ISBN:
9781501765506
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 286 pages)
,
Illustrations (black and white).
Series Statement:
Cornell scholarship online
DDC:
306.76609430904
Keywords:
LGBT
;
Nationalsozialistisches Verbrechen
;
Verbrechensopfer
;
Anerkennung
;
Aktivismus
;
Gays Social conditions 20th century
;
Homosexuality History 20th century
;
Homosexuality Historiography
;
Gays Nazi persecution
;
National socialism and homosexuality
;
Gays Social conditions
;
Gays Social conditions 20th century
;
Homosexuality
;
Homosexuality History 20th century
;
Gay liberation movement
;
Family and Relationships
;
LGBTQ+ Interest
;
Society & culture: general
;
Deutschland
;
USA
Abstract:
This book traces the transformation of the pink triangle from a Nazi concentration camp badge and emblem of discrimination into a widespread, recognizable symbol of queer activism, pride, and community. The book provides an overview of the Nazis' targeted violence against LGBTQ people and details queer survivors' fraught and ongoing fight for the acknowledgement, compensation, and memorialization of LGBTQ victims. Within this context, a new generation of queer activists has used the pink triangle-a reminder of Germany's fascist past-as the visual marker of gay liberation, seeking to end queer people's status as second-class citizens by asserting their right to express their identity openly.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2022
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.7591/cornell/9781501765155.001.0001
URL:
https://dx.doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501765155.001.0001
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