Catalogue Number
NMLH.2022.371.22
Object Name
Badge
Title
Gays Against Fascism
Description
Badge reads "Gays Against Fascism". The badge is black with the words surrounding a pink triangle.
The pink triangle featured in the badge 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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