Catalogue Number
NMLH.2020.5.178
Object Name
badge
Description
Metal pink triangle pin badge. The pink colour is peeling off with age, revealing the gold base metal.
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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