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A yellow Star of David under a superimposed pink triangle marked the lowest of all prisoners - a gay Jew. Two yellow triangles overlapping to form a Star of David designated a Jewish prisoner. A green triangle marked its wearer as a regular criminal a red triangle denoted a political prisoner. This designation also served to establish a sort of social hierarchy among the prisoners. Then, in 1942 Hitler's punishment for homosexuality was murder.Įach prisoner in the concentration camps wore a colored inverted triangle to designate their reason for incarceration. They were punished by sterilization, most often accomplished by castration. Convicted offenders - an estimated 25,000 just from 1937 to 1939 - were sent to prison and then later to concentration camps. Paragraph 175, a clause in German law prohibiting homosexual relations, was revised by Hitler in 1935 to include same-sex fantasies, kissing, embracing, and gay sexual acts. The history of the pink triangle begins before WWII, during Adolf Hitler's rise to power. The pink triangle challenges that notion, and defies anyone to deny history. Although homosexuals were only one of the many groups targeted for extermination by the Nazi regime, it is unfortunately the group that history often excludes. The pink triangle symbol is rooted in World War II times, and reminds us of the atrocities of that era.
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The pink triangle is easily one of the more popular and widely used and recognized symbols for the gay community. Some recent flags have added a brown and black stripe as a reminder of how important the intersectionality of persons of color are in this community. There are plenty of variations of the flag, including versions with superimposed lambdas, pink triangles, or other symbols.
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The rainbow flag has inspired a wide variety of related symbols and accessories, such as freedom rings. The flag has six stripes, each color representing a component of the community: red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sun, green for nature, royal blue for harmony, and violet for spirit. Borrowing symbolism from the hippie movement and black civil rights groups, San Francisco artist Gilbert Baker designed the rainbow flag in response to a need for a symbol that could be used year after year. Use of the rainbow flag by the gay community began in 1978 when it first appeared in the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Freedom Day Parade. The rainbow plays a part in many myths and stories related to gender and sexuality issues in Greek, Aboriginal, African, and other cultures. The rainbow flag has become the easily-recognized colors of pride for the gay community. Symbols within the GSD Community Rainbow Flag