Pk triangl were origally ed ncentratn mps to intify gay men.
Contents:
- PRI FLAGS 101: EVERYTHG YOU'VE EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT GAY, TRANS, AND OTHER PRI FLAGS
- THE PK TRIANGLE: FROM NAZI LABEL TO SYMBOL OF GAY PRI
PRI FLAGS 101: EVERYTHG YOU'VE EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT GAY, TRANS, AND OTHER PRI FLAGS
The origal pri flag was created the 1970s by gay activist Gilbert Baker, iend of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office California. 8% of gay, lbian, and bisexual adolcents serly ntemplated attemptg suici. After the former Mayor of San Francis Dan Whe shot and murred Harvey Milk—who served as one of the first openly gay members of the San Francis Board of Supervisors—Baker set out to rate the Gay Freedom Day Para 1978 wh as many rabow flags as possible to brg attentn to that and several other tragedi.
THE PK TRIANGLE: FROM NAZI LABEL TO SYMBOL OF GAY PRI
Prr to World War II, there wasn’t a universal sign or object for gay, trans, and/or queer people to e to build a muny around Ameri, let alone around the world.
The pk triangle was ed Nazi Germany ncentratn mps durg the Holot to signify that a male prisoner was gay or queer. After the end of the Nazi reign, the pk triangle no longer served that purpose, although many gay men were not eed after the Alli took ntrol of Germany 1945. Many saw rceratn well to the 1970s, and Germany would not end rceratn for gay people officially until 1994.
In Ameri specifilly, gay people still had ltle rights or regnized muny. When the Lavenr Sre started, which creased discrimatn and ostracizatn of LGBTQ people, beg gay or trans beme associated wh munism and th, the stctn of life and society. Pk triangl would bee mon aga after The Men wh the Pk Triangle, the first tobgraphy of a gay ncentratn mp survivor, was published 1972.