In the biblical story of Noah, God places the rainbow in the sky as a covenant between God and all life on earth. The rainbow flag is a sign of affirmation and pride for GLBT folk. All beings belong together on this earth, but sometimes you need to go out of your way to express who you include in that covenant of belonging.
What symbols or signs do you look for to tell you that you might belong in a new place?
If I join a new group of people, I, at first, expect to discover what the aim of the group is. I expect to begin understanding the background and the current position of others in the group but what I REALLY look for eventually, is a SMILE on the face of someone I am seeing again in the group and the beginning of mutual respect and desire to work together in the evolving work of the group. I want to give a SMILE like that to others too. It means a lot in developing trust among us.