Catalogue Number
NMLH.2020.5.172
Object Name
badge
Title
Gays Against Facism
People
Anti-Nazi League
Description
Black circular badge with a pink triangle in the centre. On each side of the triangle, red text reads "Gays Against Fascism".
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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