There was a 40 degrees washing symbol, a triangle with lines in, a tumble dryer, iron, the letter F in a circle and a square with two lines in. In fact, the triangle refers to bleaching.

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The pink triangle was used by LGBTQ+ activists as early as the 1960s, but it became more widely adopted during the 1980s as a symbol of resistance in response to the AIDs epidemic.

An article shared by President Trump featured an upside-down pink triangle, crossed out by a red "no" symbol. Why LGBTQ+ and Jewish advocates are alarmed.

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