# 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

**Wikidata**: [Q165371](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q165371)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_triangle)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/pink-triangle


## References

1. [How the Nazi Regime’s Pink Triangle Symbol Was Repurposed for LGBTQ Pride. Time. 2018](https://time.com/5295476/gay-pride-pink-triangle-history/)
2. [Homosexual Prisoners · The Era of the Holocaust ·](https://libapp.shadygrove.umd.edu/omeka/exhibits/show/the-era-of-the-holocaust/homosexual-prisoners)
3. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
4. [Collections Search - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum](https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn1003651)
5. [After Orlando, the Iconic Silence = Death Image Is Back. Meet One of the Artists Who Created It.. Slate. 2016](https://slate.com/human-interest/2016/07/silence-death-artist-avram-finkelstein-on-history-of-queer-art-and-activism.html)