking about. [http://www.epolicesupply.com/thin\_blue\_line](http://www.epolicesupply.com/thin_blue_line) ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-two-bumper-stickers-mean/207496/10 "2003-10-15T10:52:03Z")
Meeko writes: \> What is your actual question there Wendell? I asked because I had never seen either of these bumper stickers. I thought that perhaps knowing where you have seen them or the type of car they appear on or something might help identify them. In any case, other people have answered your questions. ---
**Author:** ![NevarMore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7feea3/32.png) [@NevarMore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NevarMore)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-two-bumper-stickers-mean/207496/11 "2003-10-16T01:13:03Z")
I checked today with my coworker. The first one (two yellow bars in a blue field) is Human Rights. tomndeb beat me to it. According to him. The second is _probably_ some sort of identifier for the gay community indictating what subgroup that person identifies with. He was unsure as to the exact meaning of that particular symbol.