STERLING SILVER LAMBDA PIN

THE PERFECT SYMBOL TO PIN ON YOUR BEST GUY OR GAL. THIS STERLING SILVER PIECE ALSO WORKS PERFECTLY AS A TIE PIN OR HAT DECORATION.

APPROX. .5" H  x .5" W


Lambda - No one seems to have a definitive answer why the Lambda was originally chosen as a gay symbol. Some suggest that it is simply the Greek lower-case letter l for liberation. Others disagree, citing the use of lambda in physics to denote energy (the energy we have when we work in concert) or wavelength (are gays and lesbians on a different wavelength?). Lambda may also denote the synergy of the gay movement, the idea that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. The lambda also may represent scales and balance, and the constant force that keeps opposing sides from overcoming each other -- the hook at the bottom of the right leg signifies the action needed to reach and maintain balance. The ancient Greek Spartans regarded the lambda to mean unity, while the Romans considered it "the light of knowledge shed into the darkness of ignorance."