Richard Plant, author of The Pink Triangle: The Nazi War Against Homosexuals, estimates that 50,000 to 63,000 people were convicted of homosexuality between 1933 and 1944.

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.

Marchers carrying a pink triangle with the words: 'Never Forget' at the Lesbian and Gay Pride event, London, 18th June 1994. The pink triangle began as a badge used at Nazi concentration camps to ...

Context: Trump posted a link to an article, which displayed a preview of the featured illustration of an upside-down pink triangle with a red slash through it. It was not clear whether he read the ...

Many who wore the pink triangle were transferred from concentration camps to prisons after the war, because Paragraph 175 was still in effect, which meant it was illegal to be a homosexual.

This article was published in The Gazette. The pink triangle symbolizes the violence that LGBTQ people have faced and continue to face. At the same time, it symbolizes how our communities have come ...

During the Holocaust, gay men and sex offenders were forced to wear pink triangle badges on their grey and white uniforms. "Whether intentional or not, this gray and white striped pattern and pink ...

The pink triangle symbol has since been reclaimed by the LGBTQ community. In the 1970s, it was used as a symbol against homophobia, and in the 1980s it was used to call attention to the AIDs epidemic.

In March 2025, a rumor spread online that U.S. President Donald Trump posted a symbol Nazis used as a badge to identify gay men to his social media platform Truth Social. Users shared screenshots of ...