pink triangle
badge used in Nazi concentration camps to identify homosexual men and transgender women prisoners, later revived in the 1970s as a symbol of protest against homophobia and adopted as a symbol of LGBTQ pride and queer liberation
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pink triangle
Summary
pink triangle is a LGBTQ symbols[1]. It draws 1,155 Wikipedia views per month (lgbtq_symbols category, ranking #2 of 4).[2]
Key Facts
- pink triangle's image is recorded as Pink triangle.svg[3].
- pink triangle's instance of is recorded as LGBTQ symbols[4].
- pink triangle's instance of is recorded as reappropriation[5].
- pink triangle's subclass of is recorded as triangle[6].
- pink triangle's subclass of is recorded as Nazi concentration camp badge[7].
- pink triangle's Commons category is recorded as Pink triangles[8].
- pink triangle's color is recorded as pink[9].
- pink triangle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0jctj[10].
- pink triangle's facet of is recorded as LGBTQ[11].
- pink triangle's facet of is recorded as Paragraph 175[12].
- pink triangle's facet of is recorded as LGBTQ movements[13].
- pink triangle's facet of is recorded as gay liberation[14].
- pink triangle's used by is recorded as Nazi concentration camp[15].
- pink triangle's used by is recorded as LGBTQ movements[16].
- pink triangle's used by is recorded as Silence=Death Project[17].
- pink triangle's Fandom article ID is recorded as lgbtqia:Pink_triangle[18].
- pink triangle's Fandom article ID is recorded as lgbt:Pink_triangle[19].
- pink triangle's Homosaurus ID is recorded as pinkTriangles[20].
- pink triangle's GSSO ID is recorded as 000320[21].
- pink triangle's Homosaurus ID is recorded as homoit0001116[22].
- pink triangle's Homosaurus ID is recorded as homoit0001116[23].
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Designation and Status
Recorded instance of include LGBTQ symbols[4] and reappropriation[5].
Cultural Significance
Things named for pink triangle include Pink Triangle Park[24], a sculpture[25], in United States[26], founded in 2001[27].
Why It Matters
pink triangle draws 1,155 Wikipedia views per month (lgbtq_symbols category, ranking #2 of 4).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]
Entities named for it include Pink Triangle Park[24], a sculpture[25], in United States[26], founded in 2001[27].