Where did the symbol for Gay Pride (pink triangle) come from?

Question

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Answer 1

That came from the German Nazis in the concentration camps. They made homosexuals wear the triangle as a badge of shame and a way to identify what type of prisoner they were. Thousands of homosexuals were murdered by the Nazis. Other groups who were murdered included handicapped people, the mentally ill and mentally retarded, gypsies, slavic people, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, and political dissidents (including German students who stood up to the Nazis as the Third Reich collapsed).

Answer 2

Just chiming in to get the points - but Lexicon2 is exactly right. The pink triangle came from the German Nazis in the concentration camps. Every prisoner had to wear a triangle on his or her jacket, the color of which was to categorize him or her according "to his kind." Jews had to wear the yellow badge, and "anti-social individuals" (which included vagrants, "work shy" individuals and often, but not exclusively, lesbians), the black triangle. Gay men were forced to wear pink badges.

The inverted pink triangle has become an international symbol of gay pride and the gay rights movement, and is second in popularity only to the rainbow flag.

Answer 3

the Nazi's in WWII used it to identify homosexuals, like they used the star of David to identify Jews. It was later adopted by gays as a symbol of pride and unity.

Answer 4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_symbols

It includes the pink triangle, the black triangle, and many other helpful explanations of symbols that are related to homosexuality/bisexuality/transexuality.

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Answer 5

hitler durin the war
he needed to identify at the NAZI camps so gays were pink triangles
jews yellow stars etc etc

Answer 6

the guy above me is right : )

Answer 7

STONE WALL

Answer 8

hitler in wwII