'Gay Is OK' Artwork Taken Down, Allegedly Likened to Nazi Flag

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The artwork featur a rabow wh the words "Gay is OK" unrneath an umbrella, acrdg to NBC affiliate WXIA-TV.

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THE PK TRIANGLE: FROM NAZI LABEL TO SYMBOL OF GAY PRI

Pk triangl were origally ed ncentratn mps to intify gay men. * gay nazi flag *

Jt as the Nazis forced Jewish people to wear a yellow Star of David, they forced people they labeled as gay to wear verted pk triangl (or ‘die Rosa-Wkel’). The roots of the Nazi persecutn of gay people are ep.

A GEIA SCHOOL STAFFER REMOVED STUNT'S 'GAY IS OK' ARTWORK AND PARED TO A NAZI FLAG: REPORT

And the fact that was almost impossible to nvict anyone unls he nfsed to such a crime urt meant that police jt kept a watchful eye on gay bars and events, and Germany end up beg home to a vibrant gay muny.

Historian Robert Beachy argu that, ironilly, the law spurred scientific tert the study of sexual preferenc, and that rearch tend to enurage a more scientific unrstandg of human sexualy, which further allowed the ia of gay rights to flourish. Hler saw gay men as a threat to his mpaign to purify Germany, pecially bee their partnerships uld not bear children who would grow the Aryan race he wanted to cultivate. Durg that perd, gay-iendly bars and clubs started beg shut down, thori burned the books at a major rearch stutn voted to the study of sexualy, and gay aternal anizatns were shuttered.

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The Pk Triangle: From Nazi Label to Symbol of Gay Pri | HISTORY .

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