"Lambda badge" [NMLH.2020.5.60]

Catalogue Number
NMLH.2020.5.60

Object Name
Badge

People
Ernest Hole

Description
Purple, medium badge with the Greek letter lambda in white.

The lambda is a lower-case Greek letter which was chosen by designer Tom Doerr as a symbol for the Gay Activists Alliance group in New York in 1970. At the International Gay Rights Congress in Edinburgh in 1974, it was adopted as a symbol for LGBQ+ rights.

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