Catalogue Number
NMLH.2020.5.153
Object Name
Badge
People
Ernest Hole; Gay's the Word
Description
Small beige badge with two triangles on top of each other, which are a reference to the LGBTQIA symbol of the pink triangle.
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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