Catalogue Number
NMLH.2004.1.1.28
Object Name
Badge
Description
Purple circular badge with a white lambda symbol. The lambda is a lower-case Greek letter which was chosen by designer Tom Doerr as a symbol for the Gay Activists Alliance group in New York in 1970. At the International Gay Rights Congress in Edinburgh in 1974, it was adopted as a symbol for LGBQ+ rights.
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