Catalogue Number
NMLH.2020.5.293
Object Name
badge
Description
Small black circular badge with a pink bordered triangle in the centre. Two gold safety pins are pinned around the 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. Safety pins are associated with the punk aesthetic and culture.
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