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“Yellow for Jews red for politicals green for criminals purple for Jehovah’s Witnesses black for asocials brown for gypsies blue for emigrants and pink for homosexuals. Many people do not realize that the German concentration camps had a very intricate system of triangles and stars to represent their prisoners. I typically think that people are asking about the dates surrounding my pink triangle as they just look like numbers, and if you look quickly you might not realize they are actually dates (I will talk about the importance of these dates in later posts) however, when I explain the dates I tend to get further looks of, but what does the triangle mean? This changed the day after the 2016 election, a day I felt forever changed by, and a day that I felt could drastically change the course of the LGBT community. I start by telling them that this was a tattoo I had been considering for a long time, my activism within my community and my desire for advocacy and determination to fight for the future LGBT community all resonated with the decision, yet I never found the right time to get inked. I am often asked what the tattoo on my forearm represents.
#Triangle gay pride symbol series#
Yesterday’s post was a series of LGBT pride quotes to start the month, today I am going to choose to talk about a symbol which is deeply steeped in LGBT history, courage, and identification: The Pink Triangle. My purpose in doing a 30 Days of Pride is to help uncover this history, and hopefully show people some stories they have not previously known, or if they do already know allow them to reflect on it once more. Unfortunately so much of LGBT history has been covered through the years, and it has only recently really been dived into a deeper and meaningful manner. This means that each day of June I will be posting a different aspect of Queer history to allow for reflection, education, and in some cases maybe even entertainment. As part of the on-going celebrations of June being Pride month, I’ve decided that I am going to offer a 30 days of Pride as part of my own celebration.