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[[File:Kennzeichen für Schutzhäftlinge in den Konzentrationslagern.jpg|thumb|Table of symbols worn by different classes of concentration camp prisoners]]The '''Pink triangle''' was the badge worn by male homosexual prisoners in Nazi concentration camps. There was no direct equivalent for women since female homosexuality (as in other countries including the UK) was not specifically illegal, however lesbians may have been classed as "asocial" and would therefore have worn a black triangle. | [[File:Kennzeichen für Schutzhäftlinge in den Konzentrationslagern.jpg|thumb|Table of symbols worn by different classes of concentration camp prisoners]]The '''Pink triangle''' was the badge worn by male homosexual prisoners in Nazi concentration camps. There was no direct equivalent for women since female homosexuality (as in other countries including the UK) was not specifically illegal, however lesbians may have been classed as "asocial" and would therefore have worn a black triangle. | ||
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Revision as of 09:38, 28 April 2013
The Pink triangle was the badge worn by male homosexual prisoners in Nazi concentration camps. There was no direct equivalent for women since female homosexuality (as in other countries including the UK) was not specifically illegal, however lesbians may have been classed as "asocial" and would therefore have worn a black triangle.
From the 1970s onwards the pink triangle has been adopted as a symbol of gay liberation worldwide, notably .
