Editing Labrys (section)

===Social movement===
[[File:Labrys Kettenanhänger.jpg|upright=0.7|thumb|Labrys jewelry of modern pagan and feminist movements]]
In [[feminist]] interpretations, the labrys is a [[symbol]] of [[matriarchy]].<ref name="Mavriyannaki">{{cite journal |last1=Mavriyannaki|first1=Caterina|title=La double hache dans le monde hellénique à l'âge de bronze|journal=Revue Archéologique |issue=2 |year=1983 |pages=195–228 |series=Nouvelle Série, Fasc.&nbsp;2 |lang=fr |trans-title=The Double Axe in the Hellenic World at the Bronze Age |jstor=41737054}}</ref>{{efn|
The forms taken by the labrys were classified by Caterina Mavriyannaki.
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====Lesbian symbol====
[[File:Labrys Lesbian Flag.svg|thumb|150px|right|Labrys lesbian flag]]
In the 1970s, the labrys was adopted by the [[lesbian]] community, as a [[Lesbian feminism|lesbian feminist]] symbol, representing strength and self-sufficiency.<ref>Lesbian symbol:<br/>
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{{cite book |last1=Myers |first1=JoAnne |title=Historical Dictionary of the Lesbian Liberation Movement: Still the Rage |year=2003 |edition=1st |page=156 |publisher=[[The Scarecrow Press]] |location=Lanham, Maryland |isbn=978-0810845060 |url=https://archive.org/details/tozlesbianlibera00myer/page/156/mode/2up |url-access=limited }}
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{{cite book |title=The Alyson Almanac: A treasury of information for the gay and lesbian community |year=1989 |publisher=[[Alyson Publications]] |location=Boston, MA |chapter=Gay symbols through the ages |pages=[https://archive.org/details/alysonalmanactr00bost/page/99 99–100] |isbn=0-932870-19-8 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/alysonalmanactr00bost/page/99 |chapter-url-access=limited }}
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{{cite book |editor-last1=Murphy |editor-first1=Timothy F. |title=Reader's Guide to Lesbian and Gay Studies |year=2000 |edition=1st |page=44 |publisher=[[Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers]] |location=Chicago, IL |isbn=1-57958-142-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FeWMAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA44 }}
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{{cite web |last1=Pea |first1=Georgie |title=LABRYS Tool of Lesbian Feminism |url=http://findinglesbians.blogspot.com/2013/08/labrys-tool-of-lesbian-feminism.html |website=Finding Lesbians |date=9 August 2013 |access-date=10 July 2018 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112023141/http://findinglesbians.blogspot.com/2013/08/labrys-tool-of-lesbian-feminism.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The labrys [[lesbian flag]], created in 1999,<ref name=Bendix>{{cite news |last=Bendix |first=Trish |date=September 8, 2015 |title=Why don't lesbians have a pride flag of our own? |website=[[AfterEllen]] |url=https://www.afterellen.com/people/452039-dont-lesbians-pride-flag |access-date=24 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909150736/https://www.afterellen.com/people/452039-dont-lesbians-pride-flag |archive-date=September 9, 2015}}</ref> involves a labrys superimposed on an inverted [[Black triangle (badge)|black triangle]] and set against a [[Violet (color)#Social movement|violet]] background.

In [[Kyrgyzstan]], "Labrys" is an LGBT rights organization. The group's goal is to improve the quality of life for all [[LGBT]] individuals in their country as well as Central Asia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Labrys|url=http://www.labrys.kg/en/ |website=Labrys Kyrgyzstan |date=2004–2014 |access-date=11 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522073114/https://labrys.kg/ |archive-date=May 22, 2013}}</ref> Similarly, "[[Labrisz Lesbian Association|Labrisz]]" is an association in [[Hungary]] for lesbian and bisexual women.