Pink Triangle Legacies : : Coming Out in the Shadow of the Holocaust / / W. Jake Newsome.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022
• VerfasserIn: Newsome, W. Jake,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.) :; 17 b&w halftones, 1 chart

Pink Triangle Legacies 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. W. Jake Newsome provides an overview of the Nazis' targeted violence against...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• Introduction: “Beaten to Death, Silenced to Death”
• 1. “They Are Enemies of the State!”: The Fate of LGBTQ+ People in Nazi Germany
• 2. “For Homosexuals, the Third Reich Hasn’t Ended Yet”: Paragraph 175 and the Nazi Past in West Germany
• 3. “The Only Acceptable Gay Liberation Logo”: The Reclamation of the Pink Triangle in West Germany
• 4. “It’s a Scar, but in Your Heart”: The Pink Triangle in American Gay Activism
• 5. “Remembrances of Things Once Hidden”: Piecing Together the Pink Triangle Past on Stage and on Page
• 6. “We Died There, Too”: Commemoration and the Construction of a Transatlantic Gay Identity
• Epilogue: “Remembering Must Also Have Consequences”
• Appendix A: Timeline of Key Events
• Appendix B: Memorials to Gay Victims of the Nazi Regime
• Appendix C: Memorials with Pink Triangle for LGBTQ Victims of Violence
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index