Catalogue Number
NMLH.2020.5.148
Object Name
Badge
Title
Saoirse do homognéasal
Place
Ireland
People
Ernest Hole
Description
Large, green badge with a pink triangle facing downwards and has a saying in black that reads "SAOIRSE do homognéasal", meaning "Freedom for homosexuals" in Irish.
The pink triangle symbol was reclaimed by the gay community after originally being a symbol of persecution. The symbol originated as a pink triangle cloth patch, used to identify gay men in prisons and concentration camps in Nazi Germany. Its reclaimed use spread through the gay liberation movement in the 1970s and 1980s and is now positively associated with the wider LGBTQIA community.
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