Showing posts with label holocaust. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holocaust. Show all posts

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Web Spotlight: International Association of Lesbian and Gay Children of Holocaust Survivors

"The International Association of Lesbian and Gay Children of Holocaust Survivors" is an organization for individuals whose parents were Holocaust survivors who come together to share their experiences and stories. The website has this quote "Just as a hidden memory is forgotten... If history is hidden, then history is forgotten!" The organizations mission is also to research the homosexual persecution that went on during the Holocaust and to make sure nobody forgets what happened so that history does not repeat itself.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Word of the Gay: "Black Triangle"

The inverted "black triangle" is a symbol that was placed on people deemed "asocial" by the Nazis. While there is no official documentation of persecuted lesbians being forced to wear this symbol under the Nazi regime the Nazis did adhere to a strict gender and heteronormative philosophy. The symbol of the "black triangle" is now one of pride and defiance against oppression in the lesbian community.