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Although it was first used in
Nazi Germany to identify gay
males in concentration camps, the pink triangle only received
widespread use as a gay pop icon in the early 1980s.
Christopher Pinette, 12 Jun 1996, quoting
[ans93]
A pink triangle is sometimes located in the hoist
of the Pride Flag.
Don Hagemann, 04 May 1996
I’ve seen this in several variations, the two extremes
of it being with the triangle extending to the middle of
the flag (thus defined by it’s hoist side half diagonals),
up, and with a "rectangle"
triangle (the fly angle is 90 deg.), above.
António Martins, 31 May 1999
Pink triangle in the upper hoist, usually point upward,
is an often variation.
Steve Kramer, 06 May 1996
As also pink triangle in a canton of blue or black. Blue
is an obvious play off the U.S. flag;
black is a color associated with lesbianism — a black triangle
on pink is also sometimes used as a lesbian symbol.
Steve Kramer, 06 May 1996
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